ارقبهُ
Root: رقب
Form: 4
Full Definition
ارقبهُIV
, Verbal.Noun إِرْقَابٌ, He assigned the house to him as a
رُقْبَى [q. v.], and to his offspring after him, in the manner of a
وَقْف [so as to be unalienable]: and
ارقبهُ [he assigned to him the
رُقْبَى]: or ارقبهُ
دَارًا, or أَرْضًا, means he gave to him a house, or land, on the condition that it should be the property of the survivor of them two; saying, If I die before thee, it shall be thine; and if thou die before me, it shall be mine: it is from المُرَاقَبَةُ; because each of the two persons looks for (يَرْقُبُ) the death of the other; in order that the property may be his: the subst. is
رُقْبَى [signifying, as a quasi-Verbal.Noun, the act explained above; and, as a subst. properly so termed, the thing given in the manner explained above: the verb being similar to أَعْمَرَ; and the subst., in both of its applications, to عُمْرَى: see these two words].
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