أَرْبَيْتُهُ
Root: ربو
Form: 4
Full Definition
def.2 أَرْبَيْتُ I took more than I gave.
2 [Hence,] اربى, said of a man, signifies [particularly] He engaged in, or entered upon, الرِّبَا [i. e. the practising, or taking, of usury or the like; he practised, or took, usury or the like; as also رَبَا , Present.T رَبْوٌ; for] إِرْبَآءٌ and رَبْوٌ, as inf. ns., both signify, in Pers., رِبَا خوُرْدَنْ. (KL. [In the TA, رَبَا, said of a man, is expl. by the words حصل فى ربوة: but I think that the right reading must be حَصَّلَ فِى رِبًوا, or مِنْ رِبًوا; and the meaning, He acquired in the practice of usury or the like, or he acquired of usury or the like.]) See, again, an ex. in the first paragraph.
3 اربى عَلَى الخَمْسَينَ, وَنَحْوِهَا, He exceeded [the age of fifty, and the like].
4 [أَرْبَى said of the عَرْفَج, in a copy of the S, in art رقط is a mistranscription for أَدْبَى, with dál.]
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