رب

أ1 رَبَأَ, [aor. ـَ inf. n. رَبْءٌ,] He, or it, was, or became, high, or elevated: (K:) [or] he, or it, was, or became, high, or elevated, so as to overtop, or overlook, what was around or adjacent; as also ↓ ارتبأ. (M, K.) You say, رَبَأَتِ الأَرْضُ, (M, TA,) inf. n. رَبْءٌ, (M,) The ground rose: and some read, in the Kur xxii. 5 and xli. 39, رَبَأَتْ instead of رَبَتْ; because, as Zj says, when a plant is about to appear, the earth rises thereat. (M, TA.) And you say also, رَبَأَ عَلَى جَبَلٍ and ↓ ارتبأ and ↓ اربأ He took a high and commanding position upon a mountain, or ascended upon it, (أَشْرَفَ عَلَيْه,) to look. (TA.) And مَا عَرَفْتُ فُلَانًا لِى ↓ حَتَّى أَرْبَأَ I knew not such a one until he became within a commanding, or near, view of me; syn. أَشْرَفَ. (T.) And رَبَأَ عَلَى شَرَفٍ He ascended upon an eminence [to watch] lest an enemy should come unawares upon a party. (TA.) And رَبَأْتُ المَرْبَأَةَ and ↓ اِرْتَبَأْتُهَا I ascended upon the place of observation. (S.) And رَبَأَ القَوْمَ, (S, M, K, *) aor. ـَ (M, K,) inf. n. رَبْءٌ; (S, M;) and رَبَأَلَهُمْ; (T, M, K;) and ↓ اِرْتَبَأَهُمْ; (S;) He was, or became, [or acted as,] a scout to the party, (T, S, M, * K,) upon an eminence. (M.) And رَبَأَ لَنَا فُلَانٌ, and ↓ ارتبأ, Such a one was, or became, or acted as, a scout to us. (S.) b2: رَبَأْتُ بِكَ عَنْ كَذَا, aor. and inf. n. as above, means I exalted thee [or held thee] above such a thing: (M:) and رَبَأْتُ بِكَ أَرْفَعَ الأَمْرِ I exalted thee [in the highest degree]: (IJ, M:) and رَبَأْتُ بِنَفْسِى

عَنْ عَمَلِ كَذَا [I held myself above the doing such a thing]: (Har p. 265:) and إِنِّى لَأَرْبَأُ بِكَ عَنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ Verily I exalt thee [or hold thee] above this thing, (S, Har ubi suprà, TA,) and do not approve of it for thee: (Har, TA:) as though properly signifying I betake myself with thee to an elevated place of observation, in honour of thee, and in care, or solicitude, for thee, and preserve thee and keep watch for thee as a scout and a watchman: (Har ubi suprà:) [this usage of the verb, as is shown in the TA, is what is meant by its being said that] رَبَأَ is also syn. with رَفَعَ. (K.) b3: رَبَأَ المَالَ He preserved, guarded, or took care of, (TA,) and put into a good, or right, state, (K, TA,) the property, or cattle. (TA.) b4: See also 3. b5: رَبَأَ فِى الأَمْرِ He looked into the thing, or affair, and considered. (TA.) b6: رَبَأْتُ فِيهِ, accord. to Fr, means عَلِمْتُ عِلْمَهُ [lit. I knew his knowledge, or what he knew; app. meaning I tried, proved, or tested, him, and so knew what he knew]. (TA. [See the phrase لَأَ خْبُرَنَّ خَبَرَكَ.]) b7: مَا رَبَأَ رَبْأَهُ He did not know, or had no knowledge of, nor did he desire, him, or it: (M:) or he did not know, or had no knowledge of, and did not prepare himself for, him, or it: (Lh, M:) or he did not care for, mind, heed, or regard, him, or it: (T:) or مَا رَبَأْتُ رَبْءَ فُلَانٍ means I did not know such a one, nor care for, mind, heed, or regard, him. (S, K. *) A2: رَبَؤُوا لَهُ They collected for him of every kind of food, (M, K, *) milk and dates &c. (M.) A3: جَآءَ يَرْبَأْ فِى

مِشْيَتِهِ He came bearing himself heavily, or sluggishly, in his gait. (M, K. * [Like يَرْنَأُ.]) A4: See also what next follows.2 ربّأهُ, inf. n. تَرْبِئَةٌ, He made it to pass away; (K, TA;) namely, property: so in the Tekmileh: in the K, ↓ رَبَأَ is likewise mentioned, in an earlier part of the art., as meaning أَذْهَبَ; but the context in the K compared with that in the Tekmileh seems to show that this is a mistake. (TA.) 3 رابأ He watched, or observed, a thing; (M, K; *) as also ↓ رَبَأَ and ↓ اربأ and ↓ ارتبأ: (TA:) he guarded (حَارَسَ, T, M, K) men, (M,) or a man, (T, K, *) being guarded by him. (T.) b2: He was cautious of, or he feared, a thing, (T, * S, K, *) or a man; (M;) inf. n. مُرَابَأَةٌ. (T, S. [In one of my copies of the S, رَبَأْتُ الشَّىْءَ مَرْبَأَةً is erroneously put for رَابَأْتُ الشىء مُرَابَأَةً.]) 4 أَرْبَاَ see 1, in two places, near the beginning: A2: and see also 3.8 ارتبأ He stationed himself, or stood, upon a place such as is called مَرْبَأٌ. (T.) See also 1, in five places.

A2: And see 3.

رَبْأَةٌ, (K,) written by El-Munáwee رَبَأَةٌ, but it is not certain, (TA,) The [kind of leathern vessel for water called] إِدَاوَة that is made of four skins; (K;) made of four skins because of its largeness. (MF.) رَبَآءٌ [High ground]. You say أَرْضٌ لَا رَبَآءَ فِيهَا وَلَا وَطَآءَ, with medd in each case, [A land in which is no high ground nor low ground.] (T.) رَبِىْءٌ: see what next follows, in two places.

رَبِيْئةٌ (T, S, M, O, K) and ↓ رَبِىْءٌ (S, O) and ↓ مُرْتَبِىءٌ (T in art. رمى) A scout; (T, S, M, O, K;) but only (O, TA) such as is stationed upon a mountain or some elevated spot, (T, * O, TA,) whence he looks out: (O, TA:) [perhaps also signifying scouts; for the word طَلِيعَةٌ by which the first is explained in the S and M and O and K, and the second also in the S and O, means “ a scout ” and “ scouts: ”] pl. [of the first]

رَبَايَا. (S, O.) The first is fem. because the طليعة is also called عَيْنٌ, and عين is fem.: but Sb states that this last word in the sense of طليعة is masc. and fem.; fem. originally, and masc. as being turned from [the signification of] a part [i. e. an eye] to [that of] the whole [person]. (M.) AA cites, as an ex. of ↓ رَبِىْءٌ فَأَرْسَلْنَا أَبَا عَمْرٍو رَبِيْئًا [And we sent Aboo-' Amr as a scout]: (TA:) from a poem of 'Abd-Esh-Shárik El-Juhanee. (Ham pp. 218 et seqq.) رَابِىءُ الضُّرَبَآءِ [The superintendent, or supervisor, of the players at the game called المَيْسِر, whose place is behind them]. (TA in art. رقب.) مَرْبَأٌ and ↓ مَرْبَأَةٌ (S, M, K) and ↓ مُرْتَبَأٌ (S, K) and ↓ مِرةبَآءٌ (TA as from the K [but not in the CK nor in my MS. copy of the K]) An elevated place of observation, or upon which a person is stationed to watch; (S, K;) the place of the رَبِيْئَة [or scout]. (M.) b2: And hence, the first of these words, (S,) or ↓ the second, (T, M,) The مَنَارَة [or perch], (T,) or place, (S, M,) of the hawk, or falcon, (T, S, M,) upon which he stands, (S,) or upon which he mounts. (M.) A rájiz suppresses the ء, saying, مُقَيَّدَا ↓ بَاتَ عَلَى مَرْبَاتِهِ [He passed the night upon his perch, shackled]. (T.) مَرْبَأَةٌ and مَرْبَاةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph, in three places.

مَرْبَآءٌ, (M, and so in copies of the K,) accord. to IAar, with medd and fet-h, (M,) or ↓ مِرْبَآءٌ, (M, and so in the K accord. to the TA,) the latter preferred by Th, (M,) A stair, or ladder. (IAar, M, K.) مِرْبَآءٌ: see مَرْبَأٌ; and مَرْبَآءٌ.

مُرْتَبَأٌ: see مَرْبَأٌ.

مُرْتَبِىءٌ: see رَبِيْئَةٌ.

قشط

1 قَشَطَ, (M, Msb, TA,) aor. ـِ (Msb,) inf. n. قَشْطٌ, (M, Msb, K,) i. q. كَشَطَ, (M, K, *) said (M, Msb,) by Yaakoob, (M,) to be a dial. var. of the latter; (M, Msb;) of the dial. of Temeem and Asad; the latter being of the dial. of Keys; the ق not being a substitute for the ك; (M;) He removed, put off, took off, or stripped off, (M, Msb, * K,) a thing; (M, Msb;) as, for instance, the housing, or covering, from (عَنْ) a horse; (M;) and a roof [from a chamber or the like]. (TA.) And قِشَاطٌ, [inf. n. of the pass. form قُشِطَ, It was, or became, removed, &c.,] is syn. with, (K,) being a dial. var. of, (M,) كِشَاطٌ, (M, K,) in the sense of إِنْكِشَافٌ. (TA.) It is said in the Kur, [lxxxi. 11,] accord. to the reading of 'AbdAllah Ibn-Mes'ood, وَإِذَا السَّمَآءُ قُشِطَتْ, with ق, (M,) meaning the same as كُشِطَتْ, i. e. and when the heaven shall be removed from its place, like as a roof is removed from its place. (Zj.) You say also, قَشَطَ الدَّابَّةَ [He removed the housing, or covering, from the beast of carriage]; the verb thus used, also, being a dial. var. of كَشَطَ; and ↓ قشّطها, inf. n. تَقْشِطٌ, signifies the same. (TA.) And الرَّجُلُ ↓ قُشِّطَ The man was spoiled, despoiled, or plundered. (TA.) b2: قَشْطٌ also signifies The act of beating, [app. so as to excoriate,] with a staff, or stick. (Yaakoob, K.) 2 قَشَّطَ see 1, in two places.5 تَقَشَّطَ see 7.7 انقشطت السَّمَآءُ, and ↓ تقشّطت, (tropical:) The sky became clear; became free from clouds or mists. (K, * TA.) قُشْطٌ a dial. var. of قُسْطٌ, q. v. (TA.) قِشْطَةٌ a dial. var. of قَنْدَةٌ [app. meaning Sugarcandy]. (TA.) b2: [In the present day, applied to Cream.]

قَشَّاطٌ A great spoiler, despoiler, or plunderer; one who spoils, despoils, or plunders, much, or frequently; syn. سَلَّابٌ. (TA.) مُقَشَّطٌ: see مَقْشُوطٌ, in two places.

دَابَّةٌ مَقْشُوطٌ عَنْهَا [for مَقْشُوط عَنْهَا الجُلُّ] and ↓ مُقَشَّطٌ [A beast of carriage having its housing, or covering, removed from it]. (TA.) You say also, ↓ رَجُلٌ مُقَشَّطٌ, meaning A man spoiled, despoiled, or plundered. (TA.)