Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تَرَّاعٌ

Root: ترع

Full Definition

تَرَّاعٌ A torrent filling the valley; as also أَتْرَعُ : or a torrent which fills the valley: and ↓ the latter, a vehement torrent. J says, in the S, that سَيْرٌ أَنْزَعُ signifies شَدِيدٌ; and he cites the words of a poet thus: فَٱفْتَرَشَ الأَرْضَ بِسَيْرٍ أَتْرَعَا ascribed by some to El-'Ajjáj, but correctly, accord. to IB, the words of Ru-beh; making two mistakes, in saying افترش, in the sing., and بسير: moreover, the last word in the citation is a pret. verb: [the right reading is] فَٱفْتَرَشُوا الأَرْضَ بِسَيْلٍ أَتْرَعَا [And they travelled the land with a multitude like a torrent that filled the valleys]: the poet describes the Benoo-Temeem, and their travelling the land like the torrent by reason of multitude.

def.2 A door-keeper.


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