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Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of delay, lingering, and slowness. It extends to meanings of scattering, dispersion, and becoming weak or disorganized. It also encompasses the idea of being held back or hindered by needs or attachments.

Derived headwords

رَبَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to delay, lingerboth

    To be slow or tardy in movement or action; to tarry.

  2. 2.
    to hold back, hinderclassical

    To cause someone to delay or be held back, often by attachments or needs.

تَلَبَّثَverb
  1. 1.
    to delay, tarryboth

    To move slowly or delay one's departure or action.

تَرَبَّثَverb
  1. 1.
    to delay, lingerboth

    To move slowly or delay one's actions.

تَرْبِيثٌnoun
  1. 1.
    delay, tarryingclassical

    The act of delaying or lingering.

تَرْبِيثَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    a single instance of delayclassical

    One instance or occasion of delaying or lingering.

رَبَثٌnoun
  1. 1.
    delay, slownessclassical

    A state of delay or slowness.

رَبِيثٌadjective
  1. 1.
    delayed, hinderedclassical

    Someone or something that is delayed or held back.

مَرْبُوثٌadjective
  1. 1.
    delayed, hinderedclassical

    Someone or something that is delayed or held back.

ارْتَبَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to scatter, disperseclassical

    To become scattered or dispersed.

  2. 2.
    to become weak, disorganizedclassical

    To become weak, disorganized, or fragmented.

ارْتِبَاثٌnoun
  1. 1.
    scattering, dispersionclassical

    The act or state of being scattered or dispersed.

  2. 2.
    weakness, disorganizationclassical

    A state of weakness, disorganization, or fragmentation.

تَفَرَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to scatter, disperseboth

    To separate and go in different directions; to disperse.

تَفَرُّقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    scattering, dispersionboth

    The act or state of scattering or dispersing.

اِنْتَشَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to spread, disperseboth

    To spread out over a wide area; to disperse.

اِنْتِشَارٌnoun
  1. 1.
    spreading, dispersionboth

    The act or state of spreading or dispersing.

أَبْطَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to slow down, delayboth

    To become slower or to cause something to become slower.

بُطْءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    slownessboth

    The state or quality of being slow.

Parallel reading

غدت الشياطين براياتها فيأخذون الناس بالربائث أي ذكروهم الحوائج التي تربثهم، ليربثوهم بها عن الجمعة
The devils went forth with their banners and seized people by their needs, meaning they reminded them of the needs that would delay them, so that they would be delayed by them from attending the Friday prayer.
وتربث في سيره أي تلبث
And he lingered in his journey, meaning he delayed.
وربثه: كلبثه
And 'rabathahu' means 'kalabathahu' (he delayed him).
وامرأة ربيث أي مربوث
And a 'rabithah' woman means a 'marbuthah' (delayed or hindered woman).
وارتبث القوم: تفرقوا
And the people became scattered, meaning they dispersed.
واربث أمر القوم: تفرق
And the affair of the people became scattered, meaning it dispersed.
رميناهم، حتى إذا اربث أمرهم، ...
We attacked them until their affair became scattered...
واربث أمر القوم اربثاثا إذا انتشر وتفرق، ولم يلتئم
And the affair of the people became scattered (irbaththathan) if it spread and dispersed, and did not unite.
أي ضعف وأبطأ حتى تفرقوا
Meaning they became weak and slow until they dispersed.