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رءب

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of mending, repairing, and joining things that are broken or separated. It extends to concepts of growth and fertility in land, and also refers to specific quantities of camels and prominent individuals.

Derived headwords

رَأَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to mend, repairboth

    To fix something that is broken or split, to join its parts together.

  2. 2.
    to reconcileboth

    To mend relations between people, to bring about reconciliation.

  3. 3.
    to sprout, become moistclassical

    Used for land that becomes moist and sprouts after being grazed or cut.

ارْتَأَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to mend, repairclassical

    To mend or repair something, similar to the basic verb form.

مِرْأَبnoun
  1. 1.
    mending tool, patchclassical

    A piece or tool used for mending or repairing something, like a patch for a vessel.

رُؤْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    patch, mended piececlassical

    A piece used to mend or repair something, specifically a piece used to patch a vessel.

رَآبّnoun
  1. 1.
    patcher, menderclassical

    One who mends or repairs things.

رَأْبnoun
  1. 1.
    seventy camelsclassical

    A specific number of camels, seventy.

  2. 2.
    great lordclassical

    A large, prominent, or important man; a lord.

مُرْتَأَبadjective
  1. 1.
    one who seeks forgivenessclassical

    One who seeks to be excused or forgiven; one who is pardoned.

رِئَابname
  1. 1.
    name of individualsclassical

    A proper name borne by several individuals, including companions of the Prophet and scholars.

Parallel reading

رأب الصدع
He mended the crack.
أصلحه وشعبه
He repaired it and joined its parts.
وهو مرأب
And it is a mended thing.
ورآب
And a mender.
بينهم: أصلح
Between them: he reconciled.
والأرض: نبتت رطبتها بعد الجز
And the land: its moisture returned and it sprouted after being grazed.
والرؤبة، بالضم: القطعة التي يرأب بها الإناء
And ar-ru'bah, with dammah: the piece by which a vessel is mended.
قيل: وبه سمي رؤبة بن العجاج بن رؤبة
It is said: and by this was named Ru'bah ibn al-'Ajjaj ibn Ru'bah.
والرأب: السبعون من الإبل
And ar-ra'b: seventy of the camels.
والسيد الضخم
And the large lord.
والمرتأب: المغتفر
And al-murt'ab: the one pardoned.
وككتاب: هارون بن رئاب الصحابي البدري
And like kitāb: Hārūn ibn Ri'āb, the Companion of Badr.
ورئاب بن عبد الله المحدث
And Ri'āb ibn 'Abd Allāh, the traditionist.
وجد جابر بن عبد الله الصحابي
And the grandfather of Jābir ibn 'Abd Allāh, the Companion.
وجد زينب بنت جحش، رضي الله عنهم
And the grandfather of Zaynab bint Jahsh, may God be pleased with them.