رَاعَهُ
Root: روع
Form: 1
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رَاعَهُI
, Present.T يَرُوعُ Verbal.Noun رَوْعٌ and رُوعٌ and رُوُوعٌ and رُؤُوعٌ, [He, or it, affected his
رُوع, i. e. heart, or mind, with fright, or fear;] fear of it reached his
رُوع; he, or it, frightened him; put him in fear; made him afraid; as also
روّعهُ , Verbal.Noun تَرْوِيعٌ: or its beauty and abundance or multitude frightened him: and ↓ the latter also, it frightened him by its abundance or multitude, or its beauty. Hence the saying, in a trad., إِذَا شَمِطَ لإِنْسَانُ فِى عَارِضَيْهِ
فَذٰلِكَ الرَّوْعُ, as though meaning [When the man becomes grizzled in the hair of the two sides of his face, that is] the warning of death. You say also, [using the pass. form,] رِيعَ, Present.T يُرَاعُ, Verbal.Noun رَوْعٌ, He was, or became, frightened, or afraid; or he feared; as also
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تروّع . And رَاعَ مِنْهُ, Present.T يَرُوعُ, Verbal.Noun رَوْعٌ, He was, or became, frightened at it, or afraid of it; or he feared it. (TK. [But I know of no authority on which this is founded, except a prov. (cited in art. جعر) , in which some read رُوعِى جَعَارِ instead of رُوغِى.]) To a man, you say, لَا تُرَعْ [Be not thou frightened;] fear not thou; let not fear overtake thee: and to a woman, لَا تُرَاعِى. And hence the saying, in a trad., لَنْ تُرَاعَوْا مَا رَأَيْنَا مِنْ شَىْءٍ [Ye shall not be frightened, or afraid: we saw not, or have not seen, anything]. You also say, مِنْهُ and لَهُ
He was, or became, frightened at, or afraid of, him, or it; or he feared him, or it.
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3 [It affected his رُوع, i. e. heart, or mind, with admiration, or pleasure;] it excited his admiration and approval; it pleased him, or rejoiced him; said of beauty [&c.]. It is said in a trad., describing the people of Paradise, فَيَرُوعُهُ مَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ اللِّبَاسِ And what is upon him, of apparel, excites his admiration &c., by its beauty.
4 [It cooled it, or allayed its thirst.] A poet says,
def.2 The verb from رَوَعٌ [q. v. infrà] is one and the same [whether trans. or intrans.; i. e., you say رَاعَهُ, Present.T يَرُوعُ, Verbal.Noun رَوْعٌ, meaning “He,” or “it, excited his admiration and approval,” &c., as expl. above; and رَاعَ, app. with the same Present.T and Verbal.Noun, meaning He possessed the quality of exciting admiration and approval by his beauty and the pleasingness of his aspect, or by his courage, &c.; and in like manner, رَاعَتْ, said of a woman]; the trans. verb [in this case] being like the trans. [in other cases], and the intrans. [in this case] like the intrans. [in other cases]: but the regular form, accord. to Az, of the [intrans.] verb hence derived is رَوِعَ, Present.T يَرْوَعُ, Verbal.Noun رَوَعٌ.
def.3 رَاعَ فِى يَدِى كَذَا: see art. ريع.
2 And رَاعَ, Present.T يَرُوعُ, and يَرِيعُ, Verbal.Noun of the former رُوَاعٌ, and of the latter رَيْعٌ: see art. ريع.
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3 [It affected his رُوع, i. e. heart, or mind, with admiration, or pleasure;] it excited his admiration and approval; it pleased him, or rejoiced him; said of beauty [&c.]. It is said in a trad., describing the people of Paradise, فَيَرُوعُهُ مَا عَلَيْهِ مِنَ اللِّبَاسِ And what is upon him, of apparel, excites his admiration &c., by its beauty.
4 [It cooled it, or allayed its thirst.] A poet says,
[She gave me to drink a draught that cooled, or allayed the thirst of, my heart: may God give her to drink from the pool of the Apostle in Paradise]. You say also, هٰذِهِ شَرْبَةٌ رَاعَ بِهَا فُؤَادِى [which may be rendered This is a draught by which he has cooled, or allayed the thirst of, my heart; and it is implied in the TA that this is the right meaning: or it means] this is a draught by which the thirst, or vehement thirst, of my heart has been allayed: mentioned by Az.سَقَتْنِى شَرْبَةً رَاعَتْ فُؤَادِى سَقَاهَا ٱللّٰهُ مِنْ حَوْضِ الرَّسُولِ
def.2 The verb from رَوَعٌ [q. v. infrà] is one and the same [whether trans. or intrans.; i. e., you say رَاعَهُ, Present.T يَرُوعُ, Verbal.Noun رَوْعٌ, meaning “He,” or “it, excited his admiration and approval,” &c., as expl. above; and رَاعَ, app. with the same Present.T and Verbal.Noun, meaning He possessed the quality of exciting admiration and approval by his beauty and the pleasingness of his aspect, or by his courage, &c.; and in like manner, رَاعَتْ, said of a woman]; the trans. verb [in this case] being like the trans. [in other cases], and the intrans. [in this case] like the intrans. [in other cases]: but the regular form, accord. to Az, of the [intrans.] verb hence derived is رَوِعَ, Present.T يَرْوَعُ, Verbal.Noun رَوَعٌ.
def.3 رَاعَ فِى يَدِى كَذَا: see art. ريع.
2 And رَاعَ, Present.T يَرُوعُ, and يَرِيعُ, Verbal.Noun of the former رُوَاعٌ, and of the latter رَيْعٌ: see art. ريع.
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