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رَبِيثٌ

Root: ربث

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رَبِيثٌ i. q. مَرْبُوثٌ , Hindered, withheld, &c.: the former, and the latter also, applied to an affair, or an event. One says, جَرْيُهُ كَرِيثٌ وَأَمْرُهُ رَبِيثٌ [app. meaning His running is attended with difficulty, and the accomplishment of his affair is hindered]: (T: [in a copy of the A, as cited in the TA, حِزْبُهُ is put in the place of جَرْيُهُ, which appears to be the right reading, from what here follows:]) and جَرْىٌ كَرِيثٌ أَمْرُهُ رَبِيثُ [app. meaning A running attended with difficulty, the affair of which is hindered]: كَرِيثٌ is [here] syn. with مَكْرُوثٌ.

def.2 It is also said to signify The جِرِّيث [or eel]; and so رَبِيثَةٌ : and in the " Jámi" of El-Ghooree, رِبِّيثَى with kesr to the ر and with teshdeed of the ب, is said to mean a species of fish.
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