ربء

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of elevation, rising, and overlooking. It extends to watching from a height, guarding, and also encompasses meanings of improvement, gathering, and even slowness in gait. Some derived terms relate to containers and observation posts.

Derived headwords

رَبَأَverb

1.
to be a lookoutboth
To become a lookout or vanguard for a group, positioned on a height to observe.
2.
to rise and elevateboth
To rise up and become elevated, often used metaphorically for land or a situation.
3.
to raiseboth
To cause something to rise or be elevated; to lift up.
4.
to guard and improveboth
To guard wealth and improve it, or to look after and manage something.
5.
to go awayclassical
To cause something to go away or disappear.
6.
to gatherclassical
To gather food items like milk, dates, and other provisions.
7.
to walk slowlyclassical
To walk with a slow, heavy, or deliberate gait.
8.
to overlookboth
To look out from a high place, to survey.

صار ربيئة لهم على شرف — He became a lookout for them on a height.

اهتزت وربأت — It vibrated and rose up.

ربأت المربأة — I ascended the watchtower.

ربأت بك عن كذا وكذا — I raised you from such and such.

ربأ المال — He guarded and improved the wealth.

ربأ له — He gathered for him.

جاء يربأ في مشيته — He came walking slowly in his gait.

أربأ لي — He appeared to me from a height.

ارْتَبَأَverb

1.
to be a lookoutboth
To act as a lookout or vanguard, observing from a high place.
2.
to become richclassical
To become wealthy or well-off.
3.
to overlookboth
To look out from a high place; to survey.

وارتبأ، إذا اعتان — And he became a lookout, if he became wealthy.

كارتبأ — And he looked out.

رَبِيئةnoun

1.
lookoutboth
A vanguard, scout, or lookout, especially one positioned on a height.

صار ربيئة لهم — He became a lookout for them.

الرَّبِيئةnoun

1.
lookoutboth
A vanguard, scout, or lookout, especially one positioned on a height.

الربيء والربيئة: الطليعة — The lookout and the vanguard: the vanguard.

الرَّبَايَاnoun

1.
lookoutsboth
Plural of ربيئة (rabi'ah), referring to lookouts or vanguards.

والجمع! الربايا — And the plural is: the lookouts.

رَبَأَverb

1.
to riseboth
To rise up and become elevated.

اهتزت وربأت — It vibrated and rose up.

رَبَأَverb

1.
to raiseboth
To lift up or elevate something.

ربأت بك عن كذا وكذا — I raised you from such and such.

رَبَأَverb

1.
to guard and improveboth
To guard wealth and improve it.

ولا أربأ المال من حبه — And I do not guard the wealth out of love for it.

رَبَأَverb

1.
to go awayclassical
To cause something to go away or disappear.

ربأ: أذهب — He caused to go away: he made disappear.

رَبَأَverb

1.
to gatherclassical
To gather provisions from various food items.

ربأ له إذا جمع من كل طعام ولبن وتمر وغيره — He gathered for him if he collected from every food, milk, dates, and other things.

رَبَأَverb

1.
to walk slowlyclassical
To walk with a slow, heavy, or deliberate gait.

ربأ إذا تثاقل في مشيته — He walked slowly if he was heavy in his gait.

أَرْبَأَverb

1.
to be a lookoutboth
To act as a lookout or vanguard, observing from a high place.
2.
to raiseboth
To cause something to rise or be elevated.
3.
to guardboth
To guard or watch over something.

أربأ لي — He appeared to me from a height.

أربأتها أي علوتها — I made it high, meaning I ascended it.

أربأه إذا رقبه — He watched him if he observed him.

رَابَأَverb

1.
to warnclassical
To warn someone, to make them cautious.
2.
to watch out forclassical
To be wary of, to guard against, to be cautious of.
3.
to observeclassical
To watch or observe someone or something.
4.
to guardclassical
To guard or keep watch over.

فرابأت واستمتمت حبلا عقدته — So I was wary and held fast to a rope I had tied.

رابأته: راقبته — I watched him: I observed him.

رابأته: حارسته — I watched him: I guarded him.

الرَّبْأَةnoun

1.
waterskinclassical
A waterskin or container made of four pieces of leather.

والربأة بالفتح: الإداوة تعمل من أدم أربعة — And the rab'ah (with fatha): the waterskin made from four pieces of leather.

المَرْبَأnoun

1.
watchtowerboth
A place for watching, a lookout post, a watchtower.

المرباء كمحراب والمربأة والمربأة والمرتبأ: المرقبة — The marba' (like mihrab), the marba'ah, the marba'ah, and the murtaba': the lookout post.

المَرْبَأَةnoun

1.
watchtowerboth
A place for watching, a lookout post, a watchtower.

المرباء كمحراب والمربأة والمربأة والمرتبأ: المرقبة — The marba' (like mihrab), the marba'ah, the marba'ah, and the murtaba': the lookout post.

بات على مرباته مقيدا — He spent the night at his watchtower, tied up.

المُرْتَبَأnoun

1.
watchtowerboth
A place for watching, a lookout post, a watchtower.

المرباء كمحراب والمربأة والمربأة والمرتبأ: المرقبة — The marba' (like mihrab), the marba'ah, the marba'ah, and the murtaba': the lookout post.

المِرْبَاءnoun

1.
watchtowerboth
A place for watching, a lookout post, a watchtower.
2.
stairwayclassical
A ladder or stairway.

المرباء كمحراب والمربأة والمربأة والمرتبأ: المرقبة — The marba' (like mihrab), the marba'ah, the marba'ah, and the murtaba': the lookout post.

كأنها صقعاء في مربائها — As if she were a dark bird on its perch.

ما رَبَأتُ رَبْأَهُphrase

1.
I did not know or careclassical
I had no knowledge of it, no awareness, no preparation for it, and I did not pay attention to it.

ما ربأت ربأه أي ما علمت به ولا شعرت ولا تهيأت له ولا أخذت أهبته — I did not know its matter, meaning I did not know it, nor feel it, nor prepare for it, nor take its precautions.

رَبَأَverb

1.
to go awayclassical
To cause something to go away or disappear.

وربأة تربئة: أذهبه — And rab'ah with tasdiid: he made it go away.

رَبَاءnoun

1.
uneven groundclassical
Ground that is not flat or even.

أرض لا رباء فيها ولا وطاء — Land with no unevenness and no flatness.

رَبَأَverb

1.
to considerclassical
To look into a matter and think about it.

وربأ في الأمر: نظر فيه وفكر — And he considered the matter: he looked into it and thought.

Parallel reading

صار ربيئة لهم على شرف

He became a lookout for them on a height.

يقال: ربأ لنا فلان وارتبأ، إذا اعتان

It is said: So-and-so became a lookout for us and became a lookout, if he became wealthy.

وإنما أنثوا الطليعة لأنه يقال له العين، إذ بعينيه ينظر، والعين مؤنث

They feminized the vanguard because it is called the eye, as it looks with its two eyes, and the eye is feminine.

ربأ فلان على شرف إذا علا وارتفع لينظر للقوم كيلا يدهمهم عدو

So-and-so stood on a height if he rose and elevated himself to look out for the people lest an enemy surprise them.

ربأت المربأة وأربأتها أي علوتها

I ascended the watchtower and I made it high, meaning I ascended it.

وربأت بك عن كذا وكذا: رفعتك

And I raised you from such and such: I elevated you.

إني لأربأ بك عن ذلك الأمر، أي أرفعك عنه ولا أرضاه لك

Indeed, I raise you from that matter, meaning I elevate you from it and I do not approve it for you.

وربأت الأرض: ربت وارتفعت

And the land rose up: it became fertile and elevated.

فإذا أنزلنا عليها الماء اهتزت وربأت

And when We sent down upon it rain, it trembled and rose up.

ذلك لأن النبت إذا هم أن يظهر ارتفعت له الأرض

That is because when the plant is about to emerge, the earth rises for it.

ربأ المال: حفظه وأصلح

He guarded wealth: he preserved it and improved it.

ولا أربأ المال من حبه ولا للفخار ولا للبخل

And I do not guard the wealth out of love for it, nor for pride, nor out of stinginess.

ربأ له إذا جمع من كل طعام ولبن وتمر وغيره

He gathered for him if he collected from every food, milk, dates, and other things.

يقال: جاء يربأ في مشيته أء يتثاقل

It is said: He came walking slowly in his gait, meaning he was heavy.

قد أغتدي والطير فوق الأصوا مرتبئات فوق أعلى العليا

I may go out in the morning and the birds are above the branches, looking out from the highest heights.

ويقال: ما عرفت فلانا حتى أربأ لي، أي أشرف

And it is said: I did not know so-and-so until he appeared to me, meaning he looked out.

فرابأت واستمتمت حبلا عقدته إلى عظمات منعها الجار محكم

So I was wary and held fast to a rope I had tied to strong bones that the neighbor prevented firmly.

رابأته: راقبته

I watched him: I observed him.

وربأه وارتبأه إذا رقبه

And he watched him and he observed him if he observed him.

والربأة بالفتح: الإداوة تعمل من أدم أربعة

And the rab'ah (with fatha): the waterskin made from four pieces of leather.

ومننه قيل لمكان البازي الذي يقف فيه مربأة، وقد خفف الراجز همزها فقال: بات على مرباته مقيدا

And from it is said the place where the falcon stands is a perch, and the poet eased its hamza, saying: He spent the night at his perch, tied up.

المرباء بالمد والكسر: المرقاة عن ابن الأعرابي

The marbaa (with madd and kasr): the stairway, according to Ibn al-A'rabi.

كأنها صقعاء في مربائها

As if she were a dark bird on its perch.

قال الفراء: ربأت فيه أي علمت علمه

Al-Farra' said: I considered it, meaning I knew its knowledge.

وقال ابن السكيت: ما ربأت ربأه أي ما علمت به ولا شعرت ولا تهيأت له ولا أخذت أهبته

And Ibn al-Sikkit said: I did not know its matter, meaning I did not know it, nor feel it, nor prepare for it, nor take its precautions.

ويقال: ما ربأت ربأه، وما مأنت مأنه، أي لم أبال به ولم أحتفل له

And it is said: I did not know its matter, and I did not care about its matter, meaning I did not mind it and I did not pay attention to it.

وربأة تربئة: أذهبه كربأه مخففا، كما تقدم

And rab'ah with tasdiid: he made it go away, like rab'ah without tasdiid, as previously mentioned.

أرض لا رباء فيها ولا وطاء

Land with no unevenness and no flatness.

وربأ في الأمر: نظر فيه وفكر

And he considered the matter: he looked into it and thought.