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رَبِيثٌ ذ i. q. ↓ مَرْبُوثٌ , (M, K,) Hindered, withheld, &c.: (M, * K:) the former, (T, M,) and the latter also, (M,) applied to an affair, or an event. (T, M.) One says, جَرْيُهُ كَرِيثٌ وَأَمْرُهُ رَبِيثٌ [app. meaning His running is attended with difficulty, and the accomplishment of his affair is hindered]: (T: [in a copy of the A, as cited in the TA, حِزْبُهُ is put in the place of جَرْيُهُ, which appears to be the right reading, from what here follows:]) and “ جَرْىٌ كَرِيثٌ أَمْرُهُ رَبِيثُ
” [app. meaning A running attended with difficulty, the affair of which is hindered]: (M:) كَرِيثٌ is [here] syn. with مَكْرُوثٌ. (T.) -A2- It is also said to signify The جِرِّيث [or eel]; and so ↓ رَبِيثَةٌ : and in the " Jámi" of El-Ghooree, ↓ رِبِّيثَى with kesr to the ر and with teshdeed of the ب, is said to mean a species of fish. (Mgh.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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