رَيْعٌ

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رَيْعٌ [see 1, of which it is an Verbal.Noun] Increase; syn. زِيَادَةٌ [which may be meant to include the third of the significations here following]; as in the saying, هٰذَا طَعَامٌ كَثِيرُ الرَّيْعِ [This is wheat of much increase].
2 Revenue arising from the increase of land: because it is an augmentation.
3 Milk; as in the phrase, نَاقَةٌ كَثِيرَةٌ رَيْعُهَا [A she-camel whose milk is abundant].
4 Redundance; a part, or portion, redundant; a surplus; or a residue; syn. فَضْلٌ; of anything; as of flour, or meal, over and above the measure of the wheat; and of dough [when it has risen]; and of seed for sowing [when it has been sown]; and the like. Hence it is said, in a trad. of I'Ab, respecting the expiation of an oath, لِكُلِّ مِسْكِينٍ مُدٌّ مِنْ حِنْطَةٍ رَيْعُهُ إِدَامُهُ [To every poor man, a mudd of wheat: the redundance, or redundant part or portion, thereof shall be for its seasoning]: i. e., it is not necessary for the person to give, with the mudd, seasoning; but the redundance that shall arise, of the flour, or meal, of the mudd [of wheat], when he shall have ground it, therewith shall the seasoning be bought. Hence also, the trad. of 'Omar, اِمْلِكُوا العَجِينَ فَإِنَّهُ أَحَدُ الرَّيْعَيْنِ Knead ye well, or thoroughly, or soundly, the dough; for this action is one of the رَيْعَانِ [here meaning the two causes of redundance; the other cause being the grinding]. [Hence also,] رَيْعُ الدِّرْعِ The redundant parts of the two sleeves of the coat of mail, over [and beyond] the ends of the fingers; and of the skirt thereof.
5 See also رِيعٌ.
6 Also, and رَيْعَانٌ , [which latter is the more common in this sense,] The first and most excel-lent part of anything: said in the B to be a metaphorical application from رَيْعٌ as signifying a high, or an elevated, place. Hence, رَيْعُ الشَّبَابِ, by poetic license written , or الشَّبَابِ, The first, or prime, and most excellent, part, or period, of youth or youthfulness or youthful vigour: or this is from رَيْعٌ in relation to wheat: or from المَطَرِ the first of rain. Hence also, السَّرَابِ The first of the mirage; what comes and goes thereof; or such as is in a state of commotion or agitation, quivering, vibrating, or moving to and fro. [Hence also,] رَيْعُ الضُّحَى The whiteness, and beautiful splendour, of the first part of the day after sunrise.
7 نَاقَةٌ لَهَا رَيْعٌ A she-camel having one pace, or rate of going, [app. a quicker pace,] after another.
8 فُلَانٌ لَيْسَ لَهُ رَيْعٌ i. e. مَرْجُوعٌ [app. meaning Such a one has no reply, or answer, to give: or, perhaps, to such a one there is no reply, or answer, to be given].

def.2 Also Fright, or fear; like رَوْعٌ.

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