ءرب

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of completion, perfection, and fullness, often applied to physical objects or portions. It extends to meanings of firmness, binding, and determination, and metaphorically to stubbornness, cunning, and being overwhelmed by debt.

Derived headwords

أَرَبَverb

1.
to completeclassical
To make something complete, full, or perfect. This is the foundational meaning from which other derivations stem.
2.
to bindclassical
To tie or secure something firmly, like a knot or a tether.

تَأْرِيبnoun

1.
completionclassical
The act of making something complete or perfect; ensuring fullness.
2.
determinationclassical
The act of defining, specifying, or setting limits.
3.
incitementclassical
The act of stirring up or provoking.
4.
provisionclassical
The act of providing fully or completing a share.
5.
stinginessclassical
Greed or excessive eagerness for more.

مُؤَرَّبadjective

1.
completeboth
Full, complete, and unimpaired; not diminished or broken.
2.
fully providedclassical
Having received a complete share or portion.

أتي بكتف مؤربة فأكلها وصلى ولم يتوضأ — He was brought a complete shoulder of lamb, and he ate it and prayed without performing ablution.

تَأَرَّبَverb

1.
to be stubbornclassical
To be obstinate, stubborn, or difficult; to act with severity or intransigence.
2.
to transgressclassical
To overstep boundaries or act unjustly.
3.
to feign cunningclassical
To pretend to be cunning, sly, or deceitful.

مُسْتَأْرِبadjective

1.
indebtedclassical
Overwhelmed by debt or troubles, as if caught from all sides.
2.
strainedclassical
Referring to a bowstring that has become taut or tight.

مستأرب عضه السلطان مديون — Indebted, bitten by the sultan, meaning overwhelmed by debt and pressure.

مُؤَارِبadjective

1.
deceitfulclassical
One who practices deception or cunning; a schemer.

مُؤَارَبَةnoun

1.
deceptionclassical
The act of practicing cunning, deceit, or trickery.

أَرِيبَةnoun

1.
spaciousnessclassical
A wide or spacious area, often referring to a place or region.

قدر أريبة — A spacious pot or capacity.

أَرَبَةname

1.
city nameclassical
The name of a city located in the Maghreb, in the region of Zab.

Parallel reading

والتأريب الإحكام

And 'ta'rib' is making something firm and precise.

أرب عقدتك

Secure your knot.

أناخا فشداك العقال المؤرب

They knelt and secured your binding rope, the one that is complete and firm.

وتأريب على اليسر وهي أحد أيسار الجزور

And 'ta'rib' refers to a share of a sacrificial animal, which is one of the portions of the camel.

وهي الأنصباء

And these are the shares.

والتأريب أيضا: الشح والحرص

And 'ta'rib' also means stinginess and eagerness.

أعطاه عضوا مؤربا

He gave him a complete limb.

المؤربة هي الموفرة التي لم ينقص منها شيء

The 'mu'arribah' is the complete one from which nothing has been removed.

وقد أربته تأريبا إذا وفرته

And you have made it complete ('arbatuhu ta'riban') if you have provided it fully.

كل ما وفر فقد أرب

Whatever is complete has been made complete.

كل موفر: مؤرب

Everything that is complete is 'mu'arrib'.

تأرب علينا فلان، أي تأبى وتشدد وتعسر

So-and-so became stubborn towards us, meaning he became defiant, stern, and difficult.

تأرب علي إذا تعدى

'Ta'araba' upon me means he transgressed.

لا تتأرب على بناتي

Do not be harsh or transgress against my daughters.

فانطق بإرب فوق من تأربآ

So speak with cunning, surpassing those who feign cunning.

استأرب الوتر إذا اشتد

The bowstring became 'ista'araba' when it became taut.

وهو الذي قد أحاط الدين أو غيره من النوائب بآرابه من كل ناحية

He is the one whom debt or other calamities have surrounded from all sides.

مستأرب عضه السلطان مديون

Indebted, afflicted by the sultan, meaning overwhelmed by debt and pressure.

مؤاربة الأريب جهل وعناء

The cunning of the intelligent person is ignorance and hardship.

والأربان بضم الهمزة لغة في العربان بالعين

And 'al-arban' with the initial 'alif' is a dialectal variant of 'al-'urban' with the 'ayn'.