رَابٌ
Root: ريب
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رَابٌ
Want, or need. Hence, in a trad., مَا رَبُكُمْ إِلَيْهِ
What is [the reason of] your want of him? or your wanting to ask him? And, in another trad., مَا رَابُكَ إِلَى قَطْعِهَا
What is [the reason of] thy wanting to cut it off? thus, says El-Khattábee, they relate it, with damm to the ب: but IAth says that it is properly مَا أَرَبُكَ, meaning the same: or, accord. to Aboo-Moosà, the right reading may be ما رَابَكَ, expl. in the preceding paragraph.
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