رعب

Root entry · 43 derived lemmas

The root رعب (raʿaba) primarily denotes intense fear, terror, and panic. It extends to concepts of filling or overflowing, particularly with water, and also describes physical attributes like thickness, ripeness, and even a type of pigeon.

Derived headwords

الرُّعْبُnoun

1.
terror, dreadboth
Intense fear and apprehension; a state of being terrified.
2.
fear of Godclassical
Reverential fear or awe, often in a religious context.

رَعَبَverb

1.
to terrify, frightenboth
To cause someone to feel intense fear or terror.
2.
to fill upclassical
To become full or overflow, especially of a body of water filling a space.

رُعِبَverb

1.
to be terrifiedboth
To experience intense fear or dread.

رُعْبًاnoun

1.
terror, fearboth
The state of being terrified or filled with fear; a source of dread.

مَرْعُوبadjective

1.
terrified, frightenedboth
Experiencing intense fear; filled with dread.

رَعِيبadjective

1.
terrifiedclassical
Filled with fear or dread.
2.
dripping with fatclassical
Describing something, like meat or a camel's hump, that is very fatty and succulent.
3.
shortclassical
Describing a person or thing as being short in stature.

أَرْعَبَverb

1.
to terrifyclassical
To cause great fear or terror in someone.

تَرْعِيبverb

1.
to terrifyclassical
To instill fear or terror; to make someone afraid.

تَرْعَابnoun

1.
terror, frightclassical
A state of intense fear or panic.

ارْتَعَبَverb

1.
to be terrifiedboth
To become filled with fear or dread.

مُرْعِبadjective

1.
terrifying, frighteningboth
Causing fear or terror; dreadful.

مُرْتَعِبadjective

1.
terrifiedclassical
Filled with fear or dread.

التُّرْعَابَةnoun

1.
fearfulnessclassical
A state of being easily frightened or timid.

المُرْعِبَةnoun

1.
desolate placeclassical
A frightening or desolate area of land.
2.
startling approachclassical
The act of suddenly approaching someone while they are unaware, causing them to be startled.

رَعَبَ الحَوْضَverb

1.
to fill a basinclassical
To fill a basin or container completely with liquid.

رَعَبَ السَّيْلُ الوَادِيَverb

1.
flood filled the valleyclassical
When a flood completely fills a valley.

سَيْلٌ رَاعِبadjective

1.
flooding valleyclassical
A flood that fills the valley completely.

رَاعِبadjective

1.
fillingclassical
Describing something that fills up, especially a valley with water.

الرَّعِيبadjective

1.
dripping fatclassical
Describing something that is very fatty and succulent.

رَعَبَتِ الحَمَامَةُverb

1.
dove cooed loudlyclassical
When a dove intensifies and raises its cooing sound.

الرَّاعَبِيّnoun

1.
type of pigeonclassical
A specific kind or species of pigeon.

حَمَامَةٌ رَاعِبِيَّةadjective

1.
loud-cooing doveclassical
A dove whose cooing is intense and loud, described as 'terrifying' in sound.

شَدِيدُ الرُّعْبphrase

1.
full of dreadclassical
Describing someone who is very fearful or full of apprehension.

السَّنَامُ المُرْعِبadjective

1.
severed humpclassical
A camel's hump that has been cut or severed.

رَعَبَ السَّنَامَverb

1.
to sever a humpclassical
To cut off a camel's hump.

التَّرْعِيبَةnoun

1.
piece of humpclassical
A piece or portion of a camel's hump, especially when cut.

التَّرْعِيبnoun

1.
severed humpclassical
A camel's hump that is cut into long strips.

سَنَامٌ رَعِيبadjective

1.
fat and plump humpclassical
A camel's hump that is very full of fat, plump, and thick.

تَرْعِيبُهُnoun

1.
plumpness, thicknessclassical
The state of being plump, thick, and heavy with fat.

الرُّعْبُوبَةnoun

1.
piece of humpclassical
Similar to 'tar'ībāh', a piece of camel's hump.
2.
long and slenderclassical
Describing a girl or woman as being tall and slender.
3.
longclassical
Describing something as being tall or lengthy.

الرُّعْبُوبadjective

1.
slender girlclassical
A tall, slender, and graceful young woman.
2.
cowardlyclassical
Describing someone as weak and timid.

جَارِيَةٌ رُعْبُوبَةadjective

1.
slender maidenclassical
A young woman who is tall, slender, and beautiful.

الرُّعَابِيبnoun

1.
slender womenclassical
Plural of 'ru'būbah', referring to tall, slender, and beautiful women.

رُعْبَبَهadjective

1.
white and plumpclassical
Describing something, possibly food or a person, as white and plump or well-fed.

أَصْلُ الطَّلْعَةnoun

1.
base of the palm frondclassical
The base or origin of a palm frond.

نَاقَةٌ رُعْبُوبadjective

1.
light and skittish camelclassical
A female camel that is light, agile, and prone to darting away.

الرُّعْبُوبadjective

1.
weak, cowardlyclassical
Describing someone as feeble and lacking courage.

رُقْيَةٌ مِنَ السِّحْرnoun

1.
incantation against magicclassical
A charm or incantation used to ward off or counteract sorcery.

رَاعَىverb

1.
to perform an incantationclassical
To recite an incantation or charm, especially against magic.

رَجُلٌ رَعَّابadjective

1.
one who performs incantationsclassical
A person who recites charms or incantations, particularly against magic.

الأَرْعَبadjective

1.
shortclassical
Describing someone or something as short in stature.

الرُّعْبُnoun

1.
shortnessclassical
The quality of being short.

الرَّعْبَاءname

1.
a place nameclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific location, though its authenticity is uncertain.

Parallel reading

الفزع والخوف.

Terror and fear.

رعبه يرعبه رعبا ورعبا؛ فهو مرعوب ورعيب: أفزعه؛

He terrified him, terrifying him with terror and dread; he was terrified and fearful: he frightened him;

نصرت بالرعب مسيرة شهر

I was aided by terror for the distance of a month's journey

كان أعداء النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، قد أوقع الله في قلوبهم الخوف منه، فإذا كان بينه وبينهم مسيرة شهر، هابوه وفزعوا منه؛

The enemies of the Prophet, peace be upon him, God had cast fear of him into their hearts, so when there was a month's journey between him and them, they feared him and were terrified of him;

إن الأولى رعبوا علينا

Indeed, the first ones were terrified of us

الترعابة: الفروقة من كل شيء.

Al-Tar'abah: the timid one of everything.

والمرعبة: القفرة المخيفة، وأن يثب الرجل فيقعد بجنبك، وأنت عنه غافل، فتفزع.

And Al-Mur'ibah: the frightening desolate place, and when a man leaps and sits beside you, while you are unaware of him, you become startled.

ورعب الحوض يرعبه رعبا: ملأه.

And he filled the basin, filling it completely.

ورعب السيل الوادي يرعبه: ملأه، وهو منه.

And the flood filled the valley, filling it, and it is from this root.

وسيل راعب: يملأ الوادي؛

And a flooding torrent: it fills the valley;

ورعب: فعل متعد، وغير متعد؛

And 'ra'aba': it is transitive and intransitive;

تقول: رعب الوادي، فهو راعب إذا امتلأ بالماء؛

You say: the valley filled, and it is 'rā'ib' if it is filled with water;

ورعب السيل الوادي: إذا ملأه، مثل قولهم: نقص الشيء ونقصته،

And the flood filled the valley: if it filled it, like their saying: the thing diminished and I diminished it,

والرعيب: الذي يقطر دسما.

And Al-Ra'īb: that which drips with fat.

ورعبت الحمامة: رفعت هديلها وشدته.

And the dove intensified its cooing and strengthened it.

والراعبي: جنس من الحمام.

And Al-Rā'ibī: a genus of pigeons.

وحمامة راعبية: ترعب في صوتها ترعيبا، وهو شدة الصوت، جاء على لفظ النسب، وليس به؛

And a Ra'ībīyah dove: it intensifies its sound with intensity, which is the loudness of the sound, it comes in the form of attribution, but it is not;

وتقول: إنه لشديد الرعب؛

And you say: he is full of dread;

السنام المرعب: المقطع.

The terrifying hump: the severed one.

ورعب السنام وغيره، يرعبه، ورعبه: قطعه.

And he severed the hump and other things, it terrified him, and he terrified him: he cut it.

والترعيبة، بالكسر: القطعة منه، والجمع ترعيب؛

And Al-Tar'ībah, with kasra: the piece of it, and the plural is Tar'īb;

وقيل: الترعيب السنام المقطع شطائب مستطيلة، وهو اسم لا مصدر.

And it was said: Al-Tar'īb is the hump cut into long strips, and it is a noun, not a masdar.

وسنام رعيب أي ممتلئ سمين.

And a Ra'īb hump meaning full of fat.

وقال شمر: ترعيبه ارتجاجه وسمنه وغلظه، كأنه يرتج من سمنه.

And Shammir said: its plumpness is its shaking and its fatness and its thickness, as if it shakes from its fatness.

والرعبوبة: كالترعيبة، ويقال: أطعمنا رعبوبة من سنام عنده، وهو الرعبب.

And Al-Ru'būbah: like Al-Tar'ībah, and it is said: we were fed a piece of hump from a hump he had, and it is Al-Ru'bab.

وجارية رعبوبة ورعبوب ورعبيب: شطبة تارة، الأخيرة عن السيرافي من هذا، والجمع الرعابيب؛

And a Ru'būbah girl and Ru'būb and Ru'abīb: a slender one at times, the last from Al-Sirafi from this, and the plural is Al-Ru'ābīb;

رعابيب بيض، لا قصار زعانف، ... ولا قمعات، حسنهن قريب

Slender white ones, not short-finned, ... nor stunted, their beauty is close

وقيل: هي البيضاء الحسنة، الرطبة الحلوة؛

And it was said: she is the beautiful white one, moist and sweet;

وقيل: هي البيضاء فقط؛

And it was said: she is only the white one;

وأنشد الليث: ثم ظللنا في شواء، رعببه ... ملهوج، مثل الكشى نكشبه

And Al-Layth recited: Then we spent the night with roasted meat, plump ... with a full stomach, like the dried dung we scrape.

وقال اللحياني: هي البيضاء الناعمة.

And Al-Lahyānī said: she is the soft white one.

ويقال لأصل الطلعة: رعبوبة أيضا.

And the base of the palm frond is also called Ru'būbah.

والرعبوبة: الطويلة، عن ابن الأعرابي.

And Al-Ru'būbah: the tall one, from Ibn Al-A'rābī.

وناقة رعبوبة ورعبوب: خفيفة طياشة؛

And a Ru'būbah and Ru'būb camel: light and skittish;

إذا حركتها الساق قلت: نعامة، ... وإن زجرت، يوما، فليست برعبوب

If the leg moves her, you say: an ostrich, ... and if you scold her, one day, she is not skittish

والرعبوب: الضعيف الجبان.

And Al-Ru'būb: the weak, the cowardly.

والرعب: رقية من السحر، رعب الراقي يرعب رعبا.

And Al-Ru'b: an incantation against magic, the incanter recites, terrifying with terror.

ورجل رعاب: رقاء من ذلك.

And a Ra''āb man: an incanter of that.

والأرعب: القصير، وهو الرعيب أيضا، وجمعه رعب ورعب؛

And Al-Ar'ab: the short one, and he is also Al-Ra'īb, and his plural is Ru'b and Ru'ab;

إني لأهوى الأطولين الغلبا، ... وأبغض المشيبين الرعبا

Indeed, I love the tall and strong ones, ... and I hate the short and weak ones

والرعباء: موضع، وليس بثبت.

And Al-Ru'bā': a place, and it is not confirmed.