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رَبِيطٌ

Root: ربط

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رَبِيطٌ Tied, bound, or made fast; as also مَرْبُوطٌ ; applied to a horse, or similar beast (دَابَّة); as also ; applied to the former, i. q. مَرْبُوطٌ; or مَايُرْتَبَطُ [which may perhaps signify the same; but more probably, taken to be tied, or for keeping post, on the enemy's frontier]; and [in like manner] رَبِيطَةٌ, applied to the latter, i. q. مَاٱرْتُبِطَ: and رَبِيطٌ applied to a horse also signifies tied and fed in the court of a house: pl. رُبُطٌ and رِبَاطٌ , or the latter is a pl. pl., being pl. of رُبُطٌ. مِنْ الخَيْلِ, in the Kur [viii. 62], means Of horses that are tied; رِبَاطٌ being of the measure فِعَالٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعولٌ; or an Verbal.Noun used as a subst., being an Verbal.Noun of رَبَطَ in the sense of رَابَطَ; or it is an Verbal.Noun of رَابَطَ; and therefore [when used as an epithet, like any Verbal.Noun so used,] is applied to one as well as to a pl. number; or pl. of رَبِيطْ: or it means of mares: and رِبَاطٌ signifies horses; five thereof, and upwards: or horses, themselves, that are taken to be tied, or for keeping post, on the enemy's frontier. And you say, لِفُلَانٍ رِبَاطٌ مِنَ الخَيْلِ Such a one has a stud constituting the source of his horses; like as you say تلَادٌ. , also, applied to horses, signifies Tied in a town or country or the like: occuring in a trad., in which it is said that upon every horse shall be levied a deenár; but upon the رابطة, nothing: properly meaning, in this case, ذَاتُ الرَّبْطِ; being like رَاضِيَةٌ in the phrase عِيشَةٌ رَاضِيَةٌ.
2 See also رَابِطٌ.
3 Also, and رَابِطٌ , A monk: one who abstains from worldly pleasures: a sage who restrains himself from worldly things. [In the L and TA, الرَّبِيطُ is also explained, as on the authority of Ez-Zejjájee, as signifying الذَّاهِبُ; but this I think a mistranscription, for الرَّاهِبُ.]

def.2 Unripe dates soaked [in water]: or fresh ripe dates soaked with water; also called مَنْقُوشٌ: (Sgh, TA in art. نقش:) or dried dates put into jars (جِرَار), and having water poured upon them, or moistened with water, in order that they may become like fresh ripe dates: but perhaps this is an adventitious term: some say that it is رَبِيدٌ, and not original.
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