رَبَكَهُ
Root: ربك
Form: 1
Full Definition
رَبَكَهُI
, [like لَبَكَهُ,] Present.T
ـُ Verbal.Noun رَبْكٌ, He mixed, or mingled, it.
2 Also, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun, He made it good, or qualified it properly, namely, ثَرِيد [i. e. crumbled, or broken, bread, moistened with broth], and mixed it with some other thing.
3 And رَبَكَ رَبِيكَةً, [and رَبَكَ alone,] Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He made ربيكة [q. v.]. غَرْثَانُ فَٱرْبُكُوا لَهُ [He is hungry, therefore make ye ربيكة for him], or, as IDrd relates it, فِٱبْكُلُوا لَهُ [i. e., “ therefore mix ye بَكَالَة for him ”], is a prov.; the origin of which was this: a certain Arab of the desert, said in the O to be Ibn-Lisán-el-Hommarah, came to his family, or wife, from a journey, and was congratulated with the annunciation that a boy was born to him: whereupon he said, “ What shall I do with him? Shall I eat him or shall I drink him? ” so his wife said, غَرْثَانُ فَٱرْبُكُوا لَهُ: and when he was satiated, he said, “ How are the infant and his mother? ” the saying means, “ he is hungry, therefore prepare ye for him food, that his hunger may be allayed, and then congratulate him with the annunciation of the birth of the child: ” and IDrd says that it is applied to the case of him whose anxiety has departed and who has become unoccupied so that he may attend to other things.
4 And رَبَكَ فُلَانًا, Verbal.Noun as above, He threw such a one into mire.
def.2 رَبِكَ: see 8.
2 Also, Present.T as above, and so the Verbal.Noun, He made it good, or qualified it properly, namely, ثَرِيد [i. e. crumbled, or broken, bread, moistened with broth], and mixed it with some other thing.
3 And رَبَكَ رَبِيكَةً, [and رَبَكَ alone,] Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He made ربيكة [q. v.]. غَرْثَانُ فَٱرْبُكُوا لَهُ [He is hungry, therefore make ye ربيكة for him], or, as IDrd relates it, فِٱبْكُلُوا لَهُ [i. e., “ therefore mix ye بَكَالَة for him ”], is a prov.; the origin of which was this: a certain Arab of the desert, said in the O to be Ibn-Lisán-el-Hommarah, came to his family, or wife, from a journey, and was congratulated with the annunciation that a boy was born to him: whereupon he said, “ What shall I do with him? Shall I eat him or shall I drink him? ” so his wife said, غَرْثَانُ فَٱرْبُكُوا لَهُ: and when he was satiated, he said, “ How are the infant and his mother? ” the saying means, “ he is hungry, therefore prepare ye for him food, that his hunger may be allayed, and then congratulate him with the annunciation of the birth of the child: ” and IDrd says that it is applied to the case of him whose anxiety has departed and who has become unoccupied so that he may attend to other things.
4 And رَبَكَ فُلَانًا, Verbal.Noun as above, He threw such a one into mire.
def.2 رَبِكَ: see 8.
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