روب

رُوبَةٌ ذ The ferment of milk, (T, S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) consisting of a sour portion, (S, TA,) which is put into milk in order that it may become such as is termed رَائِب; (T, S, Mgh, Msb, TA;) and ↓ رَوْبَةٌ signifies the same as رُوبَةٌ in this sense, (Kr, M, A, K,) and in the other senses which follow: (M:) this is the primary signification: (TA:) or ferment of milk which contains its butter, and when its butter has been taken forth; as also ↓ رَائِبٌ in both of these two senses; (T;) or in the latter state it is termed ↓ رَائِبٌ: (TA:) or (so in the A and K, but in the M “ and, ”) remains of milk (M, A, K, in the second of which, as in the last, this applies also to ↓ رَوْبَةٌ,) that has become such as is termed رَائِب: (M:) or remains of milk left in the [ skin or vessel called ] مِرْوَب in order that fresh milk, when poured upon it, may quickly become رَائِب: (T:) and milk containing its butter: and also milk from which its butter has been taken forth: (Aboo-' Amr ElMutarriz, MF, TA.) It is said in a prov., شُبْ شَوْبًا لَكَ رُوبَتُهُ [ Mix thou a mixture, app. of thick and fresh milk: thine shall be what will remain of it ]: (S:) or لَكَ بَعْضُهُ [ thine shall be some of it ]: (so Meyd:) it is like the saying اُحْلُبْ حَلَبًا لَكَ شَطْرُهُ [expl. in art. شطر]: (S, Meyd:) and is applied in inciting to aid him in whom one will find profit, or advantage. (Meyd.) ― -b2- I. q. دُرْدِىٌّ [as meaning A ferment ] such as is put into [ the beverage called ] نَبِيذ [ to make it ferment ]. (TA.) ― -b3- (tropical:) What has collected of the seminal fluid (T, S, M, A, K) of a horse, (S, A,) or of a stallion, (M, K,) after resting from covering; (T, S, M, K;) and ↓ رَوْبَةٌ in this sense is mentioned by Lh: (M:) you say, أَعِرْنِى رُوَبَةَ فَحْلِكَ, (T,) or فَرَسِكَ, (S, A,) when you ask a person to lend you a stallion, or a horse, to cover: (T, S, A:) or the collecting thereof: or the seminal fluid of the stallion in the womb of the camel: (M, K:) it is thicker than that which is termed مُهَاة, and more remote in respect of the place into which it is injected. (M.) ― -b4- (tropical:) Strength of a horse to run: so in the phrase فَرَسٌ بَاقِى الرُّوبَةِ (tropical:) [ A horse whose strength to run remains ]. (A.) ― -b5- (tropical:) Intellect (IAar, S, A) of a man (IAar, S) when it has attained to full vigour: (A:) [app. as being likened to the روبة of the stallion:] so in the saying, هُوَ يُحَدِّثُنِى وَ أَنَا اـِذْ ذَاكَ غُلَامٌ لَيْسَ لِى رُوبَةٌ (tropical:) [ He would talk to me, I being then a boy, not having full intellect ]. (IAar, S, A: in one of my copies of the S, and in the TA, لَيْسَتْ.) ― -b6- (assumed tropical:) The main, or most essential, part, syn. جُمَّاع, of an affair: (M, K:) so in the saying, مَا يَقُومُ بِرُوبَةِ أَمْرِهِ (assumed tropical:) [ He does not undertake, or superintend, or attend to, the main, or most essential, part of his affair ]: app. from the روبة of the stallion. (M.) ― -b7- (assumed tropical:) Means of subsistence: (M, K:) (assumed tropical:) food, or sustenance: (TA:) (assumed tropical:) anything that puts a thing into a good, right, or proper state; from the same word as signifying “ a sour ferment that is put into milk to make it ferment: ” (JM:) (tropical:) a want, or thing that is needed [ to put one into a good, or right, state ]: (S, M, A, K:) and want as meaning poverty. (Ibn-Es-Seed, K, TA.) You say, لَا يَقُومُ بِرُوبَةِ أَهْلِهِ, (S, A,) or مَا يَقُومُ الخ, (M, TA,) i. e. (assumed tropical:) [ He will not, or does not, undertake, or take upon himself, or attend to, ] the food, or sustenance, of his family: or (assumed tropical:) their case, and the putting them into a good, right, or proper, state: (TA:) or (tropical:) [ the supplying of ] what they require of him. (S, M, A, TA.) ― -b8- (tropical:) A part, or portion, or small portion, (طَائِفَةٌ, S, M, or قِطْعَةٌ, K, or سَاعَةٌ, T, M, A,) of the night: (T, S, M, A, K:) [app. from the same word signifying “ remains of milk; ” as seems to be implied in the A:] so in the saying, مَضَتْ رُوبَةٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ (tropical:) A period, or short portion, (ساعة,) of the night passed: (T, M, TA:) and بَقِيَتْ رُوبَةٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ (tropical:) A period, or short portion, (ساعة,) of the night remained: (M, A, TA:) and هَرِقْ عَنَّا مِنْ رُوبَةِ اللَّيْلِ, (S, A,) i. e. اِكْسِرْ عَنَّا سَاعَةً مِنْهُ [app. for اِكْسِرْ جَهْدَنَا or the like, i. e. (tropical:) Abate thou, or allay thou, our fatigue, or the like, or relieve thou us, for a period, or short portion, of the night; من before روبة being redundant]. (A.) ― -b9- (assumed tropical:) A piece of flesh-meat: (M, K:) so in the saying, قَطَعَ اللَّحْمَ رُوبَةً رُوبَةً (assumed tropical:) [ He cut the flesh-meat into pieces; or cut it piece by piece ]. (M.) -A2- (assumed tropical:) Heaviness, sluggishness, or torpidness, (T, K,) or laxness, or confusedness of the intellect, (T,) and languor, feebleness, or faintness, (K,) from drinking much milk. (T.) -A3- Good and fertile land, abounding with plants, or herbage, (T, M, K,) and with trees: (T, M:) that kind of land in which the herbage, or pasturage, remains longest. (T.) ― -b2- Accord. to Aboo-' Amr Esh-Sheybánee, i. q. مَشَارَةٌ, which means A سَاقِيَة [or channel of water for irrigation: but it has also other meanings, which see in art. شور]. (TA.) ― -b3- The tree called نُلْك; (T, K, TA;) expl. by Ibn-Es-Seed as meaning the tree called زُعْرُور [q. v.]. (TA.) -A4- A kind of hooked instrument (كَلُّوب) by means of which an animal that is hunted is drawn forth from its hole: (M, K:) accord. to Abu-l-'Omeythil, the مِحْرَش [app. meaning the same, or an instrument used for drawing forth the lizard called ضَبّ from its hole ]. (M.) -A5- It is also mentioned by IAar as [syn. with رُبَةٌ and أُرْبَةٌ,] meaning A knot. (T.) -A6- A piece of wood with which a wooden bowl, or other vessel, is repaired, or mended; or with which a breach, or broken place, therein is stopped up: (T, TA:) and, accord. to AZ, a [...]