رَبَحٌ
Root: ربح
Full Definition
2 Horses and camels that are brought from one place to another for sale.
3 And Fat, as a subst. A poet says, namely, Khufáf Ibn-Nudbeh,
[as though meaning They entertained their guests with fat, on the superabundant remains of which the tribe lived, by means of tawny-coloured gaming-arrows whereby the lots that determined who should afford the entertainment were divided]: but [this is inconsistent with the affixed pronoun relating to ربحا, wherefore], in this case, as some say, it means young weaned camels; [as a quasi-pl. n.;] and its sing. is ; like as that of حَرَسٌ is حَارِسٌ; and that of خَادِمٌ خَدَمٌ: or a young weaned camel; [like رُبَحٌ;] and its pl. is رِبَاحٌ: or it means here the gain, or profit, obtained by means of the game called الَميْسِر.قَرَوْا أَضْيَافَهُمْ رَبَحًا بِبُحٍّ يعِيشُ بِفَضْلِهِنَّ الحَىُّ سُمْرِ
4 See also the next paragraph.
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