رَقُوبٌ

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رَقُوبٌ A woman of whom no offspring lives, or remains, and who looks for the death of her offspring, or of her husband [app. that she may have offspring by another]: and in like manner applied to a man: because he, or she, looks for the death of the child, in fear for it: in like manner also a she-camel of which no offspring lives: or he who has no offspring: or he who has not sent before him [to Paradise, by its dying in infancy,] any of his children: this, says A'Obeyd, is the meaning in the [classical] language of the Arabs; relating only to the loss of children: he who has had no child die in infancy: or he who has had children and has died without sending before him any of them [to Paradise, by its dying in infancy]. (So in the explanations of two trads., each commencing with الرَّقُوبُ, in the “ Jámi' es-Sagheer ” of EsSuyootee.) وَرِثْتُهُ عَنْ عَمَّةٍ رَقُوبِ is a prov., expl. by Meyd as meaning [I inherited it from a paternal aunt] of whom no offspring was living: such, he says, is most compassionate to the son of her brother.
2 Also A woman who looks for the death of her husband, in order that she may inherit his property.
3 And An old and a poor man who is unable to earn for himself, and has none to earn for him: so called because he looks for a benefaction or gratuity.
4 And A she-camel that does not draw near to the wateringtrough, or tank, on account of the pressing, or crowding [of the other camels to it], by reason of her generous disposition: so called because she waits for the others to drink, and drinks when they have done.
5 أُمُّ الرَّقُوبِ Calamity, or misfortune.

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