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الربث

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of holding back, delaying, and being held back or hindered. It extends to meanings of weakness, slowness, and dispersal, often in the context of affairs or people.

Derived headwords

رَبَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to delayboth

    To be slow or tardy in doing something, to linger.

  2. 2.
    to be held backclassical

    To be detained or hindered from proceeding.

الرَّبْثُnoun
  1. 1.
    holding backclassical

    The act of holding back or detaining someone or something from a need or task.

تَرَبَّثَverb
  1. 1.
    to delayboth

    To delay or be slow in action; to linger.

تَرْبِيثnoun
  1. 1.
    delayingclassical

    The act of delaying or causing delay, similar to 'الربث'.

رَبِيثnoun
  1. 1.
    hindranceclassical

    Something that holds one back or causes delay.

مَرْبُوثnoun
  1. 1.
    hinderedclassical

    That which is held back or detained.

إِرْبَاثverb
  1. 1.
    to be held backclassical

    To be detained or held back, often implying a state of weakness or slowness.

إِرْبَاثٌnoun
  1. 1.
    weaknessclassical

    A state of weakness, slowness, and lack of progress, leading to dispersal.

رَبِيثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    hindranceclassical

    Something that impedes or holds one back.

  2. 2.
    deceptionclassical

    A trick or stratagem used to detain or mislead.

رَبِيثَىnoun
  1. 1.
    hindranceclassical

    Something that causes delay or detention, similar to 'رَبِيثَة'.

ارْتَبَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to disperseclassical

    To scatter or become dispersed, often as a result of weakness or delay.

ارْتِبَاثnoun
  1. 1.
    dispersalclassical

    The act or state of being dispersed or scattered.

ارْتَبَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to disperseclassical

    To scatter or become dispersed, often as a result of weakness or delay.

ارْبِثَاثًاnoun
  1. 1.
    dispersalclassical

    A state of being dispersed or scattered.

رَبَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to be slowclassical

    To be slow or tardy.

رَبَتْname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Qastclassical

    A name referring to Ibn Qast, a descendant of Qudha'ah.

Parallel reading

الرَّبْثُ عَنِ الْحَاجَةِ: الْحَبْسُ عَنْهَا
Holding back from a need: the act of detaining from it.
وَهُوَ رَبِيثٌ وَمَرْبُوثٌ
And he is detained and held back.
وَإِرْبَاثٌ: احْتَبَسَ
And 'إرباث' means: to be held back.
وَأَمْرُهُمْ: ضَعُفَ وَأَبْطَأَ حَتَّى تَفَرَّقُوا
And their affair: it weakened and became slow until they dispersed.
وَالرَّبِيثَةُ: أَمْرٌ يَحْبِسُكَ
And 'الربيثة': a matter that holds you back.
كَالرَّبِيثَى، (وَالْخِدْعَةُ)
Like 'الربيثى', (and deception).
وَتَرَبَّثَ: تَلَبَّثَ
And 'تربث': to delay.
وَارْتَبَثَ: تَفَرَّقَ
And 'ارتبث': to disperse.
كَارْبَثَّ ارْبِثَاثًا
Like 'ارْبَثَّ ارْبِثَاثًا' (dispersed a dispersal).
وَرَبَتْ، كَزُفَرَ: ابْنُ قَاسِطٍ فِي قُضَاعَةَ
And 'ربت', like 'زفر': Ibn Qast in Qudha'ah.