ترب

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Form 1تَرِبَ5 senses · 2 main

muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarتَرَبٌ

Core sense — he became dusty; he clung to the dust in povertygenerated

1.1

It (a thing) became dusty; dust settled on it.

Said of a place: it had much dust, or earth; it abounded with dust, or earth.

1.1.1

He (a man) had dust, or earth, in his hand.

1.1.2he became poor after having been rich—تَرِبَ بَعْدَ مَا أَتْرَبَ

Also, with the same maṣdar: he clung to the dust, or earth; or he clung to the dust, or earth, because of poverty; he became so poor that he clung to the dust, or earth; or he became poor, as though he clung to the dust; and he suffered loss and became poor, so that he clung to the dust, or earth. Maṣdar as above, and مَتْرَبَةٌ or مَتْرَبٌ, or both of these.

His wealth became little; also اترب and ترّب.

اترب means, or also means, his wealth became much, or abundant, so that it was like the dust, or earth — the better known meaning of the verb — or he became rich, as though he came to own wealth equal in quantity to the dust, or earth; and so also تَرِبَ and ترّب.

Abu-l-'Abbás: تَتْرِيبٌ means having much wealth, and also having little wealth.

1.1.3may your hands cleave to the dust, or earth, through poverty—تَرِبَتْ يَدَاكَ

A form of imprecation. In the M and K it appears as يَدَاهُ.

Or: may your hands have dust, or earth, in them; or may you not obtain good; or may you be unsuccessful, failing of your desire, and suffer loss.

It occurs in a tradition, and as some relate it, it is not meant as an imprecation: it is a phrase current with the Arabs, who use it without wishing it fulfilled, but to urge someone on. Some say it means may your hands become rich, but this is a mistake. It is also said to mean لِلّٰهِ دَرُّكَ [which see in art. در]. Some say it is literally an imprecation.

may you have a pleasant morning; may your arms, or your hands, cleave to the dust, and so on—اِنْعِمْ صَبَاحًا تَرِبَتْ يَدَاكَ

may his forehead cleave to the dust, or earth—تَرِبَتْ جَبِينُهُ

The first statement — that it is not meant as an imprecation — is the most worthy of respect, and is supported by a saying in a tradition.

Said by Mohammad in reproving a man; جبين here means his forehead, as it does in some other places. It is said to be a prayer that the man might be frequent in prostrating himself in prayer.

may the uppermost part of your breast cleave to the dust, or earth—تَرِبَتْ نَحْرُكَ

He said this to one of his companions, and the man was afterwards slain a martyr; so it is to be understood in its obvious sense.

1.2

See also form 4, in four places.

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, (S, M, K,) aor. تَرَبَ , (K,) inf. n. تَرَبٌ , (M,) It (a thing) became dusted, or dusty; dust lighted upon it: (S, TA:) it (a place, M,) had much dust, or earth; abounded with dust, or earth. (M, K, TA.) He (a man, M) had dust, or earth, in his hand. (M, K.) Also, (T, S, M, &c.,) inf. n. as above, (M,) He clave to the dust, or earth: (M, K:) or he clave to the dust, or earth, by reason of poverty; (M;) he became so poor that he clave to the dust, or earth: (A'Obeyd, T:) or he became poor, (T, S, Msb,) as though he clave to the dust, or earth: (S, Msb:) and he suffered loss, and became poor, (M, K,) so that he clave to the dust, or earth; (M;) inf. n. as above, (M, K,) and مَتْرَبَةٌ , (M,) or مَتْرَبٌ , (K,) or both of these: (TA:) his wealth became little; (A;) as also اترب , (M, A, K,) and ترّب : (K:) or اترب signifies, (T, S, M,) or signifies also, (A, K,) and so تَرِبَ , (A,) and ترّب , (K,) his wealth became much, or abundant, (T, M, A, K,) so that it was like the dust, or earth; which is the more known meaning of the verb; (M;) or he became rich; (S, Msb;) as though he became possessed of wealth equal in quantity to the dust, or earth: (S, A:) accord. to Abu-l-'Abbás, تَتْرِيبٌ signifies [the having] much wealth; and also [the having] little wealth. (T.) You say, تَرِبَ بَعْدَ مَا أَتْرَبَ , meaning He became poor after he had been rich. (A.) تَرِبَتْ يَدَاكَ , (T, S, A, Msb, in the M and K يَدَاهُ ,) a form of imprecation, (S, Msb,) meaning [May thine arms, or thy hands, cleave to the dust, or earth, by reason of poverty; as is implied in the T: or] may thy hands have in them dust, or earth: (Ham p. 275:) or mayest thou not obtain, or attain, good: (S, K: *) or mayest thou be unsuccessful, or fail of attaining thy desire, and suffer loss: (A:) occurring in a trad., and as some relate, (A'Obeyd, T,) not meant as an imprecation; (A'Obeyd, T, Msb;) being a phrase current with the Arabs, who use it without desiring its fulfilment; (A'Obeyd, T;) but meant to incite, or instigate: (Msb:) some say that it means may thy hands become rich; but this is a mistake: (A'Obeyd, T:) and it is said to mean لِلّٰهِ دَرُّكَ [which see in art. در ]: and some say that it is literally an imprecation: but the first assertion is the most worthy of respect, (that it is not meant as an imprecation,) and is corroborated by the saying, in a trad., اِنْعِمْ صَبَاحًا تَرِبَتْ يَدَاكَ [Mayest thou have a pleasant morning: may thine arms, or thy hands, &c.]. (TA.) تَرِبَتْ جَبِينُهُ [May his forehead (for so جبين here means, as it does in some other instances,) cleave to the dust, or earth,] was said by Mohammad in reproving a man, and is said to mean a prayer that the man might be frequent in prostrating himself in prayer. (TA from a trad.) And he said to one of his companions, تَرِبَتْ نَحْرُكَ [May the uppermost part of thy breast cleave to the dust, or earth], and the man was [afterwards] slain a martyr: therefore this is to be understood in its obvious sense. (TA.) See also 4, in four places.

Form 2ترّب2 senses

maṣdarتَتْرِيبٌ

Core sense — he put dust, or earth, on itgenerated

2.1

. See form 1, in three places.

2.2

And see also form 4, in four places.

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, inf. n. تَتْرِيبٌ : see 1, in three places: and see also 4, in four places.

Form 3تَارَبَتْهَا2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — she was her match, her equal in agegenerated

3.1

She became her تِرْب: she (a girl) matched another girl; she was, or became, her match, fellow, or equal; synonymous with حَاذَتْهَا.

3.1.1

The maṣdar مُتَارَبَةٌ also means the associating, or consorting, together of أَتْرَابٌ [plural of تِرْبٌ].

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She became her تِرْب ; (M, K;) [i. e.] she (a girl) matched her, namely, another girl; she was, or became, her match, fellow, or equal; syn. حَاذَتْهَا . (A, TA.) [The inf. n.] مُتَارَبَةٌ also signifies The associating, or consorting, of أَتْرَابٌ [pl. of تِرْبٌ , q. v.]. (K.)

Form 4اترب3 senses

maṣdarتَتْرِيبٌ تَرْبٌ

Core sense — he put dust, or earth, on it, he sprinkled it with dustgenerated

4.1

See form 1, in three places.

4.2he put dust, or earth, on it, namely a thing—اتربهُ

Also ترّبهُ; or that verb, means he defiled, or soiled, a thing with dust, or earth.

he sprinkled it with dust, namely a writing or a paper—تَرَبَهُ

Or تَرَبَهُ بِالتُّرَابِ. A writing is sprinkled in order to dry up the ink.

he sprinkled much dust on it, namely a writing—ترّبهُ

she sprinkled, or put, dust, or earth, on the hide—تَرَبَتِ الإِهَابَ

sprinkle the writing with dust—اتْرِبُوا الكِتَابَ

This doubled form has an intensive meaning.

Or the plain form is used of anything that is improved, or put into a right state, by dust or earth, and the doubled form of anything that is injured or spoiled by it.

This is done to prepare it properly for use; and likewise of a skin for water or milk.

Said in a tradition, according to one reading. So in three copies of that work: probably أَتْرِبُوا, but perhaps اِتْرِبُوا; the commonly known reading is تَرِّبُوا.

4.3he possessed a slave who had been possessed three times—اترب

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: see 1, in three places. اتربهُ He put dust, or earth, upon it, (S, M, A, K,) namely, a thing; (S, M;) as also ترّبهُ : (A, K:) or the latter, inf. n. تَتْرِيبٌ , signifies he defiled it, or soiled it, (namely, a thing,) with dust, or earth: (S:) or you say, تَرَبَهُ , (TA,) or تَرَبَهُ بِالتُّرَابِ , (Msb,) aor. تَرِبَ , (Msb, TA,) inf. n. تَرْبٌ , (TA,) [meaning he sprinkled it with dust,] namely, a writing [for the purpose of drying up the ink], (Msb,) or a paper; (TA;) and ترّبهُ , (T, Msb, TA,) with teshdeed, (Msb,) [meaning he sprinkled much dust upon it; or sprinkled it much with dust;] namely, a writing; (T, Msb, TA;) the latter having an intensive signification: (Msb:) or ↓ the former of the last two verbs is used in speaking of anything that is improved, or put into a right or proper state [by means of dust or earth]; and ↓ the latter of them, in speaking of anything that is injured or marred or spoiled [thereby]: you say, تَرَبَتِ الإِهَابَ [She sprinkled, or put, dust, or earth, upon the hide], to prepare it properly for use; and so of a skin for water or milk. (TA.) It is said in a trad., [accord. to one reading,] اتْرِبُوا الكِتَابَ [Sprinkle ye the writing with dust]. (S. [So in three copies of that work: probably أَتْرِبُوا ; but perhaps اِتْرِبُوا : the reading commonly known is تَرِّبُوا .]) اترب also signifies He possessed a slave who had been possessed three times. (T, K.)

Form 5تترّب1 sense

Core sense — he, or it, became soiled with dust, or earthgenerated

5.1

He, or it, became defiled, or soiled, in the dust, or earth, or with dust, or earth; it had dust, or earth, sticking to it.

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He, (T,) or it, (S,) became defiled, or soiled, (T, S,) in the dust, or earth, (T,) or with dust, or earth: (S:) it had dust, or earth, sticking to it. (M.)

Derived nouns 28

Nounتَرْبٌ1 sense

Core sense — dust; earthgenerated

See تُرَابٌ.

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: see تُرَابٌ .

Nounتُرْبٌ1 sense

Core sense — dust; earthgenerated

See تُرَابٌ, in three places.

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: see تُرَابٌ , in three places.

Nounتِرْبٌ1 sense

Core sense — one born at the same time as another; an equal in age, a matchgenerated

One born at the same time as another; a contemporary in birth; an equal in age; an equal, a match, a fellow, a peer; synonymous with لِدَةٌ and سِنٌّ.

Applied to a male and to a female, but mostly to a female; or, by an opinion confirmed by most of the leading lexicologists, only to a female. سِنٌّ and also قَرْنٌ are applied to a male, and لِدَةٌ to a male and a female. Plural أَتْرَابٌ.

Examples: هٰذِهِ تِرْبُ هٰذِهِ, هِىَ تِرْبُهَا and هِىَ تِرْبِى, applied to a female; and هُمَا تِرْبَانِ, هُنَّ أَتْرَابٌ and هُمْ أَتْرَابٌ, applied to females and males.

Th: عُرُبًا أَتْرَبًا, in the Qur'ān 56:36, means showing love to their husbands, being like, or equal to, them, or resembling them. This is a good rendering, as there is no begetting or bearing of children [or rather, as the latter word does not apply to females born or generated] in that case.

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One born at the same time with thee; (M, K;) a coëtanean; a contemporary in birth; an equal in age: an equal; a match; a fellow; a peer, or compeer: syn. لِدَةٌ : (T, S, M, A, K:) and سِنٌّ : (M, A, K:) applied to a male and to a female; (TA;) but mostly to a female; (M;) or, accord. to an opinion confirmed by [most of] the leading lexicologists, only to a female; and سِنٌّ is applied, as also قَرْنٌ , to a male; and لِدَةٌ , to a male and a female: (TA:) pl. أَتْرَابٌ . (S, M, A.) [The following exs. are given.] You say, [applying it to a female,] هٰذِهِ تِرْبُ هٰذِهِ , (T, S,) and هِىَ تِرْبُهَا , (M,) and هِىَ تِرْبِى ; (K;) and [applying it to females and males,] هُمَا تِرْبَانِ , (T, A,) and هُنَّ أَتْرَابٌ , (S, A,) and هُمْ أَتْرَابٌ . (A.) Accord. to Th, عُرُبًا أَتْرَبًا , in the Kur [lvi. 36], means [Showing love to their husbands;] like, or equal, unto them, or resembling them: which is a good rendering, as there is no begetting or bearing of children, [or rather as the latter word does not apply to females born or generated,] in that case. (TA.)

Nounتَرِبٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — dusty, abounding with dust; poor, cleaving to the dustgenerated

1land in which are dust and moist earth—أَرْضٌ تَرْبَآءُ

a wind that carries dust with it—رِيحٌ تَرِبَةٌ

Applied to a place, and to soil: abounding with dust, dusty; and applied to food, or flesh-meat: defiled, or soiled, with dust.

Also تَرِبٌ: or a wind that brings the dust, or that drives the dust along; or having dust — used in this way it is a possessive adjective.

1.1

Also: cleaving to the dust through want, having nothing between him and the earth; cleaving to the dust because of poverty (see form 1); poor, as though cleaving to the dust; and simply poor; or needy, in want. [See also مُتْرِبٌ.]

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, applied to a place, (M, TA,) and to soil, (TA,) Abounding with dust; dusty: (T, M, TA:) and to food, (T,) or flesh-meat, (A,) defiled, or soiled, (T, A,) in the dust, (T,) or with dust. (A.) You say also أَرْضٌ تَرْبَآءُ meaning Land in which are dust and moist earth. (M.) And رِيحٌ تَرِبَةٌ , (T, S, M,) and تَرِبٌ , (T,) A wind that carries with it dust: (T:) or that brings dust: (S:) or that drives along the dust: [or having dust: for] thus used it is a possessive epithet. (M.) Also Cleaving to the dust by reason of want; having nothing between him and the earth: (IAar, T:) [cleaving to the dust by reason of poverty; see 1:] poor, as though cleaving to the dust: (Msb:) and [simply,] poor: (IAar, T, TA:) or needy, or in want. (M.) [See also مُتْرِبٌ .]

Nounتُرْبَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — dust, earth; a grave, a burial-placegenerated

See تُرَابٌ, in seven places.

1.1

Also a man's رَمْس, that is, his grave — so in the present day; plural تُربٌ — or the earth, or dust, of it; or a cemetery, a burial-place, a place of graves or of a grave, so too in the present day; plural تُرَبٌ.

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: see تُرَابٌ , in seven places. Also A man's رَمْس [i. e. his grave: so in the present day: pl. تُربٌ : or the earth, or dust, thereof]: (M:) or a cemetery, burial-place, or place of graves or of a grave: [so, too, in the present day:] pl. تُرَبٌ . (Msb.)

Nounتَرَبَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the end of a finger; a certain plantgenerated

See the word next following.

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: see the word next following.

Nounتَرِبَةٌ2 senses

Core sense — the end of a finger; a certain plant with serrated leavesgenerated

The end of a finger, that is, the joint in which the nail is; synonymous with أَنْمَلَةٌ; plural تَرِبَاتٌ.

Also, and تَرَبَةٌ and تَرْبَآءُ: a certain plant growing in the plains, or in soft land, having serrated leaves; or, as some say, a certain thorny tree whose fruit is like a suspended unripe date, growing in the plains, or in soft land, and in rugged ground, and in Tihámeh.

AHn: the تَرِبَة is a green herb, or leguminous plant, that has a purging effect upon camels.

[According to Meyd, as stated by Golius, it is what is called in Persian خنفج, that is, the plant thlaspi; and it is applied to this in the present day.]

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The end of a finger; i. e. the joint in which is the nail; syn. أَنْمَلَةٌ : (S, K:) pl. تَرِبَاتٌ . (S.) Also, (S, M, K,) and تَرَبَةٌ , and تَرْبَآءُ , (M, K,) A certain plant, (S, M, K,) growing in the plains, or in soft land, having serrated leaves: or, as some say, a certain thorny tree, of which the fruit is like a suspended unripe date, growing in the plains, or in soft land, and in rugged ground, and in Tihámeh: accord. to AHn, the تَرِبَة is a green herb, or leguminous plant, that has a purging effect upon camels: (M:) [accord. to Meyd, as stated by Golius, what is called in Persian خنفج ; i. e. the plant thlaspi; and to this it is applied in the present day.]

Nounتَرْبَآءُ3 senses

Core sense — dust; earthgenerated

See تُرَابٌ, in five places.

And see تَرِبٌ.

And تَرِبَةٌ.

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: see تُرَابٌ , in five places: and see تَرِبٌ : and تَرِبَةٌ .

Nounتُرَبَآءُ1 sense

Core sense — dust; earthgenerated

See تُرَابٌ.

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: see تُرَابٌ .

Nounتَرَبُوتٌ1 sense

Core sense — a submissive, tractable camelgenerated

A submissive, or tractable, camel; applied to the male and to the female.

From تُرَابٌ, because of its abasement; or, as Sb holds, for دَرَبُوتٌ, by the change of د into ت.

Lh: a camel of the kind termed بَكْر that is trained, or made submissive or tractable; and likewise a she-camel, one that will follow a person if he takes hold of her lip or her eyelash.

As, who derives it from تٌرَابٌ, says that this adjective is applied to land, or ground, and to anything else, that is ذَلُول [that is, easy to walk or ride upon, and the like].

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A submissive, or tractable, camel; applied to the male (T, S, M, K) and to the female: (T, S, K:) from تُرَابٌ , (S, M,) because of the abasement thereof; or, as Sb holds it to be, for دَرَبُوتٌ , by the change of د into ت : accord. to Lh, a [camel such as is termed] بَكْر that is trained, or rendered submissive or tractable; and in like manner a she-camel, one that will follow a person if he takes hold of her lip or her eyelash: and As, who derives it from تٌرَابٌ , says that this epithet is applied to land, or ground, and any other thing, that is ذَلُول [i.e. easy to walk or ride upon, &c.]. (M.)

Nounتُرَابٌ1 sense

Core sense — dust; earthgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe wind drives along the dust—الرِّيحُ تَسُوقُ التُّرَابَ

This word and تُرْبٌ and تَرْبٌ (which I do not find elsewhere) and تُرْبَةً and تَرْبَآءُ and تُرَبَآءُ and تَوْرَابٌ and تَوْرَبٌ and تَيْرَابٌ and تَيْرَبٌ and تَيرَبٌ (as will be seen below) and تَرِيبٌ and تِرْيَبٌ, and according to MF تَرْيَبٌ, which is perhaps a dialectal variant, and according to some تِرْيِبٌ and تَرْيَابٌ, all have the same, well-known meaning: dust, and earth; generally dust, that is, fine, dry particles of earth.

moist earth—تُرَابٌ نَدٍ

This is the phrase by which the word ثَرًى is explained in the dictionaries.

?ثَرًى is تُرَابٌ; and when it ceases to be moist it is still تراب, but is not then called ثرى; so stated under the word ثرى.

Fr: تُرَابٌ is a generic noun, from which neither dual nor plural is formed, and its relative noun is تُرَابِىٌّ. [But when it means a kind of dust or earth, as تُرْبَةٌ also does sometimes, it has a plural: in that case,] Lh says its plural is أَتْرِبَةٌ, a plural of paucity, and تِرْبَانٌ, a plural of multitude; and some add تُرْبَانٌ.

the best of the kinds of earth—أَطْيَبُ التُّرَبِ

But no plural of any of the other synonyms mentioned above has been heard.

And when تُرْبَةٌ has this, or a similar, meaning, its plural is تُرَبٌ, as in the following phrase, which occurs in this article in the A.

AAF says that تراب is the plural of ترب [apparently meaning that تُرَابٌ is an ism jamʿ, which is often called a plural in the dictionaries, of تُرْبٌ], but MF observes that this requires consideration.

land that is good in respect of the natural constitution of its dust, or earth—أَرْضٌ طَيّبَةُ التُّرْبَة

Lth says that تُرْبٌ and تُرَابٌ are synonymous; but when the feminine forms of these words are used, they say:

And تُرَابَةٌ is used when a layer, or lamina, of dust or earth is meant, such as is not perceived by the sight but only by the imagination; or this last word and تُرْبَةٌ mean a portion of dust or earth. تُرْبَةُ الأَرْضِ means the outside of the earth, and التَّرْبَآءُ the earth itself.

dust, or earth, be your lot—التُّرَابُ لَكَ

dust, or earth, be the lot of the one remote from good—التُّرَابَ لِلْأَبْعَدِ

he has, or shall have, or may he have, disappointment—لَهُ التُّرَابُ

The Arabs used the nominative case here, although an imprecation is meant, because the word is a simple noun and not a maṣdar.

Lh mentions this phrase, saying that the accusative case is used, as though the phrase were an imprecation of the ordinary kind, in which a maṣdar is put in the accusative as the absolute complement of its own unexpressed verb.

Or the meaning is: nothing. So under art. عهر; and A 'Obeyd explains it under art. فرش.

may his arms, or his hands, cleave to the dust, or earth, and the stones, through poverty—تُرْبًا لَهُ وَجَنْدَلًا

This is also a form of imprecation, in which nouns in the proper sense of the term are used in the manner of maṣdars, put in the accusative because of an unexpressed verb, as though it were تَرِبَتْ يَدَاهُ وَجُنْدِلَتْ; and some of the Arabs put the nouns in the nominative, still using the phrase in the same sense, as though they were in the accusative.

in his mouth is dust, or earth; may he die, or be in his grave—بِفِيهِ التَّوْرَبُ

One says also التَّيْرَبُ and التِّيِرَبُ and التَّرْبَآءُ and التَّوْرَابُ in the same sense.

It is said in a tradition that God created the تُرْبَة, that is, the dust, or soil, or, as others say, the earth, on the seventh day of the week; and created the mountains upon it on the first day, and the trees on the second day.

I will assuredly beat him so that he shall bite the dust, or earth—لَأَضْرِبَنَّهُ حَتَّى يَعَضَّ بِالتَّرْبَآءِ

between them two is the space that is between the heaven and the earth—بَيْنَهُمَا مَا بَيْنَ الجَرْبَآءِ وَالتَّرْبَآءِ

Qur’ānic occurrences تُرَاب 1 shown of 17

50:3

أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌ

"What! When we die and become dust, (shall we live again?) That is a (sort of) return far (from our understanding)."

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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and تُرْبٌ (Lth, T, S, M, A, Msb, K) and تَرْبٌ (CK [but this I do not find elsewhere]) and تُرْبَةً (S, A, * K) and تَرْبَآءُ (Lth, T, S, A, * K) and تُرَبَآءُ (S, M, K) and تَوْرَابٌ and تَوْرَبٌ and تَيْرَابٌ and تَيْرَبٌ [and تَيرَبٌ as will be seen below] and تَرِيبٌ (S, M, K) and تِرْيَبٌ , (M, K) accord. to MF تَرْيَبٌ , which is perhaps a dial. var., and accord. to some تِرْيِبٌ , and تَرْيَابٌ , (TA,) signify the same, (Lth, T, S, M, A, K,) and are words of which the meaning is well known: (A, K:) [i. e. Dust: and earth: generally the former; i. e. fine, dry, particles of earth; as when we say, الرِّيحُ تَسُوقُ التُّرَابَ The wind drives along the dust: but we also use the expression تُرَابٌ نَدٍ , meaning moist earth, the explanation, in Lexicons, of the word ثَرًى :] ?ثَرًى is تُرَابٌ ; and when it ceases to be moist, it is still تراب , but is not then called ثرى : (Msb voce ثرى :) accord. to Fr, تُرَابٌ is a gen. n., from which is formed neither dual nor pl.: and its rel. n. is تُرَابِىٌّ : (TA:) [but when it means a kind of dust or earth, as تُرْبَةٌ also does sometimes, it has a pl.: in this case,] accord. to Lh, (M,) its pl. is أَتْرِبَةٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and تِرْبَانٌ [a pl. of mult.]; (S, M, K) and some add تُرْبَانٌ : (TA:) [and when تُرْبَةٌ has this, or a similar, meaning, it has for its pl. تُرَبٌ ; as in the phrase أَطْيَبُ التُّرَبِ the best of the kinds of earth, occurring in this art. in the A:] but no pl. of any of the other syn. words mentioned above has been heard: (M, K:) AAF says that تراب is the pl. of ترب ; [app. meaning that تُرَابٌ is a quasi-pl. n. (which is often called in lexicons a pl.) of تُرْبٌ ;] but MF observes that this requires consideration: (TA:) Lth says that تُرْبٌ and تُرَابٌ are syn.; but when the fem. forms of these words are used, they say, أَرْضٌ طَيّبَةُ التُّرْبَة meaning Land that is good in respect of the natural constitution of its dust or earth; and تُرَابَةٌ when meaning A layer, or lamina, of dust or earth, such as is not perceived by the sight, but only by the imagination: (T:) or this last word and تُرْبَةٌ signify a portion of dust or earth: and تُرْبَةُ الأَرْضِ signifies the exterior, or external part, of the earth: (M:) and التَّرْبَآءُ , the earth (S, K) itself. (S.) The Arabs said, التُّرَابُ لَكَ [Dust, or earth, be thy lot]; using the nom. case, although meaning an imprecation, because the word is a simple subst., not an inf. n.: but Lh mentions the phrase التُّرَابَ لِلْأَبْعَدِ [Dust, or earth, be the lot of the remote from good]; saying that the accus. case is used, as though the phrase were an imprecation [of the ordinary kind, in which an inf. n. is used in the accus. case as the absolute complement of its own verb understood]. (M.) And لَهُ التُّرَابُ is a phrase used as meaning [He has, or shall have, or may he have,] disappointment, (Msb in art. عهر ,) or, nothing. (A 'Obeyd, Mgh in art. فرش .) تُرْبًا لَهُ وَجَنْدَلًا is also a form of imprecation, in which substs. in the proper sense of the term are used in the manner of inf. ns., put in the accus. case by reason of a verb unexpressed; as though it were for تَرِبَتْ يَدَاهُ وَجُنْدِلَتْ [May his arms, or his hands, cleave to the dust, or earth, and the stones, by reason of poverty]: and some of the Arabs put the nouns in the nom. case, still using the phrase in the same sense, as though they were in the accus. (M.) One says also, بِفِيهِ التَّوْرَبُ and التَّيْرَبُ and التِّيِرَبُ and التَّرْبَآءُ and التَّوْرَابُ [In his mouth is dust, or earth: or may dust, or earth, be in his mouth; i. e. may he die, or be in his grave]. (T.) It is said in a trad. that God created the تُرْبَة [meaning the dust, or soil, or, accord. to the TA the earth ( أَرْض ),] on the seventh day of the week; and created upon it the mountains on the first day; and the trees, on the second day. (T.) And one says, لَأَضْرِبَنَّهُ حَتَّى يَعَضَّ بِالتَّرْبَآءِ , (Lth, T, A,) meaning [I will assuredly beat him so that he shall bite] the dust, or earth. (Lth, T.) And بَيْنَهُمَا مَا بَيْنَ الجَرْبَآءِ وَالتَّرْبَآءِ , meaning [Between them two is the space that is between] the heaven and the earth. (A.)

Nounتَرِيبٌ2 senses

Core sense — the upper part of the breast, where the necklace liesgenerated

See تُرَابٌ.

And see also تَرِيبَةٌ, in two places.

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: see تُرَابٌ : and see also تَرِيبَةٌ , in two places.

Nounتَرْيَبٌ1 sense

Core sense — dust; earthgenerated

See تُرَابٌ.

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: see تُرَابٌ .

Nounتَرْيَبٌ1 sense

Core sense — dust; earthgenerated

See تُرَابٌ.

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: see تُرَابٌ .

Nounتِرْيِبٌ1 sense

Core sense — dust; earthgenerated

See تُرَابٌ.

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: see تُرَابٌ .

Nounتُرَابَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — dust, earth; a portion of dust or earthgenerated

See تُرَابٌ.

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: see تُرَابٌ .

Nounتَرِيبَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the part of the breast where the necklace liesgenerated

Or تَرِيبٌ: the singular of the plural in the entry that follows.

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, (S, M, TA,) or تَرِيبٌ , (TA,) sing. of

Nounتَرَائِبُ1 sense

Core sense — the part of the breast where the collar, or necklace, liesgenerated

The part of the breast which is the place of the collar, or necklace: so by the common consent of the lexicologists. Or the bones of the breast; or those bones of the breast that are between the collar-bone and the pap; or the part of the breast, or chest, next to the two collar-bones; or the part between the two breasts and the collar-bones; or four ribs of the right side of the chest and four of the left; or the two arms, the two legs and the two eyes.

It is also said that the تَرِيبَتَانِ are the two ribs next to the two collar-bones.

IAth says that the تَرِيبَة is the uppermost part of the human breast, beneath the chin, and that its plural is as above.

According to IF, in the Mj, the تريب is the breast, or chest.

MF says that ترائب relates to males and females alike, but most of the authors on strange words state decidedly that it is peculiar to women.

The تَرِيبَة of the camel is the part in which it is stabbed, or stuck; synonymous with مَنْحَر.

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, (S, M, TA,) which signifies The part of the breast which is the place of the collar, or necklace: (T, M, K:) so by the common consent of the lexicologists: (T:) or the bones of the breast: (M, A, K:) or the bones of the breast that are between the collar-bone and the pap: (S:) or the part of the breast, or chest, that is next to the two collar-bones: or the part that is between the two breasts and the collar-bones: or four ribs of the right side of the chest and four of the left thereof: (M, K:) or the two arms and two legs and two eyes: (T, M, K:) it is also said that the تَرِيبَتَانِ are the two ribs that are next to the two collar-bones: IAth says that the تَرِيبَة is the uppermost part of the human breast, beneath the chin; and its pl. is as above: accord. to IF, in the Mj, the تريب is the breast, or chest: MF says that ترائب relates to males and females in common; but most of the authors on strange words affirm decidedly that it is peculiar to women: (TA:) the تَرِيبَة of the camel is the part in which it is stabbed, or stuck; syn. مَنْحَر . (M.)

Nounتُرَابىُّ1 sense

Core sense — of, or belonging to, dust or earthgenerated

Relative noun of تُرَابٌ.

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rel. n. of تُرَابٌ , q. v. (Fr, TA.)

Nounتَرْيَابٌ1 sense

Core sense — dust; earthgenerated

See تُرَابٌ.

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: see تُرَابٌ .

Nounتَوْرَبٌ1 sense

Core sense — dust; earthgenerated

See تُرَابٌ, first sentence, and near the end of that paragraph.

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: see تُرَابٌ , first sentence, and near the end of the paragraph.

Nounتَيْرَبٌ1 sense

Core sense — dust; earthgenerated

See تُرَابٌ, first sentence, and near the end of that paragraph.

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: see تُرَابٌ , first sentence, and near the end of the paragraph.

Nounتِيرَبٌ1 sense

Core sense — dust; earthgenerated

See تُرَابٌ, first sentence, and near the end of that paragraph.

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: see تُرَابٌ , first sentence, and near the end of the paragraph.

Nounتَوْرَابٌ1 sense

Core sense — dust; earthgenerated

See تُرَابٌ, first sentence, and near the end of that paragraph.

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: see تُرَابٌ , first sentence, and near the end of the paragraph.

Nounتَيْرَابٌ1 sense

Core sense — dust; earthgenerated

See تُرَابٌ.

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: see تُرَابٌ .

Nounأَتْرَبُ1 sense

Core sense — possessing much wealth, richgenerated

See the entry that follows.

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: see what next follows.

Nounمُتْرِبٌ1 sense

Core sense — possessing much wealth, rich; also, having little wealthgenerated

Possessing much wealth; rich; without want; or having wealth like the dust, or earth.

In the TA, اترب is mentioned as having this meaning, perhaps by a mistranscription; if not, it must be أَتْرَبُ.

And having little wealth: so it bears two contrary meanings, but the first is the better known.

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Possessing much wealth; (T, K;) rich; without want; or having wealth like the dust, or earth: (Lh and M: [in the TA, اترب is mentioned as having this meaning; perhaps by a mistranscription: if not, it must be أَتْرَبُ :]) and having little wealth: thus it bears two contr. significations: (K:) but the former is the more known. (TA.)

Nounمَتْرَبَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — poverty, such that one cleaves to the dustgenerated

1poor, so as to be cleaving to the dust, or earth; or simply cleaving to the dust, or earth—ذُومَتْرَبَةٍ

The suffering of loss, and becoming poor, so as to cleave to the dust, or earth; a maṣdar of تَرِبَ; or poverty, or neediness.

Or, as a word of the same class as مَجْبَنَةُ and مَبْخَلَةٌ, a cause of cleaving to the dust, or earth.

Qur’ānic occurrences مَتْرَبَة

90:16

أَوْ مِسْكِينًا ذَا مَتْرَبَةٍ

Or to the indigent (down) in the dust.

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The suffering loss, and becoming poor, so as to cleave to the dust, or earth; an inf. n. of تَرِبَ : (M:) or poverty, or neediness: (S, TA:) [or (as a word of the same class as مَجْبَنَةُ and مَبْخَلَةٌ ) a cause of cleaving to the dust, or earth: and hence,] ذُومَتْرَبَةٍ Poor, so as to be cleaving to the dust, or earth: (T:) or [simply] cleaving to the dust, or earth. (S.)