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1 أَرُبَ ذ , aor. اَرُبَ , (T, S, M, K,) inf. n. أَرَابَةٌ (AZ, T, S, M, K) and إِِرَبٌ, like صِغَرٌ, (S, K,) He was, or became, cunning, characterized by intelligence with craft and forecast, or simply intelligent, excellent in judgment, sagacious, (T, [in which it is said that As is related to have assigned this signification to أَرِبَ, aor. اَرَبَ , inf. n. أَرَبٌ,] S, M, K,) and knowing in affairs. (M.) [The TA assigns the former inf. n. to it when it signifies simply intelligence, and the latter when it has the more comprehensive signification of cunning.] ― -b2- أَرِبَ بِالشَّىْءِ, [aor. اَرَبَ ,] He became expert, or skilful, in the thing: (M:) or he became accustomed to, or practised or exercised in, the thing, (S, K, *) and became knowing, or skilful [therein]. (S.) ― -b3- أَرِبَ, inf. n. أَرَبٌ, is also syn. with أَنِسَ [app. as meaning He became familiar with a person or thing]. (M.) ― -b4- And أَرِبَ بِالشَّىْءِ also signifies He devoted, or addicted, himself, or clave, or kept, to the thing: (T, K:) and he was, or became, niggardly, avaricious, or tenacious, of the thing. (T, M, TA.) ― -b5- And أَرِبَ فِى الأَمْرِ, and فِيهِ ↓ تأرّب , He exerted, or employed, his power and ability in the affair, and understood it: (ISh, T:) or تأرّب signifies he exerted his strength, force, or energy; or strained himself; (As, S, M;) فِي الشَّىْءِ [in the thing]; (As, S;) and فِى حَاجَتِهِ [in his needful affair, or in the accomplishment of his want]. (As, S, M.) ― -b6- أَرِبَ عَلَيْهِ He had, or obtained, power over him, or it. (M.) -A2- أَرِبَ, aor. اَرَبَ , (T, S, K,) inf. n. أَرَبٌ, (T, S,) He was, or became, in want, or need. (T, S, K.) [See أَرِبْتَ عَنْ ذِى يَدَيْكَ, and two other phrases following it, in a later part of this paragraph.] ― -b2- أَرِبَ إِِلَيْهِ, (M, Msb,) or بِهِ (T,) aor. and inf. n. as above, He wanted it; was, or became, in want, or need, of it; (T, M, Msb;) and sought it, or desired it; (T;) namely, a thing. (T, Msb.) ― -b3- أَرِبَ الدَّهْرُ Fortune was, or became, hard, or adverse: (T, S, K:) as though it wanted something of us, for which it pressed hard. (M, TA.) And أَرِبَ عَلَيْهِ He was, or became, hard upon him in his demand. (TA, from a trad.) -A3- أَرَبَهُ, [from إِِرَبٌ,] He struck upon a member, or limb, belonging to him. (K, * TA.) ― -b2- أَرِبَ, (T, S, K, TA,) His member, or limb, (generally meaning the arm, or hand, M,) was cut off: (M, K:) or dropped off: (T:) and his members, or limbs, (generally relating to [the members, or fingers, of] the arm, or hand, TA,) dropped off, one after another, (S, K, TA,) in consequence of his being affected by the disease termed جُذَام: (TA:) and it (said of a member, or limb,) dropped off. (TA.) The phrase, أَرِبْتَ عَنْ ذِى يَدَيْكَ, (T, TA,) or مِنْ ذى يديك, (S, TA, [and said in the latter to be likewise found in the T, but I have consulted two copies of the T and found only عن,]) or فِى ذى يديك, (IAar, as related by Sh,) or مِنْ يَدَيْكَ, (K,) but MF says that من in this phrase is a mistranscription, (TA,) means, May the members [or fingers] of thy hands, or arms, drop off: (S, K, TA:) or it means, may what is in thy hands depart from thee, so that thou shalt be in want: occurring in a trad. (IAar, T, TA.) And أَرِبَ مَا لَهُ, said by Mohammad on the occasion of a man's coming to him and asking him to acquaint him with some work that should introduce him into Paradise, means, accord. to Kt, May his members, or limbs, drop off, or be cut off: what aileth him? (TA:) or, accord. to IAar, may he become in want: what aileth him? (T, TA:) but IAth says that this has been related in three different ways: first, أَرِبَ, signifying an imprecation, [as rendered above,] and used as expressive of wonder: secondly, مَّا لَهُ ↓ أَرَبٌ ; i. e. حَاجَةٌ لَهُ; مَا being [syntactically] redundant, denoting littleness; the meaning being, he has some little want: or, as some say, a want hath brought him: what aileth him? thirdly, ↓ أَرِبٌ ; i. e. هُوَ أَرِبٌ; meaning he is intelligent, or sagacious, or skilful, [as is said in the T,] and perfect: what aileth him? or what is his affair? the inchoative being suppressed. (TA.) مَا لَهُ أَرِبَتْ يَدُهُ, (M, K, *) another form of imprecation, (M,) means What aileth him? may his arm, or hand, be cut off: or, may he become poor, and want what is in the hands of others. (M, K. *) ― -b3- [Hence, perhaps,] أَرِبَتْ مَعِدَتُهُ His stomach became vitiated, disordered, or in an unsound state. (K.) ― -b4- أَرِبَ also signifies He prostrated himself firmly, or fixedly, upon his [seven] members [mentioned in the explanations of the word إِِرْبٌ]. (T.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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