maṣdarإِعْرَابٌ عُرْبٌ بِنَآءٌ
Core sense — he spoke clearly, plainly, in Arabic; he made a thing clear; he spoke obscenelygenerated
4.1he spoke clearly, plainly, distinctly, and intelligibly, in Arabic—تعرّب
[For اعرب الكَلَامَ, like افصح for افصح الكَلَامَ.]
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Also استعرب; said of a foreigner, or of one who was not previously clear, plain, or intelligible in speech.
he spoke clearly, plainly, or distinctly, after being barbarous, or faulty, in speech—عَرُبَ
maṣdars عُرْبٌ and عُرُوبٌ according to Th, and عُرْبَةٌ and عِرَابَةٌ [which by general analogy would be عَرَابَةٌ], and عُرُوبِيَّةٌ or عَرِبَ.
he spoke without incorrectness—عَرُبَ
And [so اعرب for] إِعْرَابٌ: the committing of no error in speech; and the expressing of meanings clearly, plainly, and distinctly by words.
[عرّب also has a similar meaning.]
It is said in a tradition: كَانُوا يَسْتَحِبُّونَ أَنْ يُلَقِّنُوا الصَّبِىَّ حِينَ يُعَرِّبُ أَنْ يَقُولَ لَا إِلَاهَ إِلَّا ٱللّٰهُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ, that is, [They used to like teaching the boy,] when he spoke distinctly, or articulately, [to say “There is no deity but God” seven times.]
he made the speech that he spoke clear, plain, and distinct—اعرب الكَلَامَ
Also اعرب بِهِ.
he declared, or spoke out clearly, his argument or plea, without fearing anyone—اعرب بِحُجَّتِهِ
I made the thing clear, plain, distinct, or manifest—أَعْرَبْتُ الشَّىْءَ
Also اعربت عَنْهُ, عَرَّبْتُهُ, and عرّبت عَنْهُ — which last, according to Fr, is better than عرّبتهُ — and اعربتهُ.
he declared, or spoke out clearly, what was in his mind—اعرب عَمَّا فِى ضَمِيرِهِ
his tongue made clear, or spoke plainly, for him—اعرب عَنْهُ لِسَانُهُ
Also عرّب عنه.
his tongue tells plainly what is in his heart—يُعَرِّبُ عَمَّا فِى قَلْبِهِ لِسَانُهُ
she who has no husband shall speak out plainly for herself [when demanded in marriage]—الثَّيِّبُ تُعْرِبُ عَنْ نَفْسِهَا
It is said in a tradition thus, or الأَيِّمُ, and تُعَرِّبُ, according to different relaters, but some allow only the first.
Or الثَّيِّبُ يُعْرِبُ عَنْهَا لِسَانُهَا, according to IKt, or يُعَرِّبُ عنها, according to A 'Obeyd; but, as IAmb says, both are dialectal variants of which neither is preferable to the other, and the meaning is [she who has become a widow, &c., her tongue] shall declare for her.
he spoke out, or explained, for the man—اعرب عَنِ الرَّجُلِ
I spoke for the people, or party, and pleaded for them—عَرَّبْتُ عَنِ القَوْمِ
Also أَعْرَبْتُ, but the former is better known in this sense.
he pleaded his cause—اعرب عَنْهُ
Also عرّب عنه.
he spoke and pleaded for the object of his want—عرّب عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ
4.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredhe was, or became, chaste, uncorrupt, or free from barbarousness, in speech—اعرب
I made the speech that I spoke clear, or plain, to him, so that there was no barbarousness in it—عَرَّبْتُ لَهُ الكَلَامَ
Said even of one who is not an Arab.
Maṣdar تَعْرِيبٌ; also أَعْرَبْتُ له.
he made his speech free from error, or incorrectness—عرّب مَنْطِقَهُ
Maṣdar تَعْرِيبٌ.
I made the word clear, or plain—أَعْرَبْتُ الحَرْفَ
That is, the حرف [i. e. word]. Or the ا here denotes privation, and the meaning is: I removed its عرب [apparently عَرَب, from this word as maṣdar of عَرِبَ used in relation to the stomach and the like], that is, its vagueness.
he made his speech free from error in grammatical inflection—اعرب كَلَامَهُ
الإِعْرَاب: here meaning what grammarians generally intend by it, namely desinential syntax, the science of the various inflections of words, literal or virtual, by reason of the various governing words.
[اعرب is also used by grammarians meaning He declined a word, and also He analyzed grammatically, or parsed, a sentence; and أُعْرِبَ meaning It was declined, or declinable: in these senses opposed to بَنَى and بُنِىَ; and the maṣdar of the verb, active and passive, in these senses is إِعْرَابٌ.]
4.1.2
See also 2, first sentence.
4.1.3
And again in the first third part of that paragraph.
4.1.4making a person turn away from, or give up, foul speech—إِعْرَابٌ
Also تَعْرِيبٌ.
4.1.5he spoke foul, or obscene, language—اعرب
It also means the speaking of foul, or obscene, language; so too تَعْرِيبٌ and اِسْتِعْرَابٌ. Thus the verb bears two opposite meanings.
Or اعرب فِى كَلَامِهِ. Said of a man.
[Golius and Freytag have assigned this meaning to تعرّب also, Freytag as from the S and K, in neither of which do I find it.]
4.1.6
And sexual intercourse; or the speaking of that act in an oblique, or indirect, manner.
4.2he had a child born to him of Arabian complexion, or colour—اعرب
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4.2.1
And he possessed, or acquired, or sought to acquire, horses or camels of pure Arabian race.
[See also 2, in the middle of the latter half; and see مُعْرِبٌ.]
4.2.2knowing a horse of pure Arabian race from one of mean race by his neighing—إِعْرَابٌ
And a horse's being known by his neighing to be of pure Arabian race, free from any admixture of other than Arabian blood; or his making himself known as such by his neighing.
he (a horse) neighed, and was consequently known to be of Arabian race—اعرب
4.2.3he made his horse run—اعرب عَلَى فَرَسِهِ
And the making of a horse to run.
So according to Fr; but he adds that some say اغرب.
4.3
إِعْرَابٌ means the taking as one's wife a woman such as is termed عَرُوبٌ [q. v.].
4.4the people's watering of their camels became, and continued, of one uniform way—اعرب سَقْىُ القَوْمِ
Having been at one time on alternate days, and at another time on the fourth day after that of the next preceding watering.
4.5
See also 2, last four sentences.
Show Lane's original text
, (AZ, Msb, TA,) [for اعرب الكَلَامَ , like افصح for افصح الكَلَامَ ,] inf. n. إِعْرَابٌ , (A, K,) He spoke clearly, plainly, distinctly, or intel-ligibly, (AZ, A, Msb, K, * TA,) in Arabic; (Msb;) as also تعرّب , and استعرب ; said of a foreigner, or one [previously] not clear, plain, distinct, or intelligible, in speech: (AZ, Msb, TA:) and عَرُبَ , aor. عَرُبَ , inf. n. عُرْبٌ and عُرُوبٌ , accord. to Th, and عُرْبَةٌ and عِرَابَةٌ [which accord. to general analogy would be عَرَابَةٌ ] and عُرُوبِيَّةٌ ; (TA;) or عَرِبَ , aor. عَرَبَ ; (Msb;) [likewise] signifies he spoke clearly, plainly, or distinctly, after being barbarous, or vitious, in speech: (Msb, TA:) and عَرُبَ he spoke without incorrectness; (Msb;) and [so اعرب , for] إِعْرَابٌ signifies the committing no error in speech: (K, TA:) and the expressing of meanings clearly, plainly, distinctly, or perspicuously, by words. (TA.) [ عرّب , also, has a similar meaning:] it is said in a trad., كَانُوا يَسْتَحِبُّونَ أَنْ يُلَقِّنُوا الصَّبِىَّ حِينَ يُعَرِّبُ أَنْ يَقُولَ لَا إِلَاهَ إِلَّا ٱللّٰهُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ (O, TA) i. e. [They used to like teaching the boy,] when he spoke distinctly, or articulately, [to say “ There is no deity but God ” seven times.] (TA.) And one says, اعرب الكَلَامَ , and اعرب بِهِ , meaning He made the speech [that he spoke] clear, plain, distinct, or perspicuous. (TA.) And اعرب بِحُجَّتِهِ He declared, or spoke out clearly or plainly, his argument, plea, allegation, or the like, without fearing any one. (S, O.) And أَعْرَبْتُ الشَّىْءَ and اعربت عَنْهُ , and عَرَّبْتُهُ and عرّبت عَنْهُ , which last, accord. to Fr, is better than عرّبتهُ and اعربتهُ , I made the thing clear, plain, distinct, or manifest. (Msb.) And اعرب عَمَّا فِى ضَمِيرِهِ He declared, or spoke out clearly or plainly, what was in his mind. (TA.) And اعرب عَنْهُ لِسَانُهُ , and عرّب عنه , His tongue made clear, or plain, or spoke clearly, or plainly, for him: and يُعَرِّبُ عَمَّا فِى قَلْبِهِ لِسَانُهُ His tongue tells plainly, or declares, what is in his heart. (Az, TA.) It is said in a trad., الثَّيِّبُ تُعْرِبُ عَنْ نَفْسِهَا , (S,) or الأَيِّمُ , and تُعَرِّبُ , accord. to different relaters, but some say the former only, (Msb,) i. e. [She who has become a widow, or been divorced, &c., or she who has no husband, whether she be a virgin or not, or not being a virgin,] shall speak out plainly for herself [when demanded in marriage]: (S, Msb:) or الثَّيِّبُ يُعْرِبُ عَنْهَا لِسَانُهَا , so accord. to IKt, (O,) or يُعَرِّبُ عنها , (Mgh, O,) so accord. to A 'Obeyd, but, as IAmb says, both are dial. vars. of which neither is preferable to the other; and the meaning is [she who has become a widow, &c., her tongue] shall declare for her. (O.) One says also, اعرب عَنِ الرَّجُلِ He spoke out, or explained, for the man. (TA.) And عَرَّبْتُ عَنِ القَوْمِ I spoke for the people, or party; (Fr, S, Mgh, * O, K;) and pleaded for them; (Fr, Mgh, * TA;) as also أَعْرَبْتُ ; but the former in this sense is better known. (Mgh.) And اعرب عَنْهُ , and عرّب عنه , He pleaded his cause. (TA.) And عرّب عَنْ حَاجَتِهِ He spoke and pleaded for the object of his want. (A.) اعرب also signifies He was, or became, chaste, uncorrupt, or free from barbarousness, in speech; although not an Arab. (Msb.) And عَرَّبْتُ لَهُ الكَلَامَ , inf. n. تَعْرِيبٌ ; as also أَعْرَبْتُ له , inf. n. إِعْرَابٌ ; I made the speech [that I spoke] clear, or plain, to him, so that there was in it no barbarousness. (TA.) And عرّب مَنْطِقَهُ , (S, O,) inf. n. تَعْرِيبٌ , (K,) He made his speech free from error, or incorrectness. (S, O, K.) And أَعْرَبْتُ الحَرْفَ I made the حرف [i. e. word] clear, or plain: or the ا in this case denotes privation, and the meaning is I removed its عرب , [app. عَرَب , from this word as inf. n. of عَرِبَ used in relation to the stomach &c.,] i. e. vagueness. (Msb.) And اعرب كَلَامَهُ He made his speech free from error, or incorrectness, in [what is termed] الإِعْرَاب [here meaning what grammarians generally intend thereby, namely, desinential syntax, or the science of the various inflections of words, literal or virtual, by reason of the various governing words]. (S, O.) [ اعرب is also used by grammarians as meaning He declined a word; and أُعْرِبَ as meaning It was declined, or declinable; in these senses opposed to بَنَى and بُنِىَ , inf. n. بِنَآءٌ : and the former also as meaning He analyzed grammatically, or parsed, a sentence: and the inf. n. of the verb (act. and pass.) in these senses is إِعْرَابٌ .] See also 2, first sentence: and again in the first third part of the paragraph. إِعْرَابٌ also signifies The making [a person] to revert from, or relinquish, foul speech; (K, TA;) and so تَعْرِيبٌ . (TA.) And The speaking foul, or obscene, language; as also تَعْرِيبٌ , and اِسْتِعْرَابٌ : (O, K:) thus it bears two contr. significations. (K, TA.) One says of a man, اعرب [&c.], (S, O,) or اعرب فِى كَلَامِهِ , (Msb,) He spoke foul, or obscene, language. (S, O, Msb.) [Golius and Freytag have assigned this meaning to تعرّب also: the latter of them as from the S and K; in neither of which do I find it.] And The act of copulating: or the speaking of that act in an oblique, or indirect, manner. (K.) And اعرب , (S, O,) inf. n. إِعْرَابٌ , (K,) He had a child born to him of Arabian complexion, or colour. (S, O, K.) And He possessed, or acquired, or sought to acquire, horses, or camels, of pure Arabian race. (TA. [See also 2, in the middle of the latter half; and see مُعْرِبٌ .]) And إِعْرَابٌ signifies One's knowing a horse of pure Arabian race from one of mean race by his neighing. (K.) And A horse's being known by his neighing to be of pure Arabian race, free from any admixture of other than Arabian blood: (K, TA:) [or his making himself to be known as such by his neighing; for] اعرب means he (a horse) neighed, and was consequently known to be of Arabian race. (A.) And The making a horse to run. (K.) Accord. to Fr, one says, اعرب عَلَى فَرَسِهِ , meaning He made his horse to run: but he adds that some say اغرب . (O.) And إِعْرَابٌ signifies The taking as one's wife a woman such as is termed عَرُوبٌ [q. v.]. (K.) اعرب سَقْىُ القَوْمِ means The people's watering [of their camels], having been at one time on alternate days, and another time on the fourth day after that of the next preceding watering, then became, and continued to be, of one uniform way. (S, O.) See also 2, last four sentences.