رعب

Root entry · 42 derived lemmas

The root رعب (r-'-b) primarily relates to intense fear, terror, and fright. It extends to concepts of filling or overwhelming, and also encompasses meanings related to physical attributes like size, thickness, and cutting.

Derived headwords

الرعبnoun

1.
terror, dreadboth
Intense fear that fills the chest and heart, or extreme fear.
2.
fright, alarmboth
Sudden fear or alarm.
3.
filling, abundanceclassical
The act of filling something completely.
4.
threat, warningclassical
A verbal threat or warning intended to intimidate.
5.
incantation, charmclassical
A charm or incantation used to ward off evil or magic.

رعبverb

1.
to frighten, terrifyboth
To cause someone to feel intense fear or terror.
2.
to fillclassical
To fill something completely, especially a valley with water.
3.
to cutclassical
To cut a part of something, like a hump of a camel.
4.
to raise its cooingclassical
Referring to a dove raising and intensifying its cooing sound.

رعبهverb

1.
to frighten himboth
To cause him to feel intense fear or terror.

رعباnoun

1.
terrorboth
The state of being terrified or the act of terrifying.
2.
fillingclassical
The act of filling something.

مرعوبadjective

1.
terrified, frightenedboth
Experiencing intense fear or terror.

رعيبadjective

1.
terrifiedclassical
Experiencing intense fear.
2.
fat, plumpclassical
Describing something, like a camel's hump, that is full of fat and meat.
3.
shortclassical
Describing someone as short.
4.
cowardlyclassical
Lacking courage; easily frightened.

أرعبهverb

1.
to frighten himboth
To cause him to feel intense fear or terror.

ترعيباnoun

1.
terrifyingboth
The act of causing terror or fright.
2.
cut piececlassical
A cut piece, specifically of a camel's hump.

ترعاباnoun

1.
terrifyingclassical
The act of causing terror or fright.

فرعبverb

1.
to be terrifiedclassical
To become filled with fear or terror.

مرعبadjective

1.
terrifyingboth
Causing terror or fright.

مرتعبadjective

1.
terrifiedboth
Experiencing intense fear or terror.

رعبverb

1.
to be terrifiedclassical
To become filled with fear or terror.

ترعابةnoun

1.
fearful oneclassical
A person or thing that is easily frightened or causes fright.

راعبadjective

1.
fillingclassical
Describing a river or stream that fills a valley.

ترعيبnoun

1.
cut piececlassical
A cut piece of a camel's hump, described as long strips.
2.
shaking, tremblingclassical
The act of shaking or trembling, possibly due to fatness.

رعبوبةnoun

1.
fatnessclassical
The state of being fat or plump, especially referring to a camel's hump.
2.
tallnessclassical
Describing someone as tall.
3.
white, beautiful, moist, sweetclassical
Describing a young girl as white, beautiful, moist, and sweet.
4.
flighty, restlessclassical
Describing a female camel as flighty or restless.

رعبوبnoun

1.
tallnessclassical
Describing someone as tall.
2.
flighty, restlessclassical
Describing a female camel as flighty or restless.
3.
weakling, cowardclassical
A person who is weak and easily frightened.

رعبيبnoun

1.
tallnessclassical
Describing someone as tall.
2.
white, beautiful, moist, sweetclassical
Describing a young girl as white, beautiful, moist, and sweet.

رعببnoun

1.
fatnessclassical
The state of being fat or plump, especially referring to a camel's hump.

رعباءnoun

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name mentioned by Ibn Duraid, though its authenticity is questioned.

أرعبverb

1.
to be shortclassical
To be short in stature.

رعبnoun

1.
erect penisclassical
The erect penis.

رعبةnoun

1.
erect penisclassical
The erect penis.

رعبهverb

1.
to break its fearclassical
To break someone's fear or terror.

ترعيبverb

1.
to repairclassical
To repair or fix something.

رعيبadjective

1.
fat, dripping with fatclassical
Describing something, like a camel's hump, as very fat and full of fat.

مرعببadjective

1.
fat, dripping with fatclassical
Describing something, like a camel's hump, as very fat and full of fat.

مرعبةnoun

1.
frightening leapboth
A leap or jump that causes fright, especially when someone jumps near you unexpectedly.

رعبوبnoun

1.
weakling, cowardclassical
A person who is weak and easily frightened.

رعيب العينadjective

1.
cowardly, easily frightenedclassical
Describing someone as cowardly, who becomes frightened by anything they see.

مرعوبهاadjective

1.
cowardly, easily frightenedclassical
Describing someone as cowardly, who becomes frightened by anything they see.

رعبوبةnoun

1.
base of a sproutclassical
The origin or base of a sprout or shoot.

رعببnoun

1.
base of a sproutclassical
The origin or base of a sprout or shoot.

الأرعبadjective

1.
shortclassical
Describing someone as short in stature.

رعبnoun

1.
shortnessclassical
The state of being short.

راعِبname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name from which the Ra'ibiyyah pigeon originates.

الحمام الراعبيةnoun

1.
a type of pigeonclassical
A type of pigeon known for its loud and resonant cooing.

ترعيبnoun

1.
loud cooingclassical
The act of cooing loudly and powerfully, characteristic of certain pigeons.

الرعباءname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name mentioned by Ibn Duraid, though its authenticity is questioned.

أرعبname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name mentioned in poetry.

الرعبائيname

1.
a poet's nisbaclassical
The nisba (attribution) of a poet named Sulayman bin Yilban.

Parallel reading

الرعب بالضم أورده الجوهري، وابن القطاع، والسرقسطي وابن فارس (وبضمتين) هما لغتان

Ar-ru'b (with dammah) was mentioned by Al-Jawhari, Ibn al-Qatta', As-Sarakhsi, and Ibn Faris, and (with two dammahs) are two linguistic variants.

وقيل: هو الخوف الذي يملا الصدر والقلب

And it is said: it is the fear that fills the chest and the heart.

وقيل إن الرعب: أشد الخوف

And it is said that ar-ru'b is the most intense fear.

رعبه كمنعه يرعبه رعبا ورعبا

Ra'abahu ka-mana'ahu yar'abuhu ru'ban wa ru'ban.

فهو مرعوب ورعيب

So he is mar'ub and ru'aib.

ولا تقل: أرعبه

And do not say: ar'abahu.

كرعبه ترعيبا وترعابا

Like ra''abahu ta'riban wa ta'raban.

فرعب كمنع رعبا بالضم ورعبا بضمتين

Fa-ru'iba ka-mani'a ru'ban bil-damm wa ru'ban bi-dammayn.

وارتعب، فهو مرعب ومرتعب أي فزع

And irta'aba, so he is mur'ib and murt'ab, meaning frightened.

والترعابة، بالكسر: الفروقة من كل شيء

And at-tara'abah (with kasr): the fearful one of everything.

هو في السلم تلعابة، وفي الحرب ترعابة

He is in peace a playful one, and in war a fearful one.

رعبه أي الحوض (كمنعه يرعبه رعبا (: ملأه)

Ra'abahu (referring to a basin) like mana'ahu yar'abuhu ru'ban: it filled it.

ورعب السيل الوادي يرعبه: ملأه

And the flood ra'aba the valley, yar'abuhu: it filled it.

وهو منه، وسيل راعب: يملأ الوادي

And it is from this, and a ra'ib flood: one that fills the valley.

بذي هيدب أيما الربا تحت ودقه فتروى وأيما كل واد فيرعب

In a place with abundant rain, the high ground is watered until it is quenched, and every valley is filled.

يرعبها: يملؤها

Yur'ibuha: it fills it.

تقول: رعب الوادي فهو راعب إذا امتلأ بالماء

You say: the valley ra'aba, so it is ra'ib when it is filled with water.

ورعبت الحمامة: رفعت هديلها وشدته

And the dove ra'abat: she raised her cooing and intensified it.

ورعب السنام وغيره يرعبه: قطعه

And he ra'aba the hump and other things, yar'abuhu: he cut it.

والترعيبة بالكسر: القطعة منه

And at-tara'ibah (with kasr): the piece of it.

والسنام المرعب: المقطع

And the mur'ab hump: the cut one.

وقيل: الترعيب: السنام المقطع شطائب مستطيلة

And it is said: at-tara'ib is the hump cut into long strips.

كالرعبوبة في معناه، يقال: أطعمنا رعبوبة من سنام وهو الرعبب أيضا

Like ar-ru'bubah in its meaning; it is said: we were fed a ru'bubah of hump, and it is also ar-ru'bab.

وجارية رعبوبة ورعبوب بضمها لفقد فعلول بالفتح، ورعبيب بالكسر

And a young girl is ru'bubah and ru'bub (with dammah, due to the absence of fa'lul with fatha), and ra'abib (with kasr).

ثم ظللنا في شواء رعببه ملهوج مثل الكشى نكشبه

Then we spent the night with roasted meat, ru'babah, tender like the kusha.

والرعبوبة: الطويلة، عن ابن الأعرابي

And ar-ru'bubah: the tall one, from Ibn al-A'rabi.

رعابيب بيض لا قصار زعانف

Tall, white ones, not short-finned.

والرعب: الرقية من السحر وغيره

And ar-ru'b: the incantation against magic and other things.

رعب الراقي يرعب رعبا

The incanter ra'aba, yar'abu ru'ban.

ورجل رعاب: رقاء، من ذلك

And a rajul ru'ab: an incanter, from this.

والرعب: الوعيد

And ar-ru'b: the threat.

يقال: إنه لشديد الرعب

It is said: he is very threatening.

ولا أجيب الرعب إن دعيت

And I do not respond to threats if I am called.

والرعب: كلام تسجع به العرب، والفعل من كل من الثلاثة رعب (كمنع، وهو راعب ورعاب)

And ar-ru'b: speech with which the Arabs rhyme, and the verb from each of the three is ra'aba (like mana'a), and it is ra'ib and ru'ab.

والرعب (بالضم: الرعظ)

And ar-ru'b (with dammah): the glans penis.

ورعبه: كسر رعبه

And ra'abahu: he broke his fear.

ورعبه ترعيبا: أصلح رعبه

And ra''abahu ta'riban: he repaired his fear.

والرعيب كأمير: السمين يقطر دسما

And ar-ru'aib (like amir): the fat one, dripping with fat.

ويقال: سنام رعيب أي ممتليء سمين

And it is said: a ru'aib hump, meaning full of fat.

والمرعبة كمرحلة: القفزة المخيفة

And al-mur'abah (like marhalah): the frightening leap.

وأن يثب أحد فيقعد عندك بجنبك وأنت عنه غافل فتفزع

And for someone to jump and sit next to you while you are unaware, and you become frightened.

والرعبوب بالضم: الضعيف الجبان

And ar-ru'bub (with dammah): the weak, cowardly one.

ومن المجاز: رجل رعيب العين ومرعوبها: جبان لا يبصر شيئا إلا فزع

And from metaphor: a man ru'aib al-'ayn and mar'ubuhah: a coward who sees nothing without becoming frightened.

والرعبوبة: أصل الطلعة، كالرعبب

And ar-ru'bubah: the base of the sprout, like ar-ru'bab.

والأرعب: القصير وهو الرعيب أيضا

And al-ar'ab: the short one, and he is also ar-ru'aib.

إني لأهوى الأطولين الغلبا وأبيض المشيئين الرعبا

I desire the two tall, strong ones, and the white one with short legs.

وراعب: أرض منها الحمام الراعبية

And Ra'ib: a land from which the Ra'ibiyyah pigeon comes.

الحمامة الراعبية ترعب في صوتها ترعيبا وذلك قوة صوتها

The Ra'ibiyyah pigeon makes a ta'rib in its voice, and that is the strength of its voice.

حماما راعبي: شديد الصوت قويه في تطريبه يروع بصوت أو يملأ به مجاريه

A ra'abi pigeon: loud-voiced, strong in its trilling, it frightens with its voice or fills its passages.

حماما له تطريب وترعيب: هدير شديد

A pigeon with tarab and ta'rib: intense cooing.

أتعرف أطلالا بميسرة اللوى إلى أرعب قد حالفتك به الصبا

Do you recognize the ruins to the left of the winding path, towards Ar'ab, where the east wind befriended you?