Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

رَعَبَ, aor. ـَ {يَرْعَبُ}, (Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. رُعْبٌ (Ḳ, TA) and رُعُبٌ, or the latter of these is a simple subst., (TA,) or each of them is a simple subst., (Mṣb, TA,) and the inf. n. is رَعْبٌ; (Mṣb;) and رَعُبَ; and رُعِبَ, like عُنِىَ; both mentioned by ʼIyáḍ and Ibn-Kurkool, and the last by ISk also; (TA;) andارتعب↓; (Ḳ;) He feared; he was afraid or frightened or terrified: (Mṣb, Ḳ, TA:) or his bosom and heart were filled with fear: or he feared in the utmost degree; was in a state of the utmost terror. (TA.)

رَعَبَ said of a valley, [like زَعَبَ,] aor. ـَ {يَرْعَبُ}, † It became filled with water. (L.)

رَعَبَتِ الحَمَامَةٌ, aor. ـَ {يَرْعَبُ}; andرعّبت↓, (Ḳ,) inf. n. تَرْعِيبٌ; (A, TA;) ‡ The pigeon raised, and poured forth loudly, or vehemently, its cooing cry. (A,* Ḳ, TA.) You sayحَمَامٌ لَهُ تَرْعِيبٌ↓ ‡ Pigeons, or a pigeon, having a loud, or vehement, cooing. (A.)

And رَعَبَ, aor. ـَ {يَرْعَبُ}, [inf. n. رَعْبٌ,] † He composed, or uttered, rhyming prose. (Ḳ.)

رَعَبَهُ, (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ,) aor. رُعْبٌ, (A, Ḳ,) inf. n. رَعْبٌ (A, MA) and رعّيهُ, (MA,) He caused him, or made him, to fear, or be afraid; frightened, or terrified, him: (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ:) or he filled his bosom and heart with fear: or he put him in the utmost fear, or terror: (TA:) andتَرْعِيبٌ↓ signifies the same, (Lb, Ḳ,) inf. n. تَرْعَابٌ and ارعبهُ; (Ḳ;) and so doesرَعَبَ↓, accord. to Ibn-Talhah El-Ishbeelee, and Ibn-Hishám El-Lakhmee, and Fei in the Mṣb; but this is disallowed by IAạr and Th and J. (TA.)

[Hence,] رَعْبٌ, aor. ـَ {يَرْعَبُ}, [inf. n. رَعْبٌ,] signifies also He threatened. (Ḳ,* TA.)

Also, aor. ـَ {يَرْعَبُ}, (Ḳ,) inf. n. رَعْبٌ, (TA,) He charmed, or fascinated, by magical enchantment [or by the eye] or otherwise. (Ḳ,* TA.)

Also, [like زَعَبَ,] (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ,) aor. ـَ {يَرْعَبُ}, (Ḳ,) inf. n. رَعْبٌ, (TA,) ‡ He filled (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ) a watering-trough, or tank, (Ṣ, A,) or a vessel: (Mṣb:) and it (a torrent) filled a valley. (L, TA.)

رَعَبَهُ, (Ḳ,) aor. ـَ {يَرْعَبُ}, (TA,) also signifies He cut it [into pieces, or long pieces, or slices, (see تِرْعِيبَةٌ, below,)], namely, a camel's hump, or other thing; and soرعّبهُ↓, (Ḳ, TA,) inf. n. تَرْعِيبٌ. (TA.)

And He broke its (an arrow's) رُعْب [q. v.]. (Ḳ.)

as an intrans. v.: see 1, in two places.

The inf. n., تَرْعِيبٌ, as relating to a camel's hump, accord. to Sh, signifies Its shaking, or quivering, and being fat and thick; as though it shook, or quivered, by reason of its fatness: but it is otherwise explained [as a subst. properly speaking] below. (TA.)

رَعَّبَهُ, inf. n. as above, and, in one sense, تَرْعَابٌ also: see 1, in two places.

Also, inf. n. تَرْعِيبٌ, He repaired its (an arrow's) رُعْب [q. v.]. (Ḳ.)

رَعْبٌ an inf. n. of 1, in senses pointed out above. (M, A, Mṣb, TA.)

A threat, or threatening. (Ḳ.)

A charm or charming, or a fascination or fascinating, by magical enchantment [or by the eye] or otherwise. (Ḳ.)

† A rhyming prose of the Arabs. (Ḳ.)

رُعْبٌ (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ) andرُعُبٌ↓, (A, Mṣb, Ḳ,) both said to be inf. ns., (TA,) or the former is an inf. n. of رَعَبَ as intrans. (Ḳ, TA) or as trans., (A, MA,) and the latter is a simple subst., (TA,) or each of them is a simple subst., (Mṣb, TA,) Fear, fright, or terror: (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ:) or fear that fills the bosom and heart; as Er-Rághib and Z have indicated, following Aboo-ʼAlee and IJ: or the utmost fear or terror. (TA.) One says, فَعَلَ ذٰلِكَ رُعْبًا لَا رُغْبًا He did that from fear, not from desire. (A.)

Also the former, The socket of the head of an arrow; the part into which the head enters, over which are the twists of sinew; syn. رُعْظٌ: pl. رِعَبَةٌ. (Ḳ.)

رُعْبُوبَةٌ (Ṣ, A, Ḳ) andرُعْبُوبٌ↓ (Ḳ) andرِعْبِيبٌ↓ (Seer, Ḳ) A woman, (Ṣ, A,) or a girl, or young woman, (Ḳ,) Tall, and well-formed; soft, thinskinned, and plump; (Ṣ,* A, Ḳ;) or (A, Ḳ) white, or fair; (Ṣ, A, Ḳ;) goodly, or beautiful; sweet; and tender: (A, Ḳ:) or only white, or fair: (TA:) or soft, or tender: (IAạr, Lḥ, Ḳ:) and the first, tall: (TA:) pl. رَعَابِيبٌ. (A, TA.)

Also, (Ḳ,) or the first and second, (TA,) applied to a she-camel, Restless, or unsteady; (Ḳ, TA;) light, or active, brisk, lively, or sprightly. (TA.)

For another meaning of the first, see تِرْعِيبَةٌ.

Also the first, The base, or lower part, (أَصْل,) of the طَلْعَة [i. e. either the spathe, or the spadix, of a palm-tree]; and soرُعْبَبٌ↓. (Ḳ.)

رَعِيبٌ Afraid, or frightened, or terrified: (Ḳ:) [or filled with fear: or in a state of the utmost fear or terror: (see 1:)] and soمَرْعُوبٌ↓, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) andمُرَعَّبٌ↓, andمُرْتَعِبٌ↓: (TA:) andرُعْبُوبٌ↓ signifies [the same; or] weak and cowardly. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) [Hence,] رَجُلٌ رَعِيبُ العَيْنِ andمَرْعُوبُهَا↓ andرُعْبُوبُهَا↓ ‡ A cowardly man, who sees nothing without being frightened. (A.) [رَغِيبُ العَيْنِ has a different meaning: see art رغب.]

Also Fat, as an epithet; (Ḳ;) dripping with grease: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) and soمُرَعْبِبٌ↓. (Ḳ.) And applied to a camel's hump as meaning Full and fat. (Ṣ.)

And Short; as alsoأَرْعَبُ↓: pl. [of the former] رُعُبٌ and [of the latter] رُعْبٌ. (TA.)

رَاعِبٌ andرَعَّابٌ↓, [but the latter is an intensive epithet, or denotes habit, or frequency,] One who threatens; a threatener. (Ḳ,* TA.)

One who charms, or fascinates, by magical enchantment [or by the eye] or otherwise. (Ḳ,* TA.)

One who composes, or utters, the rhyming prose termed رَعْبٌ. (Ḳ, TA.)

Also the former (راعب), A torrent that fills the valley: (Ṣ:) or ‡ that frightens by its abundance and its width and its filling the valley. (A.) It is applied also to rain. (TA.) And A valley filled with water. (L.)

حَمَامٌ رَاعِبِىٌّ, (Ṣ, A,) or رَاعِبِيَّةٌ, (Ḳ,) [or] the latter is the fem. form of the epithet, (Ṣ,) A certain kind of pigeons; (Ṣ;) accord. to the Ḳ, from a land called رَاعِبٌ [in the CK رَعِبٌ]; but this land is unknown, and is not mentioned by El-Bekree nor by the author of the Marásid; and in the Mj and other old works, الحَمَامَةُ الرَّاعِبِيَّةُ is expl. as meaning † the pigeon that is loud, or strong, in its cry, or voice: so says MF; and this is the truth: in the L it is said, الرَّاعِبِىُّ, meaning a kind of wild pigeons, or doves, has the form of a rel. n., but is not such; or, as some one says, is a rel. n. from a place of the name whereof I know not the form: in the A it is said that حَمَامٌ رَاعِبِىٌّ means a pigeon that cooes loudly, or vehemently, exciting admiration by its voice, or filling with it the passages thereof. (TA.)

تِرْعَابَةٌ, (Ṣ, A, Ḳ,) in the Mj, and in [some of] the copies of the Ṣ, تِرْعَابٌ↓, without ة, (TA,) Very fearful: (Ṣ:) or most exceedingly fearful (A, Ḳ, TA) of everything. (TA.) You say, هُوَ فِى السِّلْمِ تَلْعَابَةٌ وَفِى الحَرْبِ تِرْعَابَةٌ [He is in peace most exceedingly playful, and in war most exceedingly fearful]. (A.)

تِرْعِيبَةٌ A piece of a camel's hump; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) as alsoرُعْبُوبَةٌ↓ (Ḳ) andرُعْبُبٌ↓: (TA:) pl. تِرْعِيبٌ↓; (Ḳ;) or rather, accord. to AḤei, this is a coll. gen. n.: (MF, TA:) it is also pronounced تَرْعِيبٌ↓; (Sb, AḤei;) and is said to signify a camel's hump cut into long pieces, or slices: it is a subst. [properly so termed], not an inf. n.: (TA:) and its ت is shown to be augmentative by the fact that there is no [undisputed] word of the measure فَعْلِيلٌ, with fet-ḥ [to the ف]. (MF, TA.)

مَرْعَبَةٌ A frightful قَفْرَة [or desert destitute of herbage and of water]. (Ḳ. [In the CK and TA, قَفْزَة is erroneously put for قَفْرَة.])

Also A person's springing, or leaping, [towards another,] and seating himself by the other's side, so as to cause the latter, not being aware, to be frightened. (Ḳ. [From its measure, it seems to be a simple subst., not an inf. n., signifying this action as being A cause of fear.])

مُرَعَّبٌ: see رَعِيبٌ.

Also A camel's hump cut into pieces, (Ṣ, TA,) or into long pieces, or slices. (TA.)