رعب

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of fear, terror, and intense fright. It extends to related ideas of being filled or overflowing, particularly with fat or liquid, and also includes terms for weakness and cowardice.

Derived headwords

الرعبnoun

1.
fearboth
fear
2.
Fear.both
Fear.

رعبتهverb

1.
to frightenboth
To cause someone to be terrified or greatly afraid.

مرعوبadjective

1.
terrifiedboth
One who has been frightened or made terrified.

الترعابةnoun

1.
Frightclassical
The state of being startled or frightened.

السنام المرعبadjective

1.
Cut-off humpclassical
Referring to a camel's hump that has been cut or removed.

الرعيبadjective

1.
Fattyboth
Describing something that drips with fat or is very greasy.
2.
Full of fatboth
Specifically referring to a camel's hump that is full of fat or suet.

الترعيبةnoun

1.
Piece of humpclassical
A piece or portion of a camel's hump.

رعبت الحوضverb

1.
to fillboth
To fill a basin or water trough completely.

سيل راعبadjective

1.
Overflowing streamboth
A torrent or flood that fills the entire valley.

سنام رعيبadjective

1.
Fatty humpboth
A camel's hump that is full of fat or suet.

الرعبوبadjective

1.
Cowardlyboth
A weak and timid person, a coward.

الرعبوبةnoun

1.
White streakclassical
A white streak or mark, particularly used to describe a woman.

الراعبيnoun

1.
A type of pigeonboth
A species of pigeon.

راعبيnoun

1.
Female pigeonboth
The female of the Raa'bi pigeon.

Parallel reading

تقول منه: رعبته فهو مرعوب، إذا أفزعته، ولا تقل أرعبته.

You say from it: 'ra'abtuhu' (I frightened him) and 'mar'uub' (he is frightened), if you have terrified him, but do not say 'ar'abtuhu'.

والترعابة: الفزوق

And al-tar'aabah: fright.

والسنام المرعب: المقطع.

And the cut-off hump: the one that is cut.

والرعيب: الذي يقطر دسما.

And al-ru'ayb: that which drips with fat.

والترعيبة، بالكسر: القطعة من السنام.

And al-tur'aybah, with kasra: the piece from the hump.

ورعبت الحوض: ملأته.

And I filled the trough: I filled it.

وسيل راعب: يملأ الوادي.

And an overflowing stream: it fills the valley.

قال الشاعر: بذى هيدب أيما الربى تحت ودقه * فيروى وأيما كل واد فيرعب

A poet said: With abundant rain, whatever high ground is under its downpour is watered, and whatever valley is there is filled.

وسنام رعيب، أي ممتلئ شحما.

And a fatty hump, meaning full of fat.

والرعبوب: الضعيف الجبان.

And al-ru'buub: the weak, the coward.

والرعبوبة من النساء: الشطبة البيضاء.

And al-ru'buubah among women: the white streak.

والراعبي: جنس من الحمام، والانثى راعبية.

And al-raa'biyy: a genus of pigeon, and the female is raa'biyyah.