عقــرب

رُبَــاعِيٌّ" >Q. 1 عَقْــرَبَ He twisted, wreathed, curled, curved, or bent, a thing. (MA.) A2: [And, accord. to Freytag, He imitated the scorpion in acting: but for this he names no authority; and I doubt its correctness: see the next paragraph.]رُبَــاعِيٌّ" >Q. 2 تَعَقْــرَبَ [It was crisp and curved; said of a lock of hair hanging down upon the temple: so accord. to Reiske, as mentioned by Freytag. b2: And He acted like 'Akrab; a man notorious for putting off the fulfilment of his promises; as is said in the TA in the present art.]. (A and TA in art. عرقب: see رُبَــاعِيٌّ" >Q. 2 in that art.) عَقْــرَبٌ [The scorpion;] a certain venomous reptile, (TA,) well known: (K, TA:) the word is masc. (TA) and it is fem., (S, O, K, TA,) generally the latter; (T, Msb, TA;) but is applied to the male and the female: (Lth, T, O, Msb, TA:) and the male is called ↓ عُقْــرُبَــانٌ, (T, S, O, Msb, K, TA,) accord. to some, (O,) when one desires to denote it in a corroborative manner, (Msb, TA,) and ↓ عُقْــرُبَّــانٌ also; (K;) or these two words are syn. with عَقْــرَبٌ: (K:) and the female is called ↓ عَقْــرَبَــةٌ, (T, S, O, Msb, K,) sometimes, (T, Msb,) and ↓ عَقْــرَبَــآءُ, which is imperfectly ـرَبٌ">decl.; (S, O, K;) or these two words and عَقْــرَبٌ, accord. to the “ Tahreer et-Tembeeh,” all denote the female, and the male is called ↓ عُقْــرُبَــانٌ: (TA:) or, as some say, the male and the female are called only عَقْــرَبٌ: (Msb, TA:) and of ↓ عُقْــرُبَــانٌ it is said by IB, on the authority of AHát, that it does not signify the male of عَقَارِب, but [as expl. below] “ a certain creeping thing, having long legs: ” (TA:) IJ says that you may drop the ا and ن, and say ↓ عُقْرُرَّان: (L, TA:) and an instance occurs of ↓ عَقْرَابٌ, as a coll. gen. n., in the following verse: أَعُوذُ بِاللّٰهِ مِنَ العَقْرَابِ اَلشَّائِلَاتِ عُقَدَ الأَذْنَابِ [I seek protection by God from the scorpions raising the joints of the tails]: but the ا here is said to be inserted for the purpose of what is termed الإِشْبَاع: (MF, from the “ Mukhtasar el-Bayán: ”) and الشائلات is applied as an epithet to a sing. n. because this is used as a coll. gen. n.: (M voce سَبْسَبٌ:) the pl. of عَقْــرَبٌ is عَقَارِبُ. (S, O.) b2: And [hence] العَقْــرَبُ is the name of (assumed tropical:) A certain sign of the Zodiac, (T, S, O, K,) [i. e. Scorpio,] to which belong the Mansions of the Moon called الشَّوْلَةُ and القَلْبُ [and الإِكْلِيلُ] and الزُّبَانَيَانِ. (T, TA. [See these words, and see also شِيبَانُ, and مَنَازِلُ القَمَرِ in art. نزل. It should also be observed that the Arabs extended the figure of this constellation (as they did that of Leo) far beyond the limits that we assign to it.]) b3: [Hence, likewise,] عَقْــرَبٌ signifies (assumed tropical:) A thong, or strap, of a sandal, (O, K, TA,) in the form of the reptile of this name. (TA.) [See also عَقْــرَبَــة.]

b4: And (assumed tropical:) A thong, or strap, (O, K,) plaited, and having a buckle at its extremity, (O,) by which the crupper of a horse, or the like, is bound to the saddle. (O, K.) b5: And the pl. عَقَارِبُ signifies also (tropical:) Malicious and mischievous misrepresentations, calumnies, or slanders. (O, K, TA.) One says, إِنَّهُ لَتَدِبُّ عَقَارِبُــهُ (tropical:) Verily his malicious and mischievous misrepresentations, &c., creep along: (TA:) or he traduces, or defames, people behind their backs, or otherwise. (O, K.) and the phrase دَبَّتْ عَقَارِبُــهُ is sometimes used to signify (tropical:) His downy hair crept [along his cheeks]. (MF.) b6: And (tropical:) Reproaches for benefits conferred: so in the saying of En-Nábighah, عَلَىَّ لِعَمْرٍو نِعْمَةٌ بَعْدَ نِعْمَةٍ

لِوَالِدِهِ لَيْسَتْ بِذَاتِ عَقَارِبِ (tropical:) [I owe unto 'Amr favour after favour, for his father, not accompanied by reproaches for benefits conferred]. (TA.) b7: And (assumed tropical:) Hardships, severities, difficulties, troubles, or distresses. (K.) عَقَارِبُ الشِّتَآءِ means (assumed tropical:) The hardships, severities, &c., of winter: (TA:) or the intense cold thereof: (O, K:) and عَقْــرَبُ الشِّتَآءِ, accord. to IB, the assault, and intense cold, of winter. (TA.) And عَيْشٌ ذُو عَقَارِبَ means (assumed tropical:) An uneasy life: or a life in which is evil and roughness. (TA.) b8: See also the next paragraph.

عَقْــرَبَــةٌ: see عَقْــرَبٌ, first sentence. b2: Also (assumed tropical:) An iron thing like the كُلَّاب [or flesh-hook], which is suspended, or attached, to the horse's saddle. (O, K.) b3: And, of a sandal, (assumed tropical:) The knots of the [thong, or strap, called] شِرَاك [q. v.]. (TA.) b4: And, (O, K,) thus in all the copies of the K, and in the handwriting of Ibn-Mektoom, but in the L ↓ عَقْــرَب, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) An intelligent female slave, who does much service, or work. (O, L, K, TA.) عَقْــرَبَــآءُ: see عَقْــرَبٌ, first sentence.

عُقْــرُبَــانٌ: see عَقْــرَبٌ, first sentence, in three places. b2: Also, [or it has this meaning only, as stated above, voce عَقْــرَبٌ,] A certain creeping thing, having long legs, and the tail of which is not like that of the عَقْــرَب [or scorpion]: (S, IB, O, TA:) or a small creeping thing that enters the ear; long, yellow, and having many legs: (TA:) i. q. دَخَّالُ الأُذُنِ [an appellation now applied to the earwig]; (Az, K;) and (K) so ↓ عُقْــرُبَّــانٌ. (O, K.) عُقْــرُبَــانَة: see مُعَقْــرَبٌ.

عُقْــرُبٌّ: see عَقْــرَبٌ, first sentence.

عُقْــرُبَّــانٌ: see عَقْــرَبٌ, first sentence: b2: and عُقْــرُبَــانٌ.

عَقْرَابٌ: see عَقْــرَبٌ, first sentence.

مُعَقْــرَبٌ [Twisted, wreathed, curled,] curved, or bent. (K.) A صُدْغ [or lock of hair hanging down upon the temple curled, or] curved, or having one part turned upon another. (S, O.) b2: And Strong and compact in make: (K:) or مُعَقْــرَبُ الخَلْقِ, applied to a wild ass, compact and strong in make. (O.) b3: Also, and ↓ ذُو عُقْــرُبَــانَةٍ, One who aids, or assists, much, or well, (O, * K, * TA,) and resists attack: (K:) or an aider who resists attack with energy. (MF.) مَكَانٌ مُعَقْــرِبٌ A place having in it scorpions (عَقَارِب). (S, O.) And أَرْضٌ مُعَقْــرِبَــةٌ (S, O, Msb, K) and مَعْقَرَةٌ, (S, O, * K,) the latter as though formed from عَقْــرَبٌ after reducing it to three letters, (S,) A land in which are scorpions: (S, O, Msb:) or a land abounding with scorpions. (K.)

ربــث

1 رَبَــثَهُ, aor. ـُ inf. n. رَبْــثٌ, (Ks, ISk, T,) He hindered, withheld, restrained, or prevented, him, and retarded him; or diverted him, by occupying him otherwise; (Ks, T, TA;) as also ↓ ربّــثهُ: (A:) and he kept him, or held him, back: (Ks, T, TA:) and he deceived, deluded, beguiled, circumvented, or outwitted, him. (ISk, T.) Yousay, رَبَــثَهُ عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ, (Sh, T, S, A, * K, *) and أَمْرِهِ, (T, M,) aor. as above, (T, S, M,) and so the inf. n.; (T, S, M, A, K;) and ↓ ربّــثهُ, (M,) inf. n. تَــرْبِــيثٌ; (K;) He hindered, withheld, restrained, or debarred, him; (Sh, T, S, M, A, K;) and turned, or diverted, him; (M;) from the thing that he wanted, (Sh, T, S, A, K,) and from his affair, (T, M,) by pretexts. (T.) A2: رَبَــثَ He was, or became, slow, tardy, dilatory, late, or backward. (Sh, TA.) [See also 5.]2 ربّــثهُ: see above, in two places. Also He made him to tarry, stay, or stop. (M.) 5 تــربّــث He tarried, stayed, or stopped, (S, K,) in his journeying. (S.) 8 إِرْتَبَثَ see the next paragraph.9 اربــثّوا They became separated, disunited, dispersed, or scattered. (TA.) And اربــثّت الغَنَمُ The sheep, or goats, became dispersed, or scattered. (A, TA.) And اربــثّوا فِى مَنَازِلِهِمْ, and رَأْيِهِمْ, They became separated, or disunited, in their places of alighting or abode, and their judgment or opinion. (A, TA.) b2: [Hence,] اربــثّ

أَمْرُهُمْ, (S, TA,) or ↓ اِــرْبَــاثّ (K, TA,) or ↓ اِــرْبَــأَثَّ, (CK,) which last has been heard thus pronounced with ء to avoid the conjunction of two quiescent letters, (MF,) (assumed tropical:) Their affair was, or became, weak, and slow, tardy, or dilatory, so that they became separated, disunited, dispersed, or scattered: (S, K:) or the first (اربــثّ امرهم) signifies, (T, M, A,) or signifies also, (K, * TA,) (tropical:) their affair, or state of affairs, was, or became, discomposed, dissipated, disorganized, disordered, or broken up; (T, M, A, K; *) as also ↓ ارتبث. (K.) 11 اِــرْبَــاثَّ, (K, TA,) or ↓ اِــرْبَــأَثَّ, (CK,) He was, or became, hindered, withheld, restrained, or debarred. (K, TA.) You say, دَنَا فُلَانٌ ثُمَّ ارْبَــاثَّ Such a one drew near, or approached: then became hindered, withheld, &c. (TA.) b2: See also 9.

رُبَــاعِيٌّ" >Q. رُبَــاعِيٌّ">Q. 4 اِــرْبَــأَثَّ: see 11: b2: and see also 9.

رَبِــيثٌ i. q. ↓ مَــرْبُــوثٌ, (M, K,) Hindered, withheld, &c.: (M, * K:) the former, (T, M,) and the latter also, (M,) applied to an affair, or an event. (T, M.) One says, جَرْيُهُ كَرِيثٌ وَأَمْرُهُ رَبِــيثٌ [app. meaning His running is attended with difficulty, and the accomplishment of his affair is hindered]: (T: [in a copy of the A, as cited in the TA, حِزْبُهُ is put in the place of جَرْيُهُ, which appears to be the right reading, from what here follows:]) and جَرْىٌ كَرِيثٌ أَمْرُهُ رَبِــيثُ [app. meaning A running attended with difficulty, the affair of which is hindered]: (M:) كَرِيثٌ is [here] syn. with مَكْرُوثٌ. (T.) A2: It is also said to signify The جِرِّيث [or eel]; and so ↓ رَبِــيثَةٌ: and in the " Jámi" of El-Ghooree, ↓ رِبِّــيثَى with kesr to the ر and with teshdeed of the ب, is said to mean a species of fish. (Mgh.) رَبِــيثَةٌ, (T, S, M, K,) a subst. from رَبَــثَهُ signifying as expl. in the second sentence of this art., (T,) and ↓ رِبِّــيثَى (T, S, M, K,) [in like manner a subst.] from رَبَــثَهُ signifying as expl. in the first sentence of this art., (T,) A thing, or an event, that hinders, withholds, restrains, or prevents, one [from a thing that he wants, and from his affair; and that turns, or diverts, one therefrom; and that deceives, or deludes, one]: (S, K:) or both signify deceit, or delusion; [in which sense, accord, to the TA, the former word is expl. in the K, but it is not so in my MS. copy of the K nor in the CK;] and hindrance, restraint, or prevention: (M, TA:) pl. of the former رَبَــائِثُ. (TA.) You say, فَعَلَ ذٰلِكَ لَهُ رَبِــيثَةً and ↓ رِبِّــيثَى He did that to him from a motive of deceit, or delusion, and hindrance, restraint, or prevention. (M.) And إِنَّمَا قُلْتُ ذٰلِكَ رَبِــيثَةً مِنِّى

I said that only from a motive of deceit, or delusion, on my part. (ISk, T.) It is said in a trad., تَعْتَرضُ الشَّيَاطِينُ النَّاسَ يَوْمَ الجُمُعَةِ بِالَّــربَــائِثِ, meaning [The devils go forth against men indiscriminately, on Friday,] with the means of hindering them, or withholding them, from prayer: (M:) or إِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الجُمُعَةِ بَعَثَ إِبْلِيسُ جُنُودَهُ

إِلَى النَّاسِ فَأَخَذُوا عَلَيْهِمْ بَالــرَّبَــائِثِ, i. e. [When Friday is come, Iblees sends forth his forces to men, and] they remind them of the wants that hinder, or withhold, them [from the prayers of that day]: (S:) or, as some relate it, ↓ يَرْمُونَ النَّاسَ بِالتَّرَابِيثِ, which is said by El-Khattábee to be of no account; but it may mean [they assail men with] hindrances; for تَرَابِيثُ may be pl. of ↓ تَــرْبِــيثَةٌ, inf. n. un. of رَبَّــثَهُ. (MF.) A2: See also رَبِــيثٌ last sentence.

رِبِّــيثَى: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places: A2: and see also رَبِــيثٌ last sentence.

رَابِثٌ Slow, tardy, dilatory, late, or backward. (TA.) تَــرْبِــيثَةٌ, and its pl. تَرَابِيثُ: see رَبِــيثَةٌ last sentence but one.

مَــرْبُــوثٌ: see رَبِــيثٌ.