Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

رَعٌّ The being still, syn. سُكُونٌ, [a signification contr. to one borne by two other words in this art.,] (IAạr, Ḳ,) is the inf. n. of رَعَّتِ الرِّيحُ, aor. ـُ {يَرْعُعُ}, [probably a mistake for ـِ, which is the regular form of an intrans. verb of this class, notwithstanding the guttural letter,] The wind was, or became, still. (TḲ.)

رَعْرَعَهُ He (God) caused him [a child, or boy, as is implied in the Ṣ,] to grow. (Ṣ, Z, Ḳ.)

رَعْرَعَ دَابَّتَهُ He (a horseman) rode his beast to train it when it was in the first stage of training and as yet refractory. (O, TṢ, Ḳ.) In IN the L we find إِذَا لَمْ تَكُنْ رَيِّضًا, [meaning when it was not trained, رَيِّضًا being here used in the sense of مَرُوضَةً,] in the place of إِذَا كَانَتْ رَيِّضًا, which is the reading in the O and TṢ and Ḳ. (TA.)

[See also رَعْرَعَةٌ, below.]

تَرَعْرَعَ He (a child, or boy,) became active (تَحَرَّكَ), and grew, grew up, or became a young man, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) and some add, وَكَبِرَ [and became big, or attained to full growth]. (TA.) [See its part. n., below.]

تَرَعْرَعَتِ السِّنُّ The tooth became loose, and wabbled, or moved about. (Ḳ.)

المَآءُ يَتَرَعْرَعُ فِى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ, [or rather, عَلَى وجه الارض,] The water is in a state of commotion, or agitation, upon the surface of the ground. (TḲ.) And تَرَعْرَعَ السَّرَابُ † The mirage was in a state of commotion, or agitation: being likened to water. (TA.)

رَعَاعٌ Young men of the lowest, or basest, or meanest, sort, or of the refuse of mankind; or low, ignoble, mean, or sordid, young men, such as serve for the food of their bellies: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or the lowest, basest, or meanest, sort, or refuse, of mankind, or people: or a medley, or mixed or promiscuous multitude or collection, of men, or people; or of the lowest or basest or meanest sort, or refuse, thereof: (Mṣb:) and رَعَاعُ النَّاسِ the lowest, basest, or meanest, sort, or refuse, of mankind, or of the people; the medley of men, or of such men: (TA:) n. un. with ة {رَعَاعَةٌ}: (Mṣb, TA:) Az mentions his having read in the handwriting of Sh الرعاع من الناس, like الزجاج [in form, app. meaningالرُّعَاعُ↓, like الزُّجَاجُ, for this is the most chaste form of the latter word, and the most usual with classical writers], as meaning the refuse, and weak, of mankind, or of the people, who, when frightened, fly. (TA.)

[The n. un.] رَعَاعَةٌ signifies [also] One without heart and without intellect or intelligence. (AA, Ḳ.)

And An ostrich; (Abu-l-ʼOmeythil, Ḳ;) because always as though frightened. (Abu-l-ʼOmeythil.)

رَعْرَعَةٌ [originally an inf. n. of R. Q. 1] A state of beautiful youthfulness, and activity, of a boy. (TA.)

A state of commotion, or agitation, (IDrd, Ḳ,) of clear water, (Ḳ,) or of clear shallow water, (IDrd,) upon the surface of the ground. (IDrd, Ḳ.)

رَعْرَاعٌ The tall reed or cane, or tall reeds or canes, (Ḳ, TA,) in the place of growth thereof, while fresh: so accord. to Az, as heard by him from the Arabs. (TA.)

And hence, as some say, or, accord. to others, from رَعْرَعَةٌ in the latter of the two senses assigned to it above, A boy who has attained to youthful vigour, and justness of stature; as alsoرَعْرَعٌ↓: (TA:) or a youth, or young man, of goodly proportions, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) with beauty of youthfulness; (Ḳ;) as alsoرَعْرَعٌ↓ (Ṣ, Ḳ) andرُعْرُعٌ↓: (Ibn-ʼAbbád, Ḳ:) or arriving at the age of puberty; (TA;) as alsoرُعْرُعٌ↓ andرُعْرُعَةٌ↓: (Kr:) or who has become active, (تَحَرَّكَ,) and big, or of full growth: (TA:) [see also مُتَرَعْرِعٌ:] the pl., (Ṣ, TA,) i. e. of رَعْرَعٌ↓ [andرُعْرُعٌ↓] and رَعْرَاعٌ, (TA,) is رَعَارِعُ. (Ṣ, TA.)

A coward. (El-Muärrij, Ḳ.)

A certain plant: [perhaps the inula Arabica; now called رَعْرَاع أَيُّوب; or, as Forskål (in his Flora Aegypt. Arab., pp. lxxiii. and 150,) designates the plant now thus called, inula dysenterica:] some say that this word is formed by transposition from عَرْعَارٌ. (TA.)

مُتَرَعْرِعٌ applied to a boy, (Mgh, TA,) Almost, or quite, past the age of ten years: (Mgh:) or active; syn. مُتَحَرِّكٌ. (TA.) [See its verb, R. Q. 2; and see also رَعْرَاعٌ.]