اراب
Root: ريب
Form: 4
Full Definition
ارابIV
, as a trans. verb: see 1, in eight places.
def.2 As intrans., it signifies He was, or became, one in whom was something occasioning doubt, or suspicion or evil opinion, or doubt combined with suspicion or evil opinion; i. e. صَارَ ذَا رِيبَةِ: and he did a thing that occasioned doubt, or suspicion &c.: it is said when one is told something of a person, or thinks it, or imagines it: see 1, in the former half of the paragraph; and also, in three places, in the latter part of the same paragraph. Also It was, or became, one in which was something occasioning doubt, or suspicion &c.; i. e. صَارَ ذَا رَيْبٍ or ذا رِيبَةٍ.
def.2 As intrans., it signifies He was, or became, one in whom was something occasioning doubt, or suspicion or evil opinion, or doubt combined with suspicion or evil opinion; i. e. صَارَ ذَا رِيبَةِ: and he did a thing that occasioned doubt, or suspicion &c.: it is said when one is told something of a person, or thinks it, or imagines it: see 1, in the former half of the paragraph; and also, in three places, in the latter part of the same paragraph. Also It was, or became, one in which was something occasioning doubt, or suspicion &c.; i. e. صَارَ ذَا رَيْبٍ or ذا رِيبَةٍ.
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