رنب
أَرْنَبٌ [The hare; and now applied to the rabbit also;] a certain animal, (
TA,) well known, (
M,
A,
K,
TA,) like the عناق [?], having short fore legs and long hind legs, that treads the ground with the hinder parts of its [hind] legs: (
TA:) a certain very prolific animal, called in
Pers\.خركوش [or خَرْگُوشْ]: it is said that it is one year a male and another year a female, and menstruates like women; and its fore legs are shorter than its hind legs: when it sleeps, it keeps its eyes open; and when it is sick, it eats green canes (قَصَب), and its sickness ceases: (
Kzw:) the word is a
gen. n., (
TA,) of the
fem. gender, (
Msb,
TA,)
accord. to El-
Jáhidh; (
TA;) but (
Msb) applied to the male and the female; (
M,
A,
K,
TA;) as is also ↓ أَرْنَبَةٌ, (
Msb,) which is a
dial. var.: (
Mgh,
Msb:) or to the female [only]; the male being called خُزَزٌ; (
T,
M,
K,
TA;)
accord. to
Lth; but others allow its application to the male: (
T:) the female is also called عِكْرِشَةٌ: and the young, خِرْنِقٌ: (
TA:) the
pl. is أَرَانِبُ (
T,
S,
M,
Msb,
K) and أَرَانٍ, (
Lh,
S,
M,
K,) the latter, like ثَعَالٍ for ثَعَالِبُ, occurring in poetry, (
S,
M, *) and not allowed by
Sb except in poetry. (
M.) The ا in أَرْنَبٌ is augmentative,
accord. to
Lth:
accord. to most of the grammarians it is disjunctive, (so in a copy of the
T and in the
TA,) or radical: (so in another copy of the
T:)
Lth says that no word commences with a radical ا but such as is triliteral; as أَرْضٌ and أَرْشٌ. (
T,
TA.) [Hence,] one says of the low, abject, or ignominious, and weak, إِنَّمَا هُوَ أَرْنَبٌ [He is only a hare]; because that animal cannot defend itself, and even the lark will endeavour to make it its prey. (
A,
TA.) See another
ex. below,
voce أَرْنَبَةٌ. [Hence, also,] الأَرْنَبُ is the name of (assumed
tropical:) A certain constellation, [Lepus,] comprising twelve stars in its figure, having no observed stars around it, situate beneath the feet of الجَبَّار [i. e. Orion], and facing the west. (
Kzw.)
b2: Also, (
K,) or ↓ مَرْنَبٌ
accord. to the
L, (
TA,) or both, (
M,) and ↓ يَرْنَبٌ, A جُرَذ [or large field-rat], (
M,
L,
K,) like the jerboa, (
M,
L,) having a short tail. (
M,
L,
K.)
b3: الأَرْنَبُ البَحْرِىُّ,
accord. to
Kzw, A certain marine animal, the head of which is like that of the أَرْنَب [or hare], and the body like that of a fish: or,
accord. to Ibn-Seenà, a small testaceous animal, which is of a poisonous quality when drunk [
app. meaning in water]: so that,
accord. to this explanation, the resemblance [to the ارنب commonly so called] is in the name, not the form. (
TA.)
A2: Also A sort of ornament worn by women. (
M,
K.) أَرْنَبَةٌ The end, or tip, [i. e. the lower portion, or lobule,] of the nose: (
T,
S,
A,
K:) this is [also] called أَرْنَبَةُ الأَنْفِ: (
Mgh,
Msb:) it is one of the parts that touch the ground in prostration [in prayer]: (
TA:)
pl. أَرَانِبُ. (
T,
A,
TA.) Yousay, جَدَعَ أَرْنَبَتَهُ [
lit. He cut off the end of his nose;] meaning (assumed
tropical:) he held him in mean estimation, or in contempt. (
A,
TA.) And وَجَدْتُهُمْ مُجَدَّعِى
↓ الأَرَانِبِ أَشَدَّ فَزَعًا مِنَ الأَرَانِبِ (assumed
tropical:) [I found them to be held in contempt, (
lit. having the ends of their noses cut off,) more fearful than hares]. (
A,
TA.)
A2: See also أَرْنَبٌ.
أَرْنَبَانِىٌّ [Cloth of the kind called] خَزّ of a blackish colour (أَدْكَنُ). (
K.)
b2: See also مَرْنَبَانِىٌّ.
مَرْنَبٌ A large فَأْرَة [or rat]: (
K:) omitted in some copies of the
K. (
TA.) See أَرْنَبٌ.
b2: See also مُؤَرْنَبٌ.
مُرْنَبٌ: see مُؤَرْنَبٌ.
مَرْنَبَةٌ A villous [garment of the kind called]
قَطِيفَة. (
T,
K.)
A2: See also أَرْضٌ مُؤَرْنِبَةٌ.
كِسَآءٌ مَرْنَبَانِىٌّ A [garment of the kind called]
كساء that is of the colour of the أَرْنَب [or hare]; (
T,
M,
A,
K;) as also ↓ أَزْنَبَانِىٌّ. (
A.) See also the next paragraph.
كِسَآءٌ مُؤَرْنَبٌ A [garment of the kind called]
كساء of which the thread is intermixed with the soft hair of the أَرْنَب [or hare]; (
T,
S,
M,
K;) as also ↓ مُرْنَبٌ, (so in a copy of the
M,) or ↓ مَرْنَبٌ, like مَقْعَدٌ: (
A,
K:) or, as some say,
i. q. ↓ مَرْنَبَانِىٌّ. (
T.)
b2: See also the next paragraph.
أَرْضٌ مُؤَرْنِبَةٌ A land in which are أَرَانِب [or hares]: (
S:) or abounding therewith; (
T,
Kr,
M, and so in some copies of the
K;) as also ↓ مُؤَرْنَبَةٌ, (
M, and so in some copies of the
K, and in a copy of the
A,) and ↓ مَرْنَبَةٌ. (
T,
M, A.) يَرْنَبٌ: see أَرْنَبٌ.