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ربكه

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root ربكه (r-b-k) primarily deals with concepts of confusion, mixing, and entanglement. It extends to actions of preparing food, describing a weak or confused person, and geographical locations. The root also encompasses terms for specific types of mixed liquids or substances and animal descriptions.

Derived headwords

رَبَكَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to confuse himboth

    To mix something up, causing confusion or entanglement.

  2. 2.
    to prepare thareedclassical

    Specifically, to prepare the dish thareed (a bread and meat stew).

  3. 3.
    to throw him into mudclassical

    To cause someone to fall into mud or mire, leading to their entanglement.

اِرْتَبَكَverb
  1. 1.
    to be confusedboth

    To become confused or entangled, especially in one's affairs.

  2. 2.
    to stammerboth

    To falter or stammer in one's speech.

  3. 3.
    to struggleclassical

    For hunted game, to struggle or become entangled in a snare or trap.

رَبْكnoun
  1. 1.
    confusionclassical

    A state of confusion or entanglement.

رَبِيكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a dishclassical

    A dish made of dried cheese (aqt) with dates and ghee, sometimes mixed with water, or with flour/barley flour, or cooked with dates and barley. It is a type of mixed food.

رَبِيكnoun
  1. 1.
    a dishclassical

    Similar to الربيكة, referring to a mixed food preparation, especially one involving flour or barley flour mixed with ghee.

رَبِكadjective
  1. 1.
    confusedclassical

    A man whose affairs are mixed up or confused.

  2. 2.
    weak of resourceclassical

    A person who is weak in strategy or resourcefulness.

اِرْتِبَاكnoun
  1. 1.
    stoppingclassical

    The act of stopping or pausing from an affair or task.

  2. 2.
    confusion of opinionclassical

    A state where one's opinion or judgment becomes confused.

أَرْبَكَname
  1. 1.
    Arbakclassical

    A place name in Khuzestan, Iran. Ali bin Ahmad bin Al-Fadl Al-Arbaki is a notable person from there.

أَرْبَقname
  1. 1.
    Arbaqclassical

    An alternative pronunciation or spelling for the place name Arbak in Khuzestan.

أَرْبَكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    muddy waterclassical

    Water mixed with mud or silt.

  2. 2.
    thick butterclassical

    Butter that does not separate from milk, implying a thick or emulsified state.

أَرْبَكadjective
  1. 1.
    blackish camelclassical

    A camel that is blackish in color, or intensely black in its ears and hooves, with the rest of its body having a dark hue.

Parallel reading

خلطه فارتبك
He mixed it, and he became confused.
والثريد: أصلحه
And thareed: he prepared it.
وفلانا: ألقاه في وحل فارتبك فيه
And so-and-so: he threw him into mud, and he became entangled in it.
ورجل ربك، كصرد وأمير وهجف: مختلط في أمره
And a man is 'rabik', like 'ṣard' and 'amīr' and 'hajaf': mixed up in his affair.
وككتف: ضعيف الحيلة
And like 'katif': weak in resourcefulness.
واختلط عليه أمره، كربك، كفرح
And his affair became confused for him, like 'rabika', as in 'fariḥa'.
وفي كلامه: تتعتع
And in his speech: he stammered.
والصيد في الحبالة: اضطرب
And the hunted game in the snare: struggled.
وارباك عن الأمر: وقف
And 'irbāk' from the matter: stopping.
ورأيه: اختلط
And his opinion: became confused.
وأربك، بضم الباء، ويقال: أربق: ة بخوزستان
And Arbaka, with the damma on the ba, and it is said: Arbaqa: a place in Khuzestan.
منها: علي بن أحمد بن الفضل الأربكي
From it: Ali bin Ahmad bin Al-Fadl Al-Arbaki.
والماء المختلط بالطين
And the water mixed with mud.
والزبدة التي لا يزايلها اللبن
And the butter that does not separate from the milk.
وفي المثل: "غرثان فاربكوا له"
And in the proverb: 'He was hungry, so they prepared food for him'.
فقال: ما أصنع به؟ أآكله أم أشربه؟
He said: What shall I do with him? Shall I eat him or drink him?
فقالت امرأته ذلك، فلما شبع، قال: كيف الطلا وأمه
And his wife said that. When he was full, he said: How about the young camel and its mother?
والأربك من الإبل: الأسود مشربا كدرة
And Al-Arbak from the camels: the blackish one with a dark hue.
أو الشديد سواد الأذنين والدفوف، وما عدا ذلك مشرب كدرة
Or intensely black in the ears and hooves, and whatever is other than that is of a dark hue.