رَبَأَ

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رَبَأَI , [Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun رَبْءٌ,] He, or it, was, or became, high, or elevated: [or] he, or it, was, or became, high, or elevated, so as to overtop, or overlook, what was around or adjacent; as also ارتبأ . You say, رَبَأَتِ الأَرْضُ, Verbal.Noun رَبْءٌ, The ground rose: and some read, in the Kur xxii. 5 and xli. 39, رَبَأَتْ instead of رَبَتْ; because, as Zj says, when a plant is about to appear, the earth rises thereat. And you say also, رَبَأَ عَلَى جَبَلٍ and ارتبأ and He took a high and commanding position upon a mountain, or ascended upon it, (أَشْرَفَ عَلَيْه,) to look. And مَا عَرَفْتُ فُلَانًا حَتَّى لِى I knew not such a one until he became within a commanding, or near, view of me; syn. أَشْرَفَ. And رَبَأَ عَلَى شَرَفٍ He ascended upon an eminence [to watch] lest an enemy should come unawares upon a party. And رَبَأْتُ المَرْبَأَةَ and I ascended upon the place of observation. And رَبَأَ القَوْمَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun رَبْءٌ; and رَبَأَلَهُمْ; and ; He was, or became, [or acted as,] a scout to the party, upon an eminence. And رَبَأَ لَنَا فُلَانٌ, and ارتبأ , Such a one was, or became, or acted as, a scout to us.
2 رَبَأْتُ بِكَ عَنْ كَذَا, Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, means I exalted thee [or held thee] above such a thing: and رَبَأْتُ بِكَ أَرْفَعَ الأَمْرِ I exalted thee [in the highest degree]: and رَبَأْتُ بِنَفْسِى عَنْ عَمَلِ كَذَا [I held myself above the doing such a thing]: and إِنِّى لَأَرْبَأُ بِكَ عَنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ Verily I exalt thee [or hold thee] above this thing, and do not approve of it for thee: as though properly signifying I betake myself with thee to an elevated place of observation, in honour of thee, and in care, or solicitude, for thee, and preserve thee and keep watch for thee as a scout and a watchman: [this usage of the verb, as is shown in the TA, is what is meant by its being said that] رَبَأَ is also syn. with رَفَعَ.
3 رَبَأَ المَالَ He preserved, guarded, or took care of, and put into a good, or right, state, the property, or cattle.
4 See also 3.
5 رَبَأَ فِى الأَمْرِ He looked into the thing, or affair, and considered.
6 رَبَأْتُ فِيهِ, accord. to Fr, means عَلِمْتُ عِلْمَهُ [lit. I knew his knowledge, or what he knew; app. meaning I tried, proved, or tested, him, and so knew what he knew]. (TA. [See the phrase لَأَ خْبُرَنَّ خَبَرَكَ.])
7 مَا رَبَأَ رَبْأَهُ He did not know, or had no knowledge of, nor did he desire, him, or it: or he did not know, or had no knowledge of, and did not prepare himself for, him, or it: or he did not care for, mind, heed, or regard, him, or it: or مَا رَبَأْتُ رَبْءَ فُلَانٍ means I did not know such a one, nor care for, mind, heed, or regard, him.

def.2 رَبَؤُوا لَهُ They collected for him of every kind of food, milk and dates &c.

def.3 جَآءَ يَرْبَأْ فِى مِشْيَتِهِ He came bearing himself heavily, or sluggishly, in his gait. (M, K. * [Like يَرْنَأُ.])

def.4 See also what next follows.

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