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ربص

Form 1 · Form 5  ·  5 entries  ·  Qur'ānic frequency 17

Form 1رَبَصَ بِفُلَانٍ2 senses

Core sense — he waited, he expected; it put me in expectationgenerated

1.1

Or بِالشَّىْءِ: see form 5.

1.2a thing, an affair, or an event put me in expectationرَبَصَنِى
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, or بِالشَّىْءِ : see 5. رَبَصَنِى (K) A thing, or an affair, or an event, put me in expectation. (TA.)
Form 5تربّص1 sense
maṣdarرَبْصٌ

Core sense — he expected, he waited, he waited for something to befallgenerated

5.1he looked for, expected, or waited for, the thing or eventتربّص الأَمْرَ
he waited for the thing or event to befall himتربّص بِهِ الشَّىْءَ
he waited for the thing or event to befall himالأَمْرَ
[Do you look for anything but one of the two best things (namely victory or martyrdom) to befall us?]هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَا إِلَّا إِحْدَى ٱلْحُسْنَيَيْنِ
[He waited for a time of high prices for his commodity]تربّص بِسِلْعَتِهِ الغَلَآءَ
he waited for something good or evil to befall such a one, or the thingتربّص بِفُلَانٍ

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he waited for something good or evil to befall such a one, or the thingبِالشَّىْءِ
he waited for something good or evil to befall such a one, or the thingرَبَصَ بِهِ

He expected, or awaited; he tarried, or tarried in expectation.

In the Qur’ān [9. 52].

And a poet says: [Wait for the changes of fortune to befall her: perhaps she may be divorced some day, or her husband may die]

shāhid
تَرَبَّصْ بِهَا رَيْبَ المَنُونِ لَعَلَّهَاتُطَلَّقُ يَوْمًا أَوْ يَمُوتُ حَلِيلُهَا

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Used with a word left out.

Or تربًّ بِالشَّىْءَ means he looked for, or waited for, a day for the thing.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 5 1 shown of 11
52:31
قُلْ تَرَبَّصُوا۟ فَإِنِّى مَعَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ

Say thou: "Await ye!- I too will wait along with you!"

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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He expected; or awaited: (S:) he tarried; or tarried expecting. (IAth.) You say تربّص الأَمْرَ He looked for, expected, awaited, or waited for, the thing, or event. (Msb.) And تربّص بِهِ الشَّىْءَ , (M,) or الأَمْرَ , (Msb,) He looked for, expected, awaited, or waited for, the thing, or event, to befall him, or betide him. (M, Msb.) It is said in the Kur [ix. 52], هَلْ تَرَبَّصُونَ بِنَا إِلَّا إِحْدَى ٱلْحُسْنَيَيْنِ [Do ye look for, &c., aught save one of the two best things (namely victory or martyrdom) to betide us?]. (M.) And a poet says, 1 [Wait thou for the vicissitudes of fortune to befall her: perhaps she may be divorced some day, or her husband may die]. (TA.) You say also, تربّص بِسِلْعَتِهِ الغَلَآءَ [He looked for, &c., a time of dearness for his commodity, or article of merchandise]. (A.) And, [elliptically,) تربّص بِفُلَانٍ , (K,) or بِالشَّىْءِ ; (M;) and رَبَصَ بِهِ , (M, A, K,) aor. رَبُصَ , (TK,) inf. n. رَبْصٌ ; (M, A, K;) He looked for, expected, awaited, or waited for, [something] good or evil to befall, or betide, (M, A, K,) such a one, (A, K,) or the thing: (M:) or تربًّ بِالشَّىْءَ signifies he looked for, expected, awaited, or waited for, a day for the thing. (Lth.) تَرَبَّصْ بِهَا رَيْبَ المَنُونِ لَعَلَّهَا | تُطَلَّقُ يَوْمًا أَوْ يَمُوتُ حَلِيلُهَا

Derived nouns 3

Nounرُبْصَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — an expecting, a waiting; a period assigned to a husbandgenerated

1[I have to endure a wait with respect to my goods, or commodities]لِى فِى مَتَاعِى رُبْصَةٌ

Apparently meaning: I have to wait for a favourable chance to sell them.

[I have to endure a wait in El-Baṣrah]لِى بِالبَصْرَةِ رُبْصَةٌ

This is from AHát.

[I have to endure a tarrying on account of this thing or affair]لِى عَلَى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ رُبْصَةٌ

on this sense An expecting; an awaiting; a waiting. AHát: a tarrying, or tarrying in expectation.

1.1[The woman stayed, during the period so assigned to her husband, in her husband's house or tent]أَقَامَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ رُبْصَتَهَا فِى بَيْتِ زَوْجِهَا

Also the period assigned to a husband when he has been pronounced incapable of sexual intercourse with his wife: if he goes in to her, it is well with him and he remains her husband; if not, a separation is made between them.

In the same way رُبْضَةٌ (perhaps a mistranscription) is explained in art. ربض, and the period is there said to be a year.

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An expecting; an awaiting; a waiting: (AHát, S, A, Msb, K:) a tarrying; or tarrying in expectation. (M.) You say, لِى فِى مَتَاعِى رُبْصَةٌ [I have to endure an expecting, &c., with respect to my goods, or commodities; app. meaning, I have to wait for a favourable opportunity to sell them]. (S, A.) And لِى بِالبَصْرَةِ رُبْصَةٌ [I have to endure an expecting, or a waiting, in ElBasrah]. (AHát, A.) And لِى عَلَى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ رُبْصَةٌ [I have to endure a tarrying, or a tarrying in expectation, for, or on account of, this thing, or affair]. (M.) Also The period that is assigned to a husband when he has been pronounced incapable of sexual intercourse with his wife; so that if he go in to her [it is well with him, and he remains her husband]; but if not, a separation is made between them: so in the saying, أَقَامَتِ ٱلْمَرْأَةُ رُبْصَتَهَا فِى بَيْتِ زَوْجِهَا [The woman abode during the period so assigned to her husband in the house, or tent, of her husband]. (ISk, K.) [In like manner رُبْضَةٌ (perhaps a mistranscription) is explained in the A and TA in art. ربض : and the period is there said to be a year.]
Nounمَرْبُوصٌ1 sense

Core sense — put in expectation, kept waitinggenerated

1

Applied to a man: put in expectation.

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, applied to a man, (K,) Put in expectation. (TK.)
Nounمُتَرَبِّصُ1 sense

Core sense — one who withholds wheat, waiting for a time of high pricesgenerated

1

One who withholds, or collects and withholds, wheat or the like, waiting for a time of high prices; synonym مُحْتَكرٌ.

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One who withholds, or collects and withholds, wheat or the like, waiting for a time of dearness; syn. مُحْتَكرٌ . (S.)