رُبَّاحٌ
Root: ربح
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رُبَّاحٌ
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رُبَاحٌ , the latter of the dial. of El-Yemen, and
رُبَحٌ , The male ape; [simia caudata, clunibus nudis: ] or the young one of an ape: or apes [as a coll. gen. n.]: (TA in art. نصح, in explanation of the last, which is there said to be originally رُبَاحٌ:) pl. of the first رَبَابِيحُ. One says أَمْلَحُ مِنْ رُبَّاحٍ and رُبَاحٍ, meaning [Prettier] than the ape.
2 [Hence, app.,] رُبُّ رُبَّاحٍ or رُبَاحٍ A sort of dates of ElBasrah.
3 Also, accord. to some, رُبَّاحٌ signifies A small young weaned camel, and small young camels, syn. حَاشِيَةٌ, slender in the bones and meagre in the body: but A Heyth asks, How can it mean small young weaned camels, seeing that a poet applies to it the epithet ثَنِىّ, and the ثنىّ is five years old? and Khidásh Ibn-Zuheyr, in a verse cited by Sh, speaks of a ربّاح breathing hard in labour, in order that her young one might come forth.
4 See also رُبَحٌ.
2 [Hence, app.,] رُبُّ رُبَّاحٍ or رُبَاحٍ A sort of dates of ElBasrah.
3 Also, accord. to some, رُبَّاحٌ signifies A small young weaned camel, and small young camels, syn. حَاشِيَةٌ, slender in the bones and meagre in the body: but A Heyth asks, How can it mean small young weaned camels, seeing that a poet applies to it the epithet ثَنِىّ, and the ثنىّ is five years old? and Khidásh Ibn-Zuheyr, in a verse cited by Sh, speaks of a ربّاح breathing hard in labour, in order that her young one might come forth.
4 See also رُبَحٌ.
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