رُبَّةٌ
Root: رب
Full Definition
رُبَّةٌ
A party, division, sect, or distinct body or class, of men: or a large assembly or company: or a myriad; i. e. ten thousand: or thereabout: and
signifies the same: or this signifies a company [of men]: the pl. of the former is رِبَابٌ: and that of the latter is أَرِبَّةٌ: by Th [and in the K], the former pl. is said to be a pl. of رِبَّةٌ; but this is a mistake.
2 [Hence, the pl.] رِبَابٌ signifies Companions.
3 And hence [also], i. e., as pl. of الرُّبَةُ, الرِّبَابُ is an appellation of The [confederate] tribes of Dabbeh; or Teym and 'Adee and 'Okl; or Teym and 'Adee and 'Owf and Thowr and Ashyab; (TA; [but for the orthography of the last of these names I have found no authority; it is written in the TA اشيب, without any syll. signs;]) and Dabbeh was their paternal uncle; or five tribes which united in a confederacy, consisting of Dabbeh and Thowr and 'Okl and Teym and 'Adee: they were thus called because of their division into distinct bodies; or because they collected themselves in distinct bodies: or because they united in a confederacy against Temeem Ibn-Murr: or because they dipped their hands in some رُبّ, and formed a confederacy over it: or, as some say, because they congregated, and became like the رِبَاب [or bundle] of arrows [used in the game called المَيْسِر]: the rel. n. is رُبِّىٌّ , formed from the sing., accord. to a rule generally observed except when a [single] man has a pl. word for his name, as كِلَابٌ &c.
4 The sing. (رُبَّةٌ) also signifies Plenty, or abundance, of the means of subsistence: and constant, or inseparable, prosperity.
def.2 See also رُبَّى.
2 [Hence, the pl.] رِبَابٌ signifies Companions.
3 And hence [also], i. e., as pl. of الرُّبَةُ, الرِّبَابُ is an appellation of The [confederate] tribes of Dabbeh; or Teym and 'Adee and 'Okl; or Teym and 'Adee and 'Owf and Thowr and Ashyab; (TA; [but for the orthography of the last of these names I have found no authority; it is written in the TA اشيب, without any syll. signs;]) and Dabbeh was their paternal uncle; or five tribes which united in a confederacy, consisting of Dabbeh and Thowr and 'Okl and Teym and 'Adee: they were thus called because of their division into distinct bodies; or because they collected themselves in distinct bodies: or because they united in a confederacy against Temeem Ibn-Murr: or because they dipped their hands in some رُبّ, and formed a confederacy over it: or, as some say, because they congregated, and became like the رِبَاب [or bundle] of arrows [used in the game called المَيْسِر]: the rel. n. is رُبِّىٌّ , formed from the sing., accord. to a rule generally observed except when a [single] man has a pl. word for his name, as كِلَابٌ &c.
4 The sing. (رُبَّةٌ) also signifies Plenty, or abundance, of the means of subsistence: and constant, or inseparable, prosperity.
def.2 See also رُبَّى.
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