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روب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

مُرَوَّبٌ ذ Milk that has not as yet been churned, and that is in the skin, not having had its butter taken from it. (As, T.) ― -b2- And سِقَاآءٌ مُرَوَّبٌ A skin in which milk has been made such as is termed رَائِب: (M, K:) or a skin that is wrapped up [in order that its milk may thicken more quickly by its being kept warm] until it attains the fit time for the churning. (S.) It is said in a prov., أَهْوَنُ مَظْلُومٍ سِقَاآءٌ مُرَوَّبٌ, (T, S, M, A,) meaning [ The lightest in estimation ] of what is drunk, or given to be drunk, [of milk,] before its butter comes forth from it (As, T) [ is that in ] a skin that is wrapped up &c., as expl. above: (S:) [or (assumed tropical:) the least to be esteemed of the wronged is he who remains quiet, or inert, like milk not yet in a state of fermentation: ] AZ mentions it as applied to him who is low, abject, or contemptible; who is held to be weak: and he says that ظَلَمْتُ السِّقَاآءَ means “ I gave [the milk of] the skin to be drunk before it had attained to maturity [so as to be fit for the process of churning]: ” (T:) or مُرَوَّبٌ signifies not churned, but having in it its ferment; and the prov. is applied to him who is constrained to do something that is difficult, and to become in a state of abasement, or ignominy, and does not manifest any disapproval. (Meyd.)

Derived headwords

مُرَوَّبٌ
  1. 1.
سِقَاآءٌ مُرَوَّبٌ
أَهْوَنُ مَظْلُومٍ سِقَاآءٌ مُرَوَّبٌ
ظَلَمْتُ السِّقَاآءَ