رحب

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to reverence, awe, and veneration, particularly in the context of the pre-Islamic month of Rajab. It extends to concepts of support, reinforcement, and physical structures used for propping up or protecting things, especially plants.

Derived headwords

رَجَبَverb

1.
to revere, to respectboth
To hold someone in awe, to venerate and honor them.
2.
to fear, to be in awe ofclassical
To be in a state of fear and great respect towards someone.

رَجَبٌnoun

1.
veneration, reverenceclassical
The act of honoring, respecting, and holding in awe.
2.
the month of Rajabboth
The seventh month of the Islamic lunar calendar, historically held in high regard and considered sacred.

سمي رجب، لتعظيمهم إياه في الجاهلية عن القتال فيه — Rajab was named so because of their veneration of it in the pre-Islamic era, abstaining from fighting in it.

رُجُبٌnoun

1.
veneration, reverenceclassical
The act of honoring, respecting, and holding in awe.

رُجُوبٌnoun

1.
veneration, reverenceclassical
The act of honoring, respecting, and holding in awe.

تَرْجِيبٌnoun

1.
veneration, reverenceboth
The act of honoring, respecting, and holding in awe.
2.
support, propping upboth
The act of building a support structure for a weak or heavily laden tree, especially a palm tree.
3.
offering sacrificesclassical
The act of slaughtering sacrificial animals in the month of Rajab.

الترجيب: التعظيم — Al-tarjeeb: Veneration.

الترجيب: أن يبنى تحت النخلة ... دكان تعتمد هي عليه — Al-tarjeeb: To build a platform under a palm tree... which it leans on.

الترجيب: ذبح النسائك فيه — Al-tarjeeb: Slaughtering sacrificial animals in it (the month of Rajab).

مُرْجُوبٌadjective

1.
revered, veneratedboth
One who is held in awe, respected, and honored.

مُرَجَّبٌadjective

1.
revered, veneratedboth
One who is held in awe, respected, and honored.

أَرْجَبَverb

1.
to revere, to venerateboth
To hold someone in great awe and honor.
2.
to support, to prop upboth
To provide support or reinforcement, especially to a tree.

أحمد ربي فرقا وأرجبه أي أعظمه — I praise my Lord with awe and venerate Him, meaning I magnify Him.

أَرْجَابٌnoun

1.
intestines, bowelsclassical
The internal organs of the abdomen; the intestines. It is a broken plural with no singular form according to Abu Ubaid.

رِجَابٌnoun

1.
intestines, bowelsclassical
The internal organs of the abdomen; the intestines. It is a broken plural.

رَجَبَاتٌnoun

1.
venerationsclassical
Plural of veneration or reverence.

رَجَبِيَّةadjective

1.
related to Rajabclassical
Pertaining to the month of Rajab, often referring to sacrifices made during that month.
2.
supported, propped upclassical
Describing a palm tree that has been supported or propped up.

هي التي يسمونها الرجبية، كانوا يذبحون في شهر رجب ذبيحة وينسبونها إليه — It is what they call the Rajabiyyah, they used to slaughter a sacrifice in the month of Rajab and attribute it to it.

رَاجِبٌadjective

1.
one who veneratesclassical
One who greatly respects and honors their master or lord.

الراجب: المعظم لسيده — Al-rajib: One who venerates their master.

رَجَبَةnoun

1.
support structureboth
A structure built to support a weak or heavily laden tree, especially a palm tree.
2.
trap for catching preyclassical
A structure used for hunting, often baited with meat, designed to trap animals like wolves.

الرجبة بالضم اسم ذلك الدكان — Al-rajabah (with dammah) is the name of that platform.

بناء يصاد بها الصيد كالذئب وغيره — A structure used to hunt prey like wolves and others.

رَوَاجِبٌnoun

1.
knuckles, jointsboth
The joints of the fingers, particularly the ones near the fingertips or the inner parts of the joints.
2.
veins (of a donkey)classical
The veins related to the vocalization of a donkey.

الرواجب: مفاصل أصول الأصابع التي تلي الأنامل — Al-rawajib: The joints of the base of the fingers that are next to the fingertips.

رَاجِبَةnoun

1.
toe (of a bird)classical
The toe of a bird that is adjacent to the hind toe on the outer sides of the leg.

عُذَيقُهَا المُرَجَّبُphrase

1.
its supported branchclassical
Referring to a supported or reinforced branch of a palm tree, metaphorically meaning one who is supported or aided.

أنا جذيلها المحكك وعذيقها المرجب — I am its strong, well-trodden branch and its supported one.

رَجَبَ العُودَverb

1.
to go out aloneclassical
To emerge or go out by oneself, separated from a group.

رَجَمَهُ بِقَوْلٍ سَيِّءٍverb

1.
to insult, to revileclassical
To attack someone with bad words or insults.

Parallel reading

هابه وعظمه، كرجبه

He feared him and honored him, like he revered him.

رجبا ورجوبا، ورجبه ترجيبا

reverence and veneration, and he revered him with veneration.

فهو مرجوب ومرجب

and he is one who is revered and honored.

أحمد ربي فرقا وأرجبه أي أعظمه

I praise my Lord with awe and venerate Him, meaning I magnify Him.

سمي رجب، لتعظيمهم إياه في الجاهلية عن القتال فيه

Rajab was named so because of their veneration of it in the pre-Islamic era, abstaining from fighting in it.

رجب مضر الذي بين جمادى وشعبان

The Rajab of Mudar, which is between Jumada and Sha'ban.

لأنهم كانوا يؤخرونه من شهر إلى شهر، فيتحول عن موضعه الذي يختص به

because they used to postpone it from month to month, so it would shift from its designated position.

فبين لهم أنه الشهر الذي بين جمادى وشعبان، لا ما كانوا يسمونه على حساب النسيء

So He clarified for them that it is the month between Jumada and Sha'ban, not what they used to call it based on intercalation (al-Nasi').

وإنما قيل: رجب مضر، وأضافه إليهم، لأنهم كانوا أشد تعظيما له من غيرهم

It was only said: 'Rajab of Mudar,' attributing it to them, because they were more intensely venerating it than others.

والترجيب: التعظيم

And al-tarjeeb: Veneration.

وإن فلانا لمرجب

And indeed, so-and-so is revered.

الترجيب: ذبح النسائك فيه

Al-tarjeeb: Slaughtering sacrificial animals in it (the month of Rajab).

هي التي يسمونها الرجبية، كانوا يذبحون في شهر رجب ذبيحة وينسبونها إليه

It is what they call the Rajabiyyah, they used to slaughter a sacrifice in the month of Rajab and attribute it to it.

هاذه أيام ترجيب وتعتار

These are days of sacrifice and offering.

الراجب: المعظم لسيده

Al-rajib: One who venerates their master.

أن يبنى تحت النخلة ... دكان تعتمد هي عليه

To build a platform under the palm tree... which it leans on.

والرجبة بالضم اسم ذلك الدكان

And al-rajabah (with dammah) is the name of that platform.

أن تدعم الشجرة إذا كثر حملها، لئلا تنكسر أغصانها

To support a tree when its fruit is abundant, so its branches do not break.

أن تعمد النخلة الكريمة إذا خيف عليها أن تقع، لطولها وكثرة حملها ببناء من حجارة ترجب بها أي تعمد

To prop up a noble palm tree when it is feared it might fall, due to its height and heavy load, with a structure of stones that supports it, meaning it is propped up.

ويكون ترجيبها أن يجعل حول النخلة شوك لئلا يرقى فيها راق فيجني ثمرها

And its tarjeeb would be to place thorns around the palm tree so that no one can climb it to harvest its fruit.

الرجمة البناء من الصخر تعمد به النخلة

Al-rajmah is the structure of rock used to prop up the palm tree.

أن تعمد النخلة بخشبة ذات شعبتين

To prop up the palm tree with a forked wooden pole.

بني تحتها رجبة، كلاهما نسبق نادر على خلاف القياس

A rajabah was built beneath it, both are rare formations contrary to analogy.

وليست بسنهاء ولا رجبية ولاكن عرايا في السنين الجوائح

It is neither a senhaa nor a rajabiyyah, but rather a tree bearing fruit in years of drought.

ترجيبها: ضم أعذاقها، إلى سعفاتها، وشدها بالخوص لئلا تنفضها الريح

Its tarjeeb: Gathering its fruit clusters towards its fronds and tying them with palm leaves so the wind does not shake them off.

وضع الشوك حولها ... لئلا يصل إليها آكل فلا تسرق

Placing thorns around it... so that no one can reach it to eat (the fruit) and it is not stolen.

أنا جذيلها المحكك وعذيقها المرجب

I am its strong, well-trodden branch and its supported one.

الترجيب هنا إرفاد النخلة من جانب ليمنعها من السقوط

Al-tarjeeb here means supporting the palm tree from one side to prevent it from falling.

أي إن لي عشيرة تعضدني وتمنعني وترفدني

Meaning, I have a clan that supports me, protects me, and aids me.

كأن أعتاقها أنصاب ترجيب

As if their necks were altars for sacrifice.

فإنه شبه أعناق الخيل بالنخل المرجب

For he likened the necks of the horses to the supported palm trees.

شبه أعناقها بالحجارة التي تذبح عليها النسائك

He likened their necks to the stones upon which sacrifices are made.

وهذا يدل على صحة قول من جعل الترجيب دعما للنخلة

And this indicates the correctness of the view that al-tarjeeb is support for the palm tree.

أن تسوى سروغه ويوضع مواضعه من الدعم والقلال

To level its shoots and place them in their positions of support and props.

خرج منفردا

He went out alone.

رجب فلانا بقول سيىء

He reviled someone with bad words.

رجمه به بمعنى: صكه

He struck him with it, meaning: he hit him.

ما بين الضلع والقص

What is between the rib and the sternum.

بناء يصاد بها الصيد كالذئب وغيره، يوضع فيه لحم ويشد بخيط، فإذا جذبه سقط عليه الرجبة

A structure used to hunt prey like wolves and others, in which meat is placed and tied with a string, so when he pulls it, the trap falls on him.

الأمعاء لا واحد لها عند أبي عبيد

The intestines, which have no singular according to Abu Ubaid.

أو الواحد رجب، محركة

Or the singular is rajab, with vowelization.

الواحد رجب، بكسر فسكون

The singular is rajab, with kasr then sukun.

الرواجب: مفاصل أصول الأصابع التي تلي الأنامل

Al-rawajib: The joints of the base of the fingers that are next to the fingertips.

أو بواطن مفاصلها

Or the inner parts of their joints.

أو هي قصب الأصابع

Or they are the bones of the fingers.

أو هي مفاصلها ثم البراجم ثم الأشاجع اللاتي تلي الكف

Or they are their joints, then the knuckles, then the wrist bones that are next to the palm.

أو هي ظهور السلاميات

Or they are the backs of the phalanges.

أو هي ما بين البراجم من السلاميات

Or they are what is between the knuckles of the phalanges.

البراجم: المشنجات في مفاصل الأصابع وفي كل إصبع ثلاث برجمات إلا الإبهام

Al-barajim: The prominent parts at the joints of the fingers, and each finger has three barajim except the thumb.

المفاصل التي تلي الأنامل

The joints that are next to the fingertips.

ألا تنقون رواجبكم

Do you not clean your knuckles?

هي ما بين عقد الأصابع من داخل

It is what is between the knots of the fingers from the inside.

واحدتها راجهة

Its singular is rajihah.

واحدتها رجبة بالضم

Its singular is rajabah (with dammah).

راجبة الطائر: الإصبع التي تلي الدائرة من الجانبين الوحشيين من الرجلين

The rajibah of a bird: The toe adjacent to the hind toe on the outer sides of the legs.

تملى بها طول الحياة فقرنه له ما نتأ من قرنه بما نتأ من أصول الأصابع إذا ضمت الكف

It fills it throughout life, and its horn is matched by what protrudes from its horn with what protrudes from the base of the fingers when the hand is closed.

عروق مخارج صوته

The veins from which its voice emerges.

طوى بطنه طول الطراد فأصبحت تقلقل من طول الطراد رواجبه

Its belly was emptied by the length of the chase, so its (veins) began to rattle from the length of the chase.