Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

تَرِعٌ

Root: ترع

Full Definition

تَرِعٌ : see تَرَعٌ.
2 Also A cloud containing much rain.
3 عُشْبٌ تَرِعٌ Fresh, juicy, or sappy, herbs or herbage. (Sgh in art. درع, and L.)

def.2 A man quick to do evil, or mischief, and to become angry: ready and quick to become angry: and evil, or mischievous, hastening to do what is not fit, or proper, for him.
2 One who rushes headlong into affairs by reason of excessive briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness: thus correctly written; but in the copies of the K, تَرِيعٌ .
3 Lightwitted; weak and stupid; deficient in intellect; or light and hasty in disposition or deportment.
4 And, with ة, A woman who transgresses the proper bounds or limits, and is light [in conduct].


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