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ربس

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of strength, robustness, and intensity, often applied to people, situations, or physical attributes. It can also denote a forceful action or a state of weakness.

Derived headwords

الرَّبِيسnoun
  1. 1.
    brave, astute personclassical

    A brave and astute individual, someone possessing both courage and sharp intellect.

رَبْسَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    severe, intenseclassical

    Describing something, particularly a calamity or a situation, as severe or intense.

رَبْسnoun
  1. 1.
    calamitiesclassical

    A plural noun referring to severe troubles or calamities.

ارْتِبَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    stockiness, plumpnessclassical

    The state of being stocky or plump, particularly in flesh or other substances.

رَبِيسadjective
  1. 1.
    stocky, stoutclassical

    Describing an animal, like a ram, as being stocky, stout, and well-built.

رَبَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to fillclassical

    To fill something completely, as in filling a sacrificial offering.

رَبَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike with handsclassical

    To strike or hit something with one's hands.

ارْبَسَّverb
  1. 1.
    to weaken, to falterclassical

    To become weak or to falter, leading to a state of disarray or scattering.

ارْبِسَاسnoun
  1. 1.
    weakening, falteringclassical

    The act or state of weakening or faltering, often resulting in disunity.

Parallel reading

الربيس: الشجاع والداهية.
Al-rabīs: the brave and the astute.
داهية ربساء، أي شديدة.
A severe calamity, meaning intense.
جئت بأمور ربس، وهى الدواهي، مثل دمس.
You brought forth matters of rabis, which are calamities, like damas.
والارتباس: الاكتناز في اللحم وغيره.
And al-irtibās: is the stockiness in flesh and other things.
وكبش ربيس، أي مكتنز أعجز مثل ربيز.
And a ram rabīs, meaning stocky and stout like rabīz.
ربس قربته، أي ملأها.
He filled its offering, meaning he filled it.
أن أصل الربس الضرب باليدين.
That the origin of al-rabs is striking with the hands.
يقال ربسه بيديه.
It is said, he struck it with his hands.
واربَسَّ أمرهم اربساسا: لغة في اربث، أي ضعف، حتى تفرقوا.
And their affair became weak (irbassa) irbisāsan: a variant of irbaththa, meaning it weakened, until they scattered.