الريب

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns doubt, suspicion, and uncertainty. It extends to encompass the hardships of time, need, and the feeling of being accused or mistrusted. Derived forms describe the act of doubting, causing doubt, and things that inspire fear or suspicion.

Derived headwords

الرَّيْبnoun

1.
Doubtboth
The primary meaning is doubt or uncertainty about something.
2.
Hardship of timeclassical
Refers to the difficulties and vicissitudes of life and time.
3.
Needclassical
Can also signify a state of necessity or requirement.
4.
Suspicionboth
A feeling of mistrust or suspicion towards someone or something.
5.
Accusationclassical
A charge or accusation of wrongdoing.

الرِّيبَةnoun

1.
Doubtboth
Synonymous with 'al-rayb', denoting uncertainty or suspicion.
2.
Suspicionboth
A feeling of mistrust or apprehension.

رَابَنِيverb

1.
To cause doubt in meboth
When something or someone caused the speaker to feel doubt or suspicion.
2.
To seem suspicious to meboth
When a matter or situation appeared dubious or questionable to the speaker.

أَرَابَنِيverb

1.
To make me suspectboth
To cause someone to have suspicion or doubt about something or someone.
2.
To make me doubtboth
To instill doubt or uncertainty in someone.
3.
To make me think soclassical
To lead someone to believe something, often with a connotation of suspicion.

أَرَبْتُهُverb

1.
To make it have doubtclassical
To cause something (e.g., a situation) to become doubtful or uncertain.

رَبَّتُهُverb

1.
To convey doubt to himclassical
To communicate or instill doubt or suspicion into someone.

أَرَابَ الأَمْرverb

1.
The matter became doubtfulboth
When a situation or issue became uncertain, questionable, or suspicious.

اسْتَرَابَ بِهِverb

1.
To suspect him/itboth
To view someone or something with suspicion, often after observing something that raises doubt.
2.
To see something suspiciousboth
To perceive something in someone or a situation that causes suspicion.

أَمْر رَيَّابadjective

1.
Fearful matterclassical
Describes a situation or event that inspires fear, dread, or apprehension.

ارْتَابَverb

1.
To doubtboth
To experience uncertainty or lack of conviction about something.
2.
To suspectboth
To have a feeling or belief that someone has done something wrong or is guilty of something, or that something is the case.

بَيْت رِيْبname

1.
Fortress in Yemenclassical
A specific historical name for a fortress located in Yemen.

Parallel reading

الريب: صرف الدهر، والحاجة، والظنة، والتهمة

Doubt: the vicissitudes of time, need, suspicion, and accusation.

كالريبة، بالكسر

Like 'al-ribah', with a kasra.

وقد رابني وأرابني

And it caused me doubt, and it made me suspect.

وأربته: جعلت فيه ريبة

And I made it have doubt: I made doubt exist in it.

وربته: أوصلتها إليه

And I conveyed it to him: I delivered it to him.

وأرابني: ظننت ذلك به، وجعل في الريبة، أو أوهمني الريبة

And it made me suspect: I thought that about him, and it caused suspicion in me, or it made me imagine suspicion.

أو رابني أمره يريبني ريبا وريبة، بالكسر، إذا كنوا ألحقوا الألف، وإذا لم يكنوا ألقوها

Or his matter caused me doubt, it causes me doubt with doubt and suspicion, with a kasra; if they used a pronoun, they added the alif, and if they did not use a pronoun, they omitted it.

أو يجوز: أرابني الأمر

Or it is permissible: the matter made me suspect.

وأراب الأمر: صار ذا ريب

And the matter became doubtful: it became possessed of doubt.

واستراب به: رأى منه ما يريبه

And he suspected him/it: he saw from him/it that which causes him doubt.

وأمر رياب، كشداد: مفزع

And a fearful matter, like 'shaddad': a cause of fear.

وارتاب: شك

And he doubted: he was uncertain.

وبه: اتهمه

And about him/it: he accused him/it.

والريب: ع

And 'al-rayb': a name.

وبيت ريب: حصن باليمن

And 'Bayt Rayb': a fortress in Yemen.