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الرعب

Root entry · 29 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intense fear, terror, and fright. It extends to related concepts like intimidation, causing fear, and even physical states associated with fear, such as being plump or weak. It also encompasses less common meanings like mending, cutting, and specific types of vocalizations or enchantments.

Derived headwords

الرُّعْبnoun
  1. 1.
    Terror, frightboth

    Intense fear or dread.

  2. 2.
    Enchantment, spellclassical

    A magical incantation or charm, often used to ward off evil or influence others.

  3. 3.
    Threat, warningclassical

    A statement of intent to inflict harm or punishment.

  4. 4.
    Rhyming speechclassical

    A form of eloquent, rhyming speech used by Arabs.

رَعَبَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To frighten himboth

    To cause someone to feel intense fear or terror.

  2. 2.
    To intimidate himboth

    To make someone fearful or apprehensive, often through threats.

  3. 3.
    To fill itclassical

    To make something full.

  4. 4.
    To cut itclassical

    To sever or divide something.

رعبه، كمنعه: خوفه — He frightened him.
رعبه: ملأه — He filled it.
رعبه: قطعه — He cut it.
مَرْعُوبadjective
  1. 1.
    Terrified, frightenedboth

    Experiencing intense fear or dread.

رَعِيبadjective
  1. 1.
    Terrified, frightenedclassical

    Experiencing intense fear or dread.

  2. 2.
    Fat, plumpclassical

    Describing someone or something as being very fleshy or plump.

تَرْعِيبًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Intimidationboth

    The act of causing fear or intimidation.

  2. 2.
    Mending, repairingclassical

    The act of making something sound or whole again.

رعبه ترعيبا: أصلح رعبه — He mended its condition.
تَرْعَابًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Intimidationclassical

    The act of causing fear or intimidation.

فَرَعَبَverb
  1. 1.
    To be terrifiedclassical

    To experience sudden and intense fear.

ارْتَعَبَverb
  1. 1.
    To be terrifiedboth

    To become overcome with fear or terror.

التَّرْعَابَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Trembling, fearfulnessclassical

    A state of being fearful or trembling.

التَّرْعِيبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    A piece cut offclassical

    A portion or fragment that has been cut from something.

تَرْعِيبnoun
  1. 1.
    Pieces cut offclassical

    Plural of a piece cut from something.

رُعْبُوبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Plumpness, beautyclassical

    Describing a young woman as plump, beautiful, and moist/sweet.

جَارِيَة رُعْبُوبَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Plump, beautiful, moist girlclassical

    A young female slave characterized by plumpness, beauty, and a sweet, moist complexion.

رُعْبُوبadjective
  1. 1.
    Plump, beautiful, moistclassical

    Describing a young woman as plump, beautiful, and moist/sweet.

  2. 2.
    Weak, cowardlyclassical

    Describing someone as lacking strength or courage.

رَعِيبِبadjective
  1. 1.
    Plump, beautiful, moistclassical

    Describing a young woman as plump, beautiful, and moist/sweet.

رُعْبُوبَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Plump, beautiful, moistclassical

    Describing a young woman as plump, beautiful, and moist/sweet.

رَعِيبِبَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Plump, beautiful, moistclassical

    Describing a young woman as plump, beautiful, and moist/sweet.

طَيَّاشَةadjective
  1. 1.
    Skittish, restlessclassical

    Describing a female camel as being restless or easily startled.

الرَّعْظnoun
  1. 1.
    Penisclassical

    The male reproductive organ.

رَعَظَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Penisclassical

    The male reproductive organ.

كَسَرَ رُعْبَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To break his spiritclassical

    To overcome someone's fear or intimidation.

أَصْلَحَ رُعْبَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To mend its conditionclassical

    To repair or improve the state of something.

مُرْعِبَبadjective
  1. 1.
    Fat, dripping with fatclassical

    Describing someone as extremely plump and succulent.

المُرْعِبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Frightening wildernessclassical

    A desolate and terrifying place.

  2. 2.
    Sudden frightclassical

    The act of startling someone by suddenly appearing near them.

الرُّعْبُوبadjective
  1. 1.
    Weak, cowardlyclassical

    Describing someone as lacking strength or courage.

الرُّعْبَبnoun
  1. 1.
    The beginning of a sproutclassical

    The initial stage of a plant's growth, its first appearance.

رَاعَبَverb
  1. 1.
    To be a place nameclassical

    Referring to a specific location.

الحَمَام الرَّاعِبِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    The Ra'ibiyyah dovesclassical

    A specific type or breed of doves associated with the place Ra'ibah.

الرُّعْبَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    A place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

Parallel reading

الرعب، بالضم وبضمتين: الفزع.
Terror, with one or two dammah: fright.
رعبه، كمنعه: خوفه، فهو مرعوب ورعيب.
He terrified him, like 'he prevented him': he made him fearful, so he is terrified and fearful.
كرعبه ترعيبا وترعابا، فرعب، كمنع رعبا، بالضم، وارتعب.
Like his terrifying him with intimidation and fright, so he became terrified, like 'he prevented' with terror, and he was terrified.
والترعابة، بالكسر: الفروقة.
And al-tur'abah, with kasrah: fearfulness.
ورعبه، كمنعه: ملأه، و الحمامة: رفعت هديلها وشدته، و السنام وغيره: قطعه، كرعبه فيهما.
And he filled it, like 'he prevented him', and the dove: she raised her cooing and intensified it, and the hump and other things: he cut it, like his cutting it in both.
والترعيبة، بالكسر: القطعة منه، ج: ترعيب، كالرعبوبة.
And al-tur'ibah, with kasrah: the piece cut from it, plural: tur'ib, like al-ru'bubah.
وجارية رعبوبة ورعبوب ورعبيب، بالكسر: شطبة تارة، أو بيضاء حسنة رطبة حلوة، أو ناعمة، و من النوق: طياشة.
And a girl is ru'bubah and ru'bub and ru'bib, with kasrah: sometimes slender, or white, beautiful, moist, sweet, or soft, and from the she-camels: skittish.
والرعب: الرقية من السحر وغيره، والوعيد، وكلام تسجع به العرب، والفعل: كمنع.
And al-ru'b: the incantation against magic and other things, and the threat, and speech with which the Arabs rhyme, and the verb: like 'he prevented'.
وهو راعب ورعاب.
And he is a ra'ib and ru'ab.
وبالضم: الرعظ، ج: كقردة.
And with dammah: al-ra'z, plural: like qiradah.
ورعبه: كسر رعبه.
And he broke its spirit.
ورعبه ترعيبا: أصلح رعبه.
And he mended its condition.
والرعيب، كأمير: السمين يقطر دسما، كالمرعبب، (للفاعل).
And al-ru'aib, like 'amīr: the fat dripping with fat, like al-mur'bib, (active participle).
والمرعبة، كمرحلة: القفرة المخيفة، وأن يثب أحد فيقعد عندك وأنت غافل فتفزع.
And al-mur'ibah, like marhalah: the frightening wilderness, and that one jumps and sits near you while you are unaware and you become frightened.
والرعبوب: الضعيف الجبان، وبهاء: أصل الطلعة، كالرعبب، كجندب.
And al-ru'bub: the weak, the coward, and with ha': the origin of the sprout, like al-ru'bab, like jundab.
وراعب: أرض، منها الحمام الراعبية.
And Ra'ib: a land, from it are the Ra'ibiyyah doves.
والرعباء: ع.
And al-Ru'ba': a place name.