رَجَّبَ
Root: رجب
Form: 2
Full Definition
رَجَّبَII
see 1, in three places.
2 Hence, تَرْجِيبٌ signifies also The sacrificing a victim, or victims, in the month of Rejeb: for the [pagan] Arabs used to slaughter animals as sacrifices in that month. The days of the said sacrifice were called أَيَّامُ تَرْجِيبٍ: and the victim was called عَتِيرَةٌ and رَجَبِيَّةٌ .
3 رجبّ الشَّجَرَةَ, Verbal.Noun تَرْجِيبٌ, He propped up the tree, because of the abundance of its fruit, lest its branches should break; sometimes by building a wall, for it to rest upon, because of its weakness: or تَرْجِيبُ نَخْلَةٍ signifies the building, at the foot of a palm-tree, a structure of the kind called دُكَّان, which is termed رُجْبَةٌ, for it to rest upon, because of its leaning, and its being valuable to him, and being weak: or the propping up a valuable palm-tree, when it is feared that it will fall,
4 تَرْجِيبُ كَرْمٍ The disposing evenly the shoots of a grape-vine, and putting it in its [appropriate] places, by means of props.
2 Hence, تَرْجِيبٌ signifies also The sacrificing a victim, or victims, in the month of Rejeb: for the [pagan] Arabs used to slaughter animals as sacrifices in that month. The days of the said sacrifice were called أَيَّامُ تَرْجِيبٍ: and the victim was called عَتِيرَةٌ and رَجَبِيَّةٌ .
3 رجبّ الشَّجَرَةَ, Verbal.Noun تَرْجِيبٌ, He propped up the tree, because of the abundance of its fruit, lest its branches should break; sometimes by building a wall, for it to rest upon, because of its weakness: or تَرْجِيبُ نَخْلَةٍ signifies the building, at the foot of a palm-tree, a structure of the kind called دُكَّان, which is termed رُجْبَةٌ, for it to rest upon, because of its leaning, and its being valuable to him, and being weak: or the propping up a valuable palm-tree, when it is feared that it will fall,
meaning As though their necks were propped palm-trees: or, as some say, the stones on which the victims slain in Rejeb are sacrificed.كَأَنَّ أَعْنَاقَهَا أَنْصَابُ تَرْجِيبِ
4 تَرْجِيبُ كَرْمٍ The disposing evenly the shoots of a grape-vine, and putting it in its [appropriate] places, by means of props.
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