رِبعَةٌ
Root: ربع
Full Definition
رِبعَةٌ
The beasts' collecting of themselves together in the [season called] رَبِيع: [whence] a a country, or region, is said to be طَيِّبُ الرِّبْعَةِ [good for the beasts' collecting of themselves together &c.].
2 [Hence, app.,] تَرَكْنَاهُمْ عَلَى رِبْعَتِهِمْ We left them in their former, or first, or original, and right, or good, state, or condition. رَبَاعَةٌ , also, and رِبَاعَةٌ , signify An affair, a business, or a concern, in which one continues occupied; or a case, a state, or a condition, in which one abides, or continues; meaning a former, or first, affair, &c.; and only relating to a good state or condition: or one's way, course, mode, or manner, of acting, or conduct, or the like: or one's right, or good, state, or condition, in which he has been before: or his [tribe such as is termed] قَبِيلَة: or [the portion thereof which is termed] his فَخِذَ: or هُمْ عَلَى , and , and , and , and , and , means They are in their right, or good, state, or condition: or they are occupied in their affair, or business, or concern, in which they were occupied before; or they are in their case, or state, or condition, in which they were before: or على , and , signifies in their right, or good, state, or condition, and in their former, or first, case; or in their right, or good, state, or condition, and occupied in their former, or first, affair, or business, or concern: or it means in their places of abode. You
2 [Hence, app.,] تَرَكْنَاهُمْ عَلَى رِبْعَتِهِمْ We left them in their former, or first, or original, and right, or good, state, or condition. رَبَاعَةٌ , also, and رِبَاعَةٌ , signify An affair, a business, or a concern, in which one continues occupied; or a case, a state, or a condition, in which one abides, or continues; meaning a former, or first, affair, &c.; and only relating to a good state or condition: or one's way, course, mode, or manner, of acting, or conduct, or the like: or one's right, or good, state, or condition, in which he has been before: or his [tribe such as is termed] قَبِيلَة: or [the portion thereof which is termed] his فَخِذَ: or هُمْ عَلَى , and , and , and , and , and , means They are in their right, or good, state, or condition: or they are occupied in their affair, or business, or concern, in which they were occupied before; or they are in their case, or state, or condition, in which they were before: or على , and , signifies in their right, or good, state, or condition, and in their former, or first, case; or in their right, or good, state, or condition, and occupied in their former, or first, affair, or business, or concern: or it means in their places of abode. You
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