رَيْبٌ
Root: ريب
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رَيْبٌ
is an Verbal.Noun of 1, as also
رِيبَةٌ , or the latter is a simple subst.: the primary signification of the latter [and of the former also when it is used as a simple subst.] is Disquiet, disturbance, or agitation, of mind: [and hence] the former signifies doubt; as also ↓ the latter; because doubt disquiets, or disturbs, the mind: and opinion; syn. ظَنٌّ: and ↓ the latter, and the former also, doubt, or suspicion or evil opinion; syn. تُهَمَةٌ and ظِنَّةٌ: or the former, [and ↓ the latter also,] doubt combined with suspicion or evil opinion: and a thing, or an event, or a case, that occasions one doubt, or suspicion or evil opinion, or doubt combined with suspicion or evil opinion; i. e. مَا رَابَكَ مِنْ أَمْرٍ: [in this last sense, the latter is the more common: hence,] lying is termed رِيبَةٌ in a trad. cited above: see 1: the ↓ pl. of the latter is رِيَبٌ. A man, and a thing or an event or a case, is said to be
ذُو [as meaning Having in him, or it, something occasioning doubt, or suspicion &c.]. [لَا رَيْبَ often occurs as meaning There is no doubt; without doubt; undoubtedly.]
2 Hence, رَيْبُ الزَّمَانِ The accidents, or evil accidents, of time, (Ksh and Bd ubi suprà, [in Fleischer's ed. of the latter رِيَب الزمان, which is more agreeable with the explanation, but رَيْب الزمان is more usual,]) that disquiet, or disturb, the minds and hearts: and رَيْبُ المَنُونِ [which likewise signifies] the accidents, or evil accidents, of time: and رَيْبُ الدَّهْرِ signifies the same; i. e. صَرْفُهُ, or صُرُوفُهُ, and حَوَادِثُهُ.
3 [Hence, likewise,] رَيْبٌ also signifies A want; a needful, or requisite, thing, affair, or business; syn. حَاجَةٌ. A poet says, namely, Kaab Ibn-Málik El-Ansáree,
def.2 [ريب mentioned by Freytag as applied in art. دلس of the S to a certain plant, and written رَيْب in both of my copies of the S in that art., is a mistake for رَبَب, which is the reading in the TA, pl. of رِبَّةٌ.]
2 Hence, رَيْبُ الزَّمَانِ The accidents, or evil accidents, of time, (Ksh and Bd ubi suprà, [in Fleischer's ed. of the latter رِيَب الزمان, which is more agreeable with the explanation, but رَيْب الزمان is more usual,]) that disquiet, or disturb, the minds and hearts: and رَيْبُ المَنُونِ [which likewise signifies] the accidents, or evil accidents, of time: and رَيْبُ الدَّهْرِ signifies the same; i. e. صَرْفُهُ, or صُرُوفُهُ, and حَوَادِثُهُ.
3 [Hence, likewise,] رَيْبٌ also signifies A want; a needful, or requisite, thing, affair, or business; syn. حَاجَةٌ. A poet says, namely, Kaab Ibn-Málik El-Ansáree,
[We accomplished, from Tihámeh, every want, and from Kheyber: then we gave rest to our swords].قَضَيْنَا مِنْ تِهَامَةَ كُلَّ رَيْبٍ وَ خَيْبَرَ ثُمَّ أَجْيَيْنَا السُّيُوفَا
def.2 [ريب mentioned by Freytag as applied in art. دلس of the S to a certain plant, and written رَيْب in both of my copies of the S in that art., is a mistake for رَبَب, which is the reading in the TA, pl. of رِبَّةٌ.]
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