Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

هَارِبٌ

Root: هرب

Full Definition

هَارِبٌ He has not [of camels &c.] any that returns from water, nor any that comes to it; i. e., he has not anything; or, he has not anything, nor has he any people; an expression similar to مَا لَهُ سَعْنَةٌ وَلَا مَعْنَةٌ: accord. to IAar, هَارِبٌ signifies one who returns from water; and قَارِبٌ, one who seeks, or journeys to, water: or the meaning is no one flees from him, nor does any one approach him; i. e., he is a person of no account. [In the TA a trad. is quoted which confirms the former signification.] See also art. قرب.


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