Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

رَعِظٌ ذ An arrow having its رُعْظ broken: (S:) and [in like manner,] ↓ مَرعُوظٌ an arrow having its رُعْظ broken, and being therefore bound with sinew: (IB:) or the latter signifies a weak arrow. (Aboo-Kheyreh El-'Adawee, Ibn-' Abbád.)

رَعِيظٌ ذ and ↓ مَرْعُوظٌ An arrow [ having a رُعْظ made to it: (see 1:) or] having the sinew wound and bound upon it. (TA.)

مَرْعُوظٌ ذ : see رَعِظٌ: ― -b2- and رَعِيظٌ.

1 رَعَفَ ذ , aor. رَعَفَ and رَعُفَ , (S, K,) inf. n. رَعْفٌ, (TK,) He (a horse) preceded; went, or got, before; outwent, outran, or outstripped; as also ↓ استرعف, (S, K,) and ↓ ارتعف. (K.) [This is held by some, and is said in the O, to be the primary signification: see رُعَافٌ.] ― -b2- رَعِفَ الدَّمُ, aor. رَعَفَ , The blood flowed. (K.) And رَعَفَ أَنْفُهُ His nose bled; blood flowed from his nose: this is the chaste form of the verb: رُعِفَ, from which is formed the part. n. مَرْعُوفٌ, is incorrect; (Mgh;) unknown to As: (O:) [or] رَعَفَ alone, aor. رَعُفَ and رَعَفَ , has this last signification; as also رَعُفَ, (S, O, * Msb, K,) but this is a dial. var. of weak authority, (S, O,) or is rare; (Msb;) and رَعِفَ, aor. رَعَفَ ; and رُعِفَ [mentioned above as incorrect]; (K;) and the inf. n. is رَعْفٌ (Msb, K) and رُعَافٌ, (K,) or the latter is a simple subst. (Msb.) [And hence رَعَفَ signifies also (assumed tropical:) It (a vessel, such as a skin,) overflowed: ] see 4, in two places. ― -b3- رَعَفَ بِهِ البَابَ He entered with him the door. (O, K.)

2 رَعَّفَ see the next paragraph, in two places.

4 ارعفهُ ذ He incited him, or urged him, to hasten, or be quick: (S, O, K:) but this is said to be not of established authority. (O.) ― -b2- [And He, or it, made his nose to bleed, or flow with blood: often used in this sense; as in the S and A and K voce أَنْثَرَ, and in the L and K voce لَبْخَةٌ: and so ↓ رعّفه: accord. to Ibn-Maaroof,] the inf. ns. اـِرْعَافٌ and ↓ تَرْعِيفٌ signify the bringing blood from the nose. (KL.) ― -b3- And ارعف القِرْبَةَ He filled the skin (S, O, K) so that it overflowed (↓ حَتَّى تَرْعُفَ): (S, O:) whence the saying of a rájiz, ['Amr Ibn-Leja, so in a copy of the S,] أَعْلَاهَا مِنِ ا@مْتِلَائِهَا ↓ يَرْعُفُ [ Its upper part overflows, or overflowing, by reason of its fulness ]. (S.)

8 اـِرْتَعَفَ see 1, first sentence.

10 اـِسْتَرْعَفَ see 1, first sentence. ― -b2- اِسْتِرْعَافٌ also signifies The drawing forth blood from the nose. (KL. [Golius, as on this authority, explains the verb as signifying “ Nasum prehendit: ” but the inf. n. is explained in the KL by the words خون براآوردن از بينى; which I have rendered above.]) ― -b3- [Hence,] استرعف الحَصَى مَنْسِمَ البَعِيرِ (assumed tropical:) The pebbles made the toe, or sole, or foot, of the camel to bleed. (S.) ― -b4- And استرعف [or استرعف الشَّحْمَةَ] (assumed tropical:) He endeavoured to make the piece of fat to drip, and took what became melted thereof. (Th, O, K.)

رُعَافٌ ذ an inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]: (K:) or a simple subst., of which the primary meaning is The act of preceding; going, or getting, before; outgoing, outrunning, or outstripping. (Msb.) ― -b2- And hence, The issuing of blood from the nose: (O, * Msb:) or, accord. to some, (Msb,) blood itself, issuing, or that issues, from the nose: (S, O, * Msb, K:) because it issues before one knows it. (Msb.)

رُعُوفٌ ذ [a pl. of which the sing. is not mentioned,] (assumed tropical:) Light rains. (IAar, O, K.)

رَعِيفٌ ذ Clouds (سَحَابٌ) preceding another cloud. (AA, O, K.)

رُعَافِىٌّ ذ One who gives many gifts. (Fr, O, K.)

[ رَعَّافٌ ذ Emitting much blood: mentioned by Freytag, but without any indication of the authority.]

رَاعِفٌ ذ A horse that precedes other horses; that goes, or gets, before them; that outgoes, outruns, or outstrips, them; (S, O, Msb, K;) as also ↓ مُسْتَرْعِفٌ. (O, K.) ― -b2- Having blood flowing from his nose: (Msb:) or having a continual bleeding of the nose. (PS and TK voce مُدِيمٌ, in art. دوم.) And أُنُوفٌ رَوَاعِفُ [ Noses bleeding ]. (O.) ― -b3- The extremity of the أَرْنَبَة [or lower portion, or lobule, of the nose ]; (S, O, K;) [because the blood drops from it when the nose bleeds.] (S, K.) ― -b4- And [hence,] (assumed tropical:) A prominence, or projecting part, of a mountain. (S, O, K.) ― -b5- رِمَاحٌ رَوَاعِفُ Spears that are the first to thrust, or pierce: or from which blood is dropping: (S:) or spears are termed رَوَاعِفُ because thrust forward to pierce, or because blood drops from them. (IDrd, O.)

رَاعُوفَةُ بِئْرٍ ذ and ↓ أُرْعُوفَتُهَا, (S, O, K,) both mentioned by A'Obeyd, (S, O,) A piece of rock that is left in the bottom of a well, being there when it is dug, in order that the cleanser of the well may sit upon it in cleansing it: or a stone that is at the head of the well, upon which the drawer of water stands. (S, O, K.) It is said in a trad., “ When he (Mohammad) was enchanted, his charm was put into the spathe (جُفّ) of a palm-tree, and buried beneath the راعوفة of the well. ” (S, O.)

أُرْعُوفَةُ البِئْرِ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph.

المُرْعِفُ ذ : see المُزْعِفُ.

مَرْعُوفٌ ذ , as part. n. of رُعِفَ, is [said to be] incorrect. (Mgh.)

مَرَاعِفُ ذ [a pl. of which the sing. is not mentioned,] The nose and the parts around it. (O, K.) One says, فَعَلْتُ ذَاكَ عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ مَرَاعِفِهِ, like مَرَاغِمِهِ. (S, O. * [See art. رغم.])

مُسْتَرْعِفٌ ذ : see رَاعِفٌ. [This art. is wanting in the copies of the L and TA to which I have had access.]

1 رَعُنَ ذ , (S, K,) and رَعِنَ, and رَعَنَ, (K,) [aor. of the first رَعُنَ , and of the second and third رَعَنَ ,] inf. n. [of the first] رُعُونَةٌ, and [of the second, or second and third,] رَعَنٌ, (S, * K,) He was, or became, foolish, stupid, unsound in intellect or understanding, or deficient therein, and lax, flaccid, slack, or languid: (S, K:) or رُعُونَةٌ and رَعَنٌ signify the being foolish, or stupid: and also the being soft, weak, relaxed, or languid. (KL.) ― -b2- And رَعَنٌ also signifies [simply] The being slack, or loose; or slackness, or looseness; as in the saying of a rájiz, (S, TA,) namely, Khitám El-Mujáshi'ee, (TA,) describing a she-camel, وَرَحَلُوهَا رِحْلَةً فِيهَا رَعَنْ [ And they saddled her in a manner of saddling in which was a slackness, or looseness ]; i. e. they did not bind her saddle firmly, by reason of fear and haste. (S, TA.) Also The being unsteady, or in a state of commotion or agitation: and quickly changing or altering. (Meyd, in explanation of a prov. cited below, voce أَرْعَنُ.) [And accord. to Freytag, as on the authority of Meyd, Haste of pace.] ― -b3- And رُعُونَةٌ signifies also The being beautified, and adorned: and رَعَنٌ, the displaying oneself adorned. (KL.) -A2- رَعَنَتْهُ الشَّمْسُ, (S, K,) inf. n. رَعْنٌ, (KL,) The sun rendered him relaxed, (S, KL,) or weak, or languid: (KL:) or pained his brain, so that he became relaxed thereby, and swooned. (K.) And رُعِنَ He (a man) became thus affected by the sun. (TA.) Pass. part. n. ↓ مَرْعُونٌ, signifying Thus affected by the sun; (S, TA;) applied to a man. (TA.)

4 مَا أَرْعَنَهُ ذ How foolish, stupid, unsound in intellect or understanding, or deficient therein, and lax, flaccid, slack, or languid, [or how foolish, or stupid, and how soft, weak, relaxed, or languid, (see 1,)] is he! (S, K.)

رَعْنٌ ذ A prominence, or projecting part, (S, K,) or such as is large, (TA,) of a mountain: (S, K:) pl. رُعُونٌ and رِعَانٌ. (S, K.) And A long mountain: (K:) or, accord. to Lth, a mountain that is not long: pl. رُعُونٌ. (TA.)

رَعَنَّكَ ذ a dial. var. of لَعَلَّكَ. (Lh, K.)

رَعُونٌ ذ Having much motion; or moving itself much. (K.) ― -b2- And Hard, or strong. (K.) -A2- And (as some say, TA) The darkness of night: (K, TA:) or [simply] darkness. (TA.)

رَاعِنَا ذ in the phrase لَا تَقُولُوا رَاعِنَا, in the Kur [ii. 98, and occurring again in iv. 48], is said to be a word meant to convey a reviling of the Prophet, derived from [the inf. n.] الرُّعُونَةُ: El-Hasan read رَاعِنًا, with tenween: and Th says that the phrase means Say not ye a lie, and mockery, and foolishness. (TA.) [See also 4 in art. رعى.]

أَرْعَنُ ذ , (S, K,) applied to a man, (S,) Foolish, stupid, unsound in intellect or understanding, or deficient therein, and lax, flaccid, slack, or languid: (S, K:) or, so applied, foolish, or stupid: (KL:) [and also soft, weak, relaxed, or languid: (see 1:)] and foolish, or stupid, and hasty, in speech: (K:) fem., applied to a woman, رَعْنَاآءُ: (S:) [pl. رُعْنٌ.] ― -b2- [Its primary application, though I do not find it mentioned, is probably to a mountain, as meaning Having a رَعْن, or prominence, or projecting part: accord. to Freytag, “ is qui habet رعن: ” and then poetically used, in the Deewán of Jereer, as signifying a mountain. ― -b3- And hence,] also, applied to a man, (assumed tropical:) Having a long nose [likened to a رَعْن]. (TA.) ― -b4- Also (assumed tropical:) An army having redundant parts, or portions, (K, TA,) like the رِعَان of mountains: (TA:) or an army has this epithet applied to it as being likened to the رَعْن of a mountain: or, as some say, the epithet thus applied means in a state of commotion by reason of its numerousness. (S.) ― -b5- El-Basrah is termed الرَّعْنَاآءُ, as being likened to the رَعْن of a mountain; (IDrd, S, K;) i. e., because of a bend in it: (TA:) or because of the abundant flow of the river there, and its sultry heat: (Az, MF:) or because of the ease and plenty that are in it, and as being likened to the woman to whom this epithet is applied; or because of the languidness and changeableness of its air. (Er-Rághib, TA.) ― -b6- And الرَّعْنَاآءُ is also a name of A sort of grapes, of Et-Táïf, (K, TA,) white, and long in the berries. (TA.) -A2- أَرْعَنُ مِنْ هَوَاآءِ البَصْرَةِ is a prov., meaning More unsteady and changeable than the air of El-Basrah. (Meyd.)

مَرْعُونٌ ذ : see 1, last sentence.

1 رَعَا ذ , aor. يَرْعُو, (S, TA,) [ He refrained, forbore, or abstained: or, used elliptically,] he refrained, forbore, or abstained, (S, TA,) from things, or affairs, (S,) or from ignorance, and reverted therefrom in a good manner; (TA;) [as also ↓ اِرْعَوَى; (K;) [for] رَعْوٌ and رِعْوٌ and رُعُوٌ (K) and رَعْوَةٌ and رِعْوَةٌ (S, K) and رُعْوَةٌ (K) are syn. with ↓ اِرْعِوَاآءٌ (S, K) meaning the refraining, forbearing, or abstaining, from ignorance, and reverting therefrom in a good manner, (K, TA,) [all app. as inf. ns.,] and so are ↓ رَعُوَى (S, K) and ↓ رُعْوَى (K) and ↓ رُعْيَا, (S, K,) [in the last of which the radical و is changed into ى as it is in دُنْيَا and عُلْيَا and قُصْيَا,] but these three, as some say, (TA,) or the first and last of these three, (S,) are simple substs.: (S, TA:) you say, فُلَانٌ حَسَنُ الرَّعْوَةِ and الرِّعْوَةِ and ↓ الرَّعْوَى [&c., meaning Such a one is good in respect of refraining, &c.]. (S.) ↓ اِرْعَوَى is of the measure اِفْعَلَلَ [for اِفْعَلَّ]; the two infirm letters not being incorporated, one into the other, because the ى is quiescent: (S: [see also Ham p. 220:]) you say, عَنِ القَبِيحِ ↓ ارعوى, (S, Msb,) or عن الجَهْلِ, (Ham ubi suprà,) He refrained, forbore, or abstained, from bad, or foul, conduct, (S, Msb,) or from ignorance, and reverted therefrom: (Ham:) and ↓ ارعوى [alone] signifies He refrained, forbore, or abstained; and he repented: (Har p. 240:) [see also an ex. in a verse cited voce أَلَا:] accord. to AHei, it is quasi-pass. of رَعَوْتُهُ. (TA.) -A2- [Hence, رَعَوْتُهُ app. signifies I caused him to refrain, forbear, or abstain, &c.]

9 اِرْعَوَى ذ , inf. n. اِرْعِوَاآءٌ: see the preceding paragraph, in five places.

رَعْوَى ذ and رُعْوَى: see 1, in three places: ― -b2- and see also art. رعى.

رُعْيَا ذ : see 1: ― -b2- and see also art. رعى.

رَعَاوَى ذ and رُعَاوَى: see art. رعى.

رَعَاوِيَّةٌ ذ (in some copies of the K رَعَاوِيَة, without teshdeed); and رُعَاوِيَّةٌ: see art. رعى.

أَرْعُوَّةٌ ذ : see art. رعى.

أَرْعَاوِيَّةٌ ذ : see art. رعى.

1 رَعَتِ المَاشِيَةُ ذ , aor. تَرْعَى, (Msb, K,) inf. n. رَعْىٌ (S, * Msb, K) and رِعَايَةٌ (K) and مَرْعًى; (S, * K, * JM;) and ↓ ارتعت, and ↓ ترعّت; (K;) The cattle [ pastured, or] pastured by themselves. (Msb.) And رَعَتِ المَاشِيَةُ الكَلَأَ, inf. n. رَعْىٌ (Mgh, TA) and رِعَايَةٌ [and مَرْعًى]; and ↓ ارتعت, and ↓ ترعّت; [ The cattle pastured upon, or depastured, the herbage; ] all signifying the same: (TA:) and of a camel you say, رَعَى الكَلَأَ بِنَفْسِهِ, inf. n. رَعْىٌ [&c., He pastured upon, or depastured, the herbage by himself ]; and in like manner ↓ ارتعى. (S.) ― -b2- The saying of 'Áïsheh فَاـِنْ كَانَتْ تَرْعَى مَا هُنَالِكَ is an allusion to the feeling, or touching, of the فَرْج itself. (Mgh.) -A2- رَعْىٌ also signifies The keeping, or tending, animals; pasturing, or feeding, them; and defending them from the enemy. (Er-Rághib, TA.) You say, رَعَيْتُ الاـِبِلَ, (S,) or المَاشِيَةَ, (Msb, K,) or الغَنَمَ, (MA,) aor. أَرْعَاهَا, (S, Msb,) inf. n. رَعْىٌ (S, MA) [and رِعَايَةٌ, as appears from a phrase mentioned below,] and رِعْيَةٌ, (MA,) or this last is a simple subst. from this verb, (K,) I [ kept, or tended, or] pastured, (MA, Msb,) or lead to pasture, (MA,) the camels, (S,) or the cattle, (Msb, K,) or the sheep or goats; (MA;) and ↓ ارعاها signifies the same as رَعَاهَا. (K.) And صِنَاعَتُهُ رِعَايَةُ الاـِبِلِ [ His habitual work, or occupation, is the tending, or pasturing, of camels ]. (ISd, K.) And فُلَانٌ يَرْعَى أَبِيهِ [ Such a one tends, or pastures, for his father; ] i. e. يَرْعَى غَنَمَهُ [ tends, or pastures, his father's sheep or goats ]. (S.) ― -b2- And hence, as also رِعَايَةٌ, The keeping or guarding [a person or thing]; being mindful or regardful [of him or it]; and managing or ruling or governing [him or it]. (Er-Rághib, TA.) You say, رَعَيْتُهُ I kept, or guarded, him, as a ruler or governor, or a prince or commander, who manages, conducts, orders, or regulates, the affairs of the people: (Msb:) and رَعَى الأَمِيرُ رَعِيَّتَهُ [ The prince ruled, or governed, his subjects ], inf. n. رِعَايَةٌ. (S.) And رَعْيًا لَكَ [I beg God's keeping, or guarding, for thee ]; meaning رَعَاكَ ا@للّٰهُ May God keep thee, or guard thee. (Har p. 617.) And رَعَى أَمْرَهُ, (K,) inf. n. رَعْىٌ (TA) [and رِعَايَةٌ], He was mindful, or regardful, of his affair, or case; as also امره ↓ راعى, (K, TA,) inf. n. مُرَاعَاةٌ. (TA.) And رِعَاآءٌ [app. as an inf. n. of ↓ راعى] signifies The guarding of palm-trees. (TA.) فَمَا رَعَوْهَا حَقَّ رِعَايَتِهَا, in the Kur [lvii. 27], means But they did not observe it with its right, or due, observance; were not mindful, watchful, observant, or regardful, of it, in the right, or due, manner of being so. (TA.) You say also, رَعَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ حُرْمَتَهُ, inf. n. رِعَايَةٌ, (ISk, S,) i. e. 1 was mindful, regardful, or observant, of his حرمة [meaning of what was entitled to reverence, respect, honour, or defence, in his character and appertenances ]: and in like manner, ↓ مُرَاعَاةٌ الحُقُوقِ, mentioned in the S, means The being mindful, regardful, or observant, of rights, or dues. (PS.) This last phrase is from ↓ رَاعَيْتُهُ, inf. n. مُرَاعَاةٌ, (TA,) which means I regarded him; had regard, or an eye, to him; or paid regard, or consideration, to him; (S, Msb, K, TA;) acting, or behaving, well to him; doing good to him; or conferring a benefit, or benefits, upon him. (K, TA.) [Hence also, فِيهِ كَذَا ↓ رُوعِىَ Regard is had, in it, (the meaning of a word or phrase,) to such a thing, as alluded to therein.] And الأَمْرَ ↓ رَاعَيْتُ, (S, K,) inf. n. مُرَاعَاةٌ, (TA,) signifies also I looked to see what would be the issue, or result, of the affair, or case. (S, Msb, K.) Hence, accord. to Er-Rághib, النُّجُومِ ↓ مُرَاعَاةُ: (TA:) you say, رَعَى النُّجُومَ; (S, K;) and ↓ رَاعَاهَا, (K,) inf. n. مُرَاعَاةٌ; (TA;) He watched the stars, (S, K, TA,) waiting for the time when they would disappear. (K, TA.) El-Khansà says, ↓ أَرْعَى النُّجومَ وَمَا كُلِّفْتُ رِعْيَتَهَا وَتَارَةً أَتَغَشَّى فَضْلَ أَطْمَارِى [ I watch, or I watching, the stars, waiting for the time when they will, or would, disappear, though I am not, or I was not, tasked with the watching of them; and at one time I cover myself, or covering myself, with the redundant parts of my old and worn-out garments ]. (S.) ― -b3- رِعَايَةٌ also signifies The being faithful to an engagement, or promise; syn. وَفَاآءٌ. (Mgh. [See رَاعٍ, below; last sentence.])

2 رعّاهُ ذ , inf. n. تَرْعِيَةٌ, He said [ of him ], رَعَاهُ ا@للّٰهُ [ May God keep him, or guard him: or he said to him, رَعَاكَ ا@للّٰهُ May God keep thee, or guard thee ]. (TA.)

3 راعى الحِمَارُ الحُمُرَ ذ The ass pastured with the [other] asses: (S, K:) and in like manner one says of camels with wild animals. (TA.) ― -b2- راعت الأَرْضُ, a reading required by the context in the K, is wrong; the correct phrase being ارعت الأَرْضُ [q. v.]. (TA.) ― -b3- See also 1, in the latter half of the paragraph, in eight places. ― -b4- المُرَاعَاةُ is also syn. with المُنَاظَرَةُ [app. as meaning The looking towards, or facing, a person or thing: a signification nearly like the last referred to in the sentence here immediately preceding]. (TA.) ― -b5- See also 4, in three places. ― -b6- وَرِّعِ اللِّصَّ وَلَا تُرَاعِهِ, in a trad. of 'Omar, means Restrain thou the thief, or make him to refrain, from taking thy goods, but bear not witness against him: so says Lth: or the meaning is, and do not wait for him. (TA.)

4 ارعى المَاشِيَةَ ذ i. q. رَعَاهَا: see 1, in the former half of the paragraph. Said of God, it means He caused to grow, for the cattle, that upon which they might pasture. (S.) One says also ارعت الأَرْضُ, [as though المَاشِيَةَ or the like were understood] The land abounded [as though it fed abundantly] with herbage: (Zj, K:) راعت الأَرْضُ, in this sense [as stated above, see 3,] is wrong. (TA.) And ارعاهُ المَكَانَ He made the place to be a pasturage for him. (ISd, K.) ― -b2- أَرعَيْتُهُ سَمْعِى means I made my ear, or ears, to be mindful of his speech: (Er-Rághib, TA:) or I gave ear, hearkened, or listened, to him. (S, Msb.) You say, أَرْعِنِى سَمْعَكَ, (Msb, K,) and ↓ رَاعِنِى, i. e. Hearken thou, or listen thou, to my speech. (K.) Hence ↓ رَاعِنَا in the Kur [ii. 98 and iv. 48]: Akh says that it is of the form فَاعِلْنَا from المُرَاعَاةُ, and means أَرْعِنَا سَمْعَكَ; the ى having gone away because it is an imperative: he says also that it is read رَاعِنًا, as an objective complement, from الرُّعُونَةُ: (S: [see art. رعن:]) the reading in Ibn-Mes'ood's copy of the Kur-án is رَاعُونَا. (TA.) You say also, هُوَ لَا يُرْعِى اـِلَى قَوْلِ أَحَدٍ He will not pay any regard, or attention, to the saying of any one. (TA.) ― -b3- And أَرْعَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ I showed mercy to him [ by sparing him, or letting him live, or by pardoning him, or otherwise ]; had mercy on him; pitied, or compassionated, him; syn. أَبْقَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ and تَرَحَّمْتُهُ. (S, K.) Aboo-Dahbal says, اـِنْ كَانَ هٰذَا السِّحْرُ مِنْكِ فَلَا تُرْعِى عَلَىَّ وَجَدِّدِى سِحْرَا [app. meaning If this enchantment be from thee, then spare me not, but renew enchantment ]. (TA. [It seems to be there cited as an instance of the verb's having a second objective complement; (for which I see no reason;) following the assertion that one says, أَرْعَى عَلَيْهِ كَذَا, signifying ابقى; and that the verb is made trans. by means of على as properly meaning ارعاه متطلعا عليه: but I doubt not that the correct reading is أَرْعَاهُ مُطَّلِعًا عَلَيْهِ, i. e. He showed mercy to him, coming to him, or getting sight and knowledge of him. ]) ↓ المُرَاعَاآةُ, also, [or المُرَاعَاةُ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ,] signifies الاـِبْقَاآءُ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ. (TA.)

5 تَرَعَّىَ see 1, first and second sentences.

8 اـِرْتَعَىَ see 1, in three places, first two sentences.

10 استرعى ذ [app. signifies He desired cattle to pasture: and hence, he left them to pasture alone ]. You say, اِسْتَرْعَيْتُ مَالِىَ القَمَرَ, meaning I left my cattle to pasture without a pastor to take care of them in the night: and [in like manner,] استرعيتهُ الشَّمْسَ, in the day. (TA in art. قمر.) ― -b2- اِسْتَرْعَيْتُهُ الشَّىْءَ (S, K *) I asked him, or desired him, to keep or guard, or be mindful of or regardful of, the thing. (K, * TA.) Hence the prov., مَنِ ا@سْتَرْعَى الذِّئْبَ فَقَدْ ظَلَمَ [ He who asks, or desires, the wolf to keep guard does wrong ]; (S, TA;) i. e. he who trusts in one who is treacherous puts trust in a wrong place. (TA.) [And hence also,] اِسْتَرْعَى الأَسْمَاعَ لِخُطْبَتِهِ He asked, or desired, the ears [meaning the hearers ] to mind his discourse, or oration. (Har p. 361.)

رِعْىٌ ذ and ↓ مَرْعًى Pasture, or herbage; (S, Mgh, K;) the food of beasts: (Msb:) pl. of the former أَرْعَاآءٌ [meaning kinds, or sorts, of pasture or herbage ]: (K:) and of ↓ the latter مَرَاعٍ. (Msb.) It is said in a prov., وَلَا كَالسَّعْدَانِ ↓ مَرْعًى [ Pasture, but not like the سعدان: see art. سعد]. (S.) ― -b2- رِعْىُ الحَمَامِ وَالاـِبِلِ A certain herb, having berries like myrtle-berries, in which is the least degree of sweetness; not injurious to the camels that feed upon it, but poison to [ venomous or noxious reptiles or the like, such as are termed ] هَوَامّ: the decoction thereof blackens the hair. (Ibn-Seenà, book ii. p. 252.)

رِعْيَةٌ ذ a subst. from 1 in the first of the senses mentioned in this art.; i. e. [The act of cattle's pasturing, or their pasturing alone, ] from رَعَتِ المَاشِيَةُ. (K.) ― -b2- [Also The act, or occupation, of keeping or tending, or of pasturing or feeding, animals.] You say [of a man], يُجِيدُ رِعْيَةَ الاـِبِلِ [ He performs well the act of keeping or tending, or of pasturing or feeding, camels ]. (S, K.) ― -b3- [And The act of watching, and waiting for the time of the disappearance, of the stars.] See a verse cited near the end of the first paragraph. -A2- Also Land in which are projecting stones that impede the plough. (K, TA.)

رَعْوَى ذ and رُعْوَى: see the next paragraph. ― -b2- [Both seem to be also substs. from أَرْعَيْتُ عَلَيْهِ; and thus to be syn. with بَقْوَى and بُقْوَى; and in like manner, ↓ رُعْيَا is probably syn. with بُقْيَا: the radical ى being changed into و as it is in بقوى.] You say, مَا لِى عَلَيْهِ رَعْوَى وَلَا بَقْوَى [ I have no mercy nor pity to bestow upon him ]. (JK in art. بقى. [See بُقْيَا.]) See also 1 in art. رعو [from which رَعْوَى in this phrase may also with reason be regarded as derivable].

رُعْيَا ذ a subst. from رَعَى as used in the phrase رَعَى أَمْرَهُ [expl. in the first paragraph; thus signifying Mindfulness, regardfulness, or observance, of an affair, or a case]; as also ↓ رَعْوَى and ↓ رُعْوَى. (K.) ― -b2- See also the next preceding paragraph. And see art. رعو.

[ رَعِىٌّ ذ Pastured: ruled, or governed: and kept, or guarded: so accord. to Golius, as on the authority of the KL; but not in my copy of that work. It is agreeable with analogy as syn. with مَرْعِىٌّ: and from it is formed the subst. next following.]

رَعِيَّةٌ ذ [with ة affixed لِلنَّقْلِ, i. e., to transfer the word from the category of epithets to that of substantives,] Cattle pasturing, or pasturing by themselves: and cattle kept, tended, or pastured: (K, TA:) pl. رَعَايَا: (TA:) this latter (the pl.) signifies cattle kept, tended, or pastured, for any one; (K, TA;) for the subjects and for the Sultán; (TA;) as also ↓ رَعَاوِيَّةٌ: (K, TA: in some copies of the K رَعَاوِيَة, without teshdeed:) and ↓ أَرْعَاوِيَّةٌ signifies cattle kept, tended, or pastured, for the Sultán, (K, TA,) especially, and upon which are his brands and marks. (TA.) Hence the trad., كُلُّ رَاعٍ مَسْؤُولٌ عِنْ رَعِيَّتِهِ [ Every pastor shall be questioned respecting his pastured cattle: or every ruler shall be questioned respecting his subjects; agreeably with what follows]. (TA.) ― -b2- The people ruled or governed; the subjects of a ruler or governor: (Msb, K:) the community; the people in common or in general; or the common people: (S:) [any persons or person, and things or thing, in the keeping, or under the guardianship or rule or government, of a man or woman:] see رَاعٍ, in the latter half of the paragraph: pl. as above. (TA.)

رعاءة الخَيْلِ ذ : see رَاعِيَةٌ.