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Form 1رَبِحَ فِى تِجَارَتِهِر2 senses · 1 main
muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarرِبْحٌ

Core sense — he gained, or made a profit, in his trafficgenerated

1.1with gaining and liberality—بِالرَّبَاحِ وَالسَّمَاحِ

maṣdar رِبْحٌ, رَبَحٌ, and رَبَاحٌ. He gained, or made a profit, in his traffic; the same as اِسْتَشَفَّ or أَفْضَلَ.

The Arabs say this to a man when he starts in trade.

1.1.1figurative · مجازhis traffic brought him gain, or profit—رَبِحَتْ تِجَارَتُهُ
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
2:16
أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ فَمَا رَبِحَت تِّجَـٰرَتُهُمْ وَمَا كَانُوا۟ مُهْتَدِينَ

These are they who have bartered Guidance for error: But their traffic is profitless, and they have lost true direction,

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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(S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. رَبَحَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. رِبْحٌ (Mgh, Msb, TA) and رَبَحٌ and رَبَاحٌ , (Msb, TA,) He gained; or made gain, or profit; in his traffic; (MA, KL, TK;) i. q. اِسْتَشَفَّ (S, K) or أَفْضَلَ . (Az, Msb.) The Arabs say to a man when he enters upon traffic, بِالرَّبَاحِ وَالسَّمَاحِ [With gaining and liberality.] (TA.) And رَبِحَتْ تِجَارَتُهُ (A, Msb, TA) His traffic brought him gain, or profit. (Msb, TA.)
Form 2ربّحهُ2 senses
maṣdarتَرْبِيحٌ

Core sense — he kept an ape for himself in his dwellinggenerated

2.1

See form 4.

2.2he took an ape for himself in his place of abode—ربّح

. Took to himself: اِتَّخَذَ; ape: رُبَّاح.

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: see 4. Also ربّح , inf. n. تَرْبِيحٌ , He took to himself ( اِتَّخَذَ ) an ape ( رُبَّاح , TA) in his place of abode. (K.)
Form 3أَعْطَاهُ مَالًا مُرَابَحَةً2 senses

Core sense — he gave him property to trade with, the profit being sharedgenerated

3.1I sold him the commodity naming a certain gain on every portion of the price—بِعْتُهُ المَتَاعَ مُرَابَحَةً
I sold him the commodity on the condition of taking a dirhem as gain on every ten dirhems—بِعْتُهُ السِّلْعَةَ مُرَابَحَةً عَلَى كُلِّ عَشَرَةِ دَرَاهِمَ دِرْهَمٌ
I bought it from him in the same way—اِشْتَرَيْتُهُ مِنْهُ مَرَابَحَةً

on this sense He gave him property on the condition that the gain, or profit, should be divided between the two of them.

on this sense The gain, or profit, must be named.

3.2

See also form 4.

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He gave him property on the condition that the gain, or profit, should be [divided] between them two. (TA.) And بِعْتُهُ المَتَاعَ مُرَابَحَةً (S, * Msb) I sold him the commodity naming a certain gain, or profit, for every portion of the price: (Msb:) you say, بِعْتُهُ السِّلْعَةَ مُرَابَحَةً عَلَى كُلِّ عَشَرَةِ دَرَاهِمَ دِرْهَمٌ [I sold him the commodity on the condition of my receiving as gain, or profit, upon every ten dirhems, a dirhem]: (TA:) and اِشْتَرَيْتُهُ مِنْهُ مَرَابَحَةً I bought it of him in like manner: (Msb, TA:) the gain, or profit, must be named. (TA.) See also 4.
Form 4اربح فِى تِجَارَتِهِ4 senses

Core sense — he found a profitable market; he gave him gain, or profitgenerated

4.1

He found a profitable market in, or for, his traffic.

4.2he gave him gain, or profit—اربحهُ

ربّحهُ we have not heard; that is, رَبَّحْتُهُ in the sense "I gave him gain, or profit" has not been transmitted from the Arabs of classical times.

I gave him a gain, or profit, on his commodity—أَرْبَحْتُهُ عَلَى سِلْعَتِهِ

One also says رَابَحْتُهُ عَلَيْهَا, or both forms are used.

he made him gain by his commodity—اربحهُ بِمَتَاعِهِ
God made, or may God make, his sale productive of gain—اربح ٱللّٰهُ بَيْعَتَهُ

See also the article رجع.

4.3he slaughtered young weaned camels for his guests—اربح

Such camels are called رَبَح.

4.4he milked the she-camel in the early morning and at midday—اربح النَّاقَةَ

The early morning here means between the prayer of daybreak and sunrise.

Show Lane's original text
He found a profitable market in [or for] his traffic. (Az, Msb.) اربحهُ He gave him gain, or profit: (Mgh, Msb:) ربّحهُ we have not heard; (Mgh;) [i. e.] رَبَّحْتُهُ as meaning I gave him gain, or profit, has not been transmitted [from the Arabs of classical times]. (Msb.) You say, أَرْبَحْتُهُ عَلَى سِلْعَتِهِ , (S,) or رَابَحْتُهُ عَلَيْهَا , (A, K,) or both, (TA,) I gave him a gain, or profit, upon his commodity. (S, A, K, TA.) And اربحهُ بِمَتَاعِهِ [He made him to gain by his commodity]. (TA.) And اربح ٱللّٰهُ بَيْعَتَهُ [God made, or may God make, his sale to be productive of gain, or profit]. (S and K in art. رجع .) Also اربح He slaughtered for his guests young weaned camels; (K, TA;) which are called رَبَح . (TA.) And اربح النَّاقَةَ He milked the she-camel in the early morning, or between the prayer of daybreak and sunrise, and at midday. (K.)
Form 5تربّح2 senses

Core sense — he sought gains, or profits; he became perplexedgenerated

5.1

He sought gains, or profits.

5.2

Said of a man: he became confused or perplexed, and could not see his right course.

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He sought gains, or profits. (A.) He (a man, TA) was, or became, confounded or perplexed, and unable to see his right course. (K.)

Derived nouns 10

Nounرِبْحٌ1 sense

Core sense — gain, or profit; increase obtained in trafficgenerated

1figurative · مجازgain, or profit; increase obtained in traffic—رَبَحٌ

Also رَبَاحٌ; all of these were originally maṣdars.

It is the excess, or surplus, obtained above the capital spent, and for that reason it is also called شِفٌّ. So the word is explained in the commentaries at 2:15.

piety is the best traffic in respect of gain, or profit—البِرُّ خَيْرُ تِجَارَةٍ رَبَاحًا
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and رَبَحٌ and رَبَاحٌ [all originally inf. ns.] Gain, or profit; (IAar, S, A, K, and Mgh in explanation of the first and last;) increase [obtained] in traffic; (TA;) excess, or surplus, [obtained,] above the capital [expended]; wherefore it is also termed شِفٌّ . (Ksh and Bd in explanation of the first in ii. 15.) [Hence,] البِرُّ خَيْرُ تِجَارَةٍ رَبَاحًا [Piety is the best traffic in respect of gain, or profit.] (A.)
Nounرَبَحٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — fat; horses and camels brought from one place to another for salegenerated

1

See the preceding entry.

1.1

Horses and camels that are brought from one place to another for sale.

1.2

Fat, used as a noun.

Khufāf Ibn-Nudbeh says: [as though meaning: They entertained their guests with fat, and the tribe lived on the abundant remains of it, by means of tawny-coloured gaming-arrows with which the lots were divided that decided who should provide the entertainment.]

shāhid
قَرَوْا أَضْيَافَهُمْ رَبَحًا بِبُحٍّيعِيشُ بِفَضْلِهِنَّ الحَىُّ سُمْرِ

But this does not suit the affixed pronoun, which relates to ربحا; so here, some say, it means young weaned camels, as an ism jamʿ, its singular being رَابِحٌ, just as the singular of حَرَسٌ is حَارِسٌ and that of خَادِمٌ خَدَمٌ; or it means a single young weaned camel, like رُبَحٌ, and its plural is رِبَاحٌ.

Or it means here the gain, or profit, obtained by means of the game called الَميْسِر.

1.3

See also the following entry.

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: see the next preceding paragraph. Horses and camels that are brought from one place to another for sale. (K.) And Fat, as a subst. (S, K.) A poet says, (S,) namely, Khufáf Ibn-Nudbeh, (TA,) 1 [as though meaning They entertained their guests with fat, on the superabundant remains of which the tribe lived, by means of tawny-coloured gaming-arrows whereby the lots that determined who should afford the entertainment were divided]: (S, * TA:) but [this is inconsistent with the affixed pronoun relating to ربحا , wherefore], in this case, as some say, (S, TA,) it means young weaned camels; (S, K, TA;) [as a quasi-pl. n.;] and its sing. is رَابِحٌ ; (K;) like as that of حَرَسٌ is حَارِسٌ ; and that of خَادِمٌ خَدَمٌ : (TA:) or a young weaned camel; [like رُبَحٌ ;] and its pl. is رِبَاحٌ : (K:) or it means here the gain, or profit, obtained by means of the game called الَميْسِر . (S, TA.) قَرَوْا أَضْيَافَهُمْ رَبَحًا بِبُحٍّ | يعِيشُ بِفَضْلِهِنَّ الحَىُّ سُمْرِ See also the next paragraph.
Nounرُبَحٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a young weaned camel; a lamb, or kid; a certain birdgenerated

1

A young weaned camel; apparently a dialectal variant of رُبَعٌ. [See also رَبَحٌ and رُبَّاحٌ.]

1.1

A lamb, or kid — so ISd, under نصح — or a kid only; also رُبَّاحٌ.

1.2

See also رُبَّاحٌ, first sentence.

1.3

A certain bird, resembling the رَامِج [which is an owl used for catching hawks].

According to Kr the word is رَبَحٌ, and means a certain bird resembling the زَاغ [or rook].

Show Lane's original text
A young weaned camel; (S, K:) app. a dial. var. of رُبَعٌ . (S.) [See also رَبَحٌ and رُبَّاحٌ .] A lamb, or kid: (ISd, TA in art. نصح :) or the latter: (K;) as also رُبَّاحٌ . (IAar, K.) See also رُبَّاحٌ , first sentence. Also A certain bird, (S, K,) resembling the رَامِج [which is an owl employed for catching hawks]: or, accord. to Kr, the word is رَبَحٌ , and signifies a certain bird resembling the زَاغ [or rook]. (TA.)
Nounرَبَاحٌ2 senses

Core sense — a certain small animal resembling the catgenerated

1

See رِبْحٌ, in two places.

2

A certain small animal, resembling the cat; so in many copies.

F notes that J says الرَّبَاحُ دُوَيْبَّةٌ يُجْلَبُ مِنْهَا الكَافُورُ, and that بَلَدٌ has been put in some copies as a correction for دويبّة, but that both readings are wrong: for يجلب we find, in the handwriting of Aboo-Zekereeyà and of Aboo-Sahl, يُحْلَبُ, with the ح unpointed; and the substitution of بلد for دويبَة was made by IKtt.

In the copies we also find مِنْهُ instead of مِنْهَا; and IB says that in J's original copy, in his own handwriting, the passage runs: الرَّبَاحُ أَيْضًا دُوَيْبَّةٌ كَالسِّنَّورِ يُجْلَبُ مِنْهُ الكَافُورُ.

[But in five copies, between السنّور and يجلب, occur the words وَالرَّبَاحُ أَيْضًا بَلَدٌ or بَلْدَةٌ or ٱسْمُ بَلَدٍ; and it seems most likely that J meant to insert these or similar words, and so wrote مِنْهُ instead of مِنْهَا, meaning that رباح is the name of a certain small animal resembling the cat, and that الرباح is also the name of a country or town from which camphor is brought; a marginal note in one copy says that this country or town is in India.]

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: see رِبْحٌ in two places. Also A certain small animal, resembling the cat. (So in many copies of the S.) F observes that J says, الرَّبَاحُ دُوَيْبَّةٌ يُجْلَبُ مِنْهَا الكَافُورُ ; and that بَلَدٌ has been substituted as an amendment for دويبّة in some of the copies [of the S]; but that each of these readings is erroneous: for يجلب we find [in copies of the S] in the handwriting of Aboo-Zekereeyà and that of Aboo-Sahl يُحْلَبُ , with the unpointed ح ; and the substitution of بلد for دويبَة was made by IKtt: in the copies of the S, moreover, we find مِنْهُ instead of مِنْهَا : and IB says that the passage in J's original copy, in his own handwriting, runs thus: الرَّبَاحُ أَيْضًا دُوَيْبَّةٌ كَالسِّنَّورِ يُجْلَبُ مِنْهُ الكَافُورُ . (TA.) [But I find that, in five copies of the S, between السنّور and يجلب , occur the words وَالرَّبَاحُ أَيْضًا بَلَدٌ , or بَلْدَةٌ or ٱسْمُ بَلَدٍ : and I think it most probable that J intended to have introduced these or similar words, and therefore wrote مِنْهُ instead of مِنْهَا ; meaning that رباح is the appellation of a certain small animal, resembling the cat: and that الرباح is also the name of a country or town from which camphor is brought: this country or town is said in a marginal note in a copy of the S to be in India.]
Nounرُبَاحٌ1 sense

Core sense — a male apegenerated

1

See رُبَّاحٌ.

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: see رُبَّاحٌ .
Nounرَبِيحٌ1 sense

Core sense — profitable, yielding gaingenerated

1

See رَابِحٌ.

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: see رَابِحٌ .
Nounرَبَاحِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — a certain kind of camphorgenerated

1

A certain kind of camphor; so called after a certain country or town, as J is said to have asserted, or after a king named رَبَاحٌ, who applied his mind to this kind of camphor and discovered it.

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A certain kind of camphor: (K:) so called in relation to a certain country, or town, agreeably with what is [said to have been] asserted by J, or to a certain king named رَبَاحٌ , who applied his mind to this kind of camphor, and discovered it. (TA.)
Nounرُبَّاحٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a male ape, or the young of an ape; a sort of datesgenerated

1prettier than the ape—أَمْلَحُ مِنْ رُبَّاحٍ

A' Obeyd; also رُبَاحٌ, of the dialect of El-Yemen, and رُبَحٌ: the male ape [simia caudata, clunibus nudis]; or the young one of an ape; or apes, as a collective generic noun — so explained under نصح, where the last is said to be originally رُبَاحٌ. Plural of the first: رَبَابِيحُ.

prettier than the ape—رُبَاحٍ
1.1a sort of dates of El-Basrah—رُبُّ رُبَّاحٍ

Also رُبَاحٍ; apparently derived from the meaning above.

1.2a small young weaned camel; small young camels—رُبَّاحٌ

So according to some; the same as حَاشِيَةٌ, slender in the bones and lean in the body.

But A Heyth asks how it can mean small young weaned camels, when a poet applies to it the adjective ثَنِىّ, and the ثنىّ is five years old; and Khidāsh Ibn-Zuheyr, in a verse, speaks of a ربّاح breathing hard in labour so that her young one might come forth.

1.3

See also رُبَحٌ.

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(A' Obeyd, S, A, L, K) and رُبَاحٌ , (A, TA,) the latter of the dial. of El-Yemen, (TA,) and رُبَحٌ , (L, TA,) The male ape; (S, A, L, K;) [simia caudata, clunibus nudis: (Forskål, "Descr. Animalium" &c., p. iii.:)] or the young one of an ape: (TA:) or apes [as a coll. gen. n.]: (TA in art. نصح , in explanation of the last, which is there said to be originally رُبَاحٌ :) pl. of the first رَبَابِيحُ . (TA.) One says أَمْلَحُ مِنْ رُبَّاحٍ and رُبَاحٍ , meaning [Prettier] than the ape. (A, TA.) [Hence, app.,] رُبُّ رُبَّاحٍ (Lth, A, K) or رُبَاحٍ (A) A sort of dates (Lth, A, K) of ElBasrah. (Lth.) Also, (K,) accord. to some, (TA,) رُبَّاحٌ signifies A small young weaned camel, (K,) and small young camels, syn. حَاشِيَةٌ , (TA,) slender in the bones and meagre in the body: (K:) but A Heyth asks, How can it mean small young weaned camels, seeing that a poet applies to it the epithet ثَنِىّ , and the ثنىّ is five years old? and Khidásh Ibn-Zuheyr, in a verse cited by Sh, speaks of a ربّاح breathing hard in labour, in order that her young one might come forth. (TA.) See also رُبَحٌ .
Nounمَتْجَرٌ رَابِحٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — traffic in which one makes gain, or profitgenerated

1figurative · مجاز — inferredtrafficking in which one makes gain, or profit—رَبِيحٌ
profitable traffic—تِجَارَةٌ رَابِحَةٌ

A phrase like لَيْلٌ نَائِمٌ and سَاهِرٌ, which mean "a night in which one sleeps" and "a night in which one is wakeful".

a sale in which one makes gain, or profit—مُرْبِحٌ بَيْعٌ
property yielding gain, or profit—مَالٌ رَابِحٌ

Here رابح is like لَابِنٌ, and like تَامِرٌ, which occurs in a tradition; but some read رَائِحٌ, or more probably رَائِجٌ, from رَاجَ, with ى [or rather ء].

1.1

See also رَبَحٌ.

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and رَبِيحٌ Trafficking in which one makes gain, or profit; (TA;) and so تِجَارَةٌ رَابِحَةٌ ; (T, S, A, * Msb, K;) [lucrative, or profitable, traffic;] a phrase like لَيْلٌ نَائِمٌ and سَاهِرٌ meaning "a night in which one sleeps" and "in which one is wakeful:" (Az, TA:) and مُرْبِحٌ بَيْعٌ a sale in which one makes gain, or profit. (TA.) And مَالٌ رَابِحٌ Property having gain, or profit: رابح in this case being like لَابِنٌ and تَامِرٌ : occurring in a trad.: but some read [ رَائِحٌ , or, more probably, رَائِجٌ , from رَاجَ ,] with ى [or rather ء ]. (TA.) See also رَبَحٌ .
Nounمُرْبِحٌ1 sense

Core sense — yielding gain, or profitgenerated

1

See the preceding entry.

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: see the next preceding paragraph.