رَبِيطٌ
Root: ربط
Full Definition
رَبِيطٌ
Tied, bound, or made fast; as also
مَرْبُوطٌ ; applied to a horse, or similar beast (دَابَّة); as also
; applied to the former, i. q.
مَرْبُوطٌ; or مَايُرْتَبَطُ [which may perhaps signify the same; but more probably, taken to be tied, or for keeping post, on the enemy's frontier]; and [in like manner] رَبِيطَةٌ, applied to the latter, i. q.
مَاٱرْتُبِطَ: and رَبِيطٌ applied to a horse also signifies tied and fed in the court of a house: pl. رُبُطٌ and
رِبَاطٌ , or the latter is a pl. pl., being pl. of رُبُطٌ. مِنْ الخَيْلِ, in the Kur [viii. 62], means Of horses that are tied; رِبَاطٌ being of the measure فِعَالٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعولٌ; or an Verbal.Noun used as a subst., being an Verbal.Noun of رَبَطَ in the sense of رَابَطَ; or it is an Verbal.Noun of رَابَطَ; and therefore [when used as an epithet, like any Verbal.Noun so used,] is applied to one as well as to a pl. number; or pl. of رَبِيطْ: or it means of mares: and رِبَاطٌ signifies horses; five thereof, and upwards: or horses, themselves, that are taken to be tied, or for keeping post, on the enemy's frontier. And you say, لِفُلَانٍ رِبَاطٌ مِنَ الخَيْلِ
Such a one has a stud constituting the source of his horses; like as you say تلَادٌ.
, also, applied to horses, signifies Tied in a town or country or the like: occuring in a trad., in which it is said that upon every horse shall be levied a deenár; but upon the رابطة, nothing: properly meaning, in this case, ذَاتُ الرَّبْطِ; being like رَاضِيَةٌ in the phrase عِيشَةٌ
رَاضِيَةٌ.
2 See also رَابِطٌ.
3 Also, and رَابِطٌ ,
def.2
2 See also رَابِطٌ.
3 Also, and رَابِطٌ ,
def.2
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