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رَبِذٌ

Root: ربذ

Full Definition

رَبِذٌ Light, or active, in the arm, or hand, in working or in doing a thing, and in the leg, or foot, in walking or going, or in the legs in walking or going, as also رَبِذُ القَوَائِمِ; and light, or active, in the fingers in working or in doing a thing, as also رَبِذُ الأَصَابِعِ فِى عَمَلِهِ. And A quick, or fleet, horse. And فَرَسٌ لَهُ قَوَائِمُ رَبِذاتٌ A horse having light, or active, legs.
2 جَآءَ رَبِذَ العِنَانِ means He came alone, put to flight. But the saying of Hishám El-Mara-ee, غَدَاةَ تَرَكْتَهُ رَبِذَ العِنَانِ is explained by IAar as meaning [In the morning] when thou leftest him exempt from satire.
3 Accord. to Aboo-Sa'eed, لِثَةٌ رَبِذٌ means A gum having little flesh.
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