رَاهِبٌ
Root: رهب
Full Definition
رَاهِبٌ
Fearing; [or a fearer; or fearing with caution; or a cautious fearer;] as in the phrase هُوَ رَاهِبٌ مِنَ ٱللّٰهِ [He is one who fears God; or a fearer of God; &c.]: whence the signification
2 A Christian [monk, ascetic, religious recluse, or] devotee; one who devotes himself to religious services or exercises, in a صَوْمَعَة [or cell]; one of the رُهْبَان of the Christians: [i. e.] the pl. is رُهْبَانٌ and رَهَبَةٌ; or, sometimes, رُهْبَانٌ is a sing.; as in the following ex., cited by IAar:
def.2 See also مَرْهُوبٌ.
2 A Christian [monk, ascetic, religious recluse, or] devotee; one who devotes himself to religious services or exercises, in a صَوْمَعَة [or cell]; one of the رُهْبَان of the Christians: [i. e.] the pl. is رُهْبَانٌ and رَهَبَةٌ; or, sometimes, رُهْبَانٌ is a sing.; as in the following ex., cited by IAar:
[If she spoke to a Christian monk in a monastery among the summits of a mountain, the Christian monk would come down running, and so descend]: but he says that the approved way is to use it as a pl.: and رَهَابِينُ is a pl. of رُهْبَانٌ, and رَهَابِنَةٌ is another pl. of the same, and so is رُهْبَانُونَ.لَوْ كَلَّمَتْ رُهْبَانَ دَيْرٍ فِى القُلَلْ لَٱنْحَدَرَ الرُّهْبَانُ يَسْعَى فَنَزَلْ
def.2 See also مَرْهُوبٌ.
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