intimidate, terrorize, frighten

, aor. , inf. n. رَهَبٌ (S, A, * Msb, K) and رُهْبٌ (S, K) and رُهُبٌ (Ksh and Bd in xxviii. 32) and رَهْبٌ (K) and رَهْبَةٌ, (S, A, * K,) or this is a simple subst, (Msb,) and رُهْبَانٌ and رَهَبَانٌ, (K,) He feared: (S, A, Msb, K:) or he feared with caution. (TA.) You say, فِى قَلْبِى مِنْهُ رَهْبَةٌ and رَهَبٌ [In my heart is fear, or cautious fear, of him, or it]. (A.) ― -b2- And رَهِبَهُ, inf. n. رَهْبَةٌ (JK, Mgh) and رُهْبَةٌ and رُهْبٌ and رَهَبٌ; (JK;) [and app. رَهِبَ مِنْهُ, as seems to be indicated above;] He feared him, or it; (JK, Mgh;) [or feared him, or it, with caution;] namely, a thing. (JK.) -A2- See also the next paragraph, in two places.

see 4. ― -b2- [Hence, رهّبهُ عَنْ كَذَا, inf. n. تَرْهِيبٌ, He made him to have no desire for such a thing; to relinquish it, or abstain from it; contr. of رَغَّبَهُ فِيهِ: used in this sense by postclassical writers, and perhaps by classical authors also. ― -b3- And رهّبهُ He made him a رَاهِبِ, or monk: in this sense likewise used by post-classical writers; and mentioned by Golius as so used in El-Mekeen's History.] -A2- رَهَّبَ, said of a man, He was, or became, fatigued, tired, weary, or jaded. (JK.) And رهب, [so in the TA, app. رَهَّبَ, but perhaps ↓ رَهَبَ, without teshdeed,] said of a camel, He rose, and then lay down upon his breast, by reason of weakness in his back-bone. (TA.) You say also, رَهَّبَتِ النَّاقَةُ فَقَعَدَ يُحَايِيهَا, (K, TA,) [or, accord. to some copies of the K, يُحَابِيهَا,] inf. n. تَرْهِيبٌ, (K,) but in some copies the verb is an unaugmented triliteral, [app. ↓ رَهَبَت,] (TA,) The she-camel was fatigued, or jaded, by travel, so he sat feeding her and treating her well until her spirit returned to her. (K, * TA.) -A3- رُهِّبَ It (an iron head or blade of an arrow &c.) was rubbed [app. so as to be made thin: see رَهْبٌ]. (JK.)

(JK, S, A, K) and ↓ استرهبهُ (S, A, K) He, or it, frightened him, or caused him to fear; (S, K;) as also ↓ رهّبهُ: (MA:) or disquieted him, or agitated him, by frightening. (A.) You say, يَقْشَعِرُّ الإِهَابُ إِذَا وَقَعَ مِنْهُ الإِرْهَابُ [The skin quivers when frightening befalls from him]. (A, TA.) And أَرْهَبَ النَّاسَ عَنْهُ بَأْسُهُ وَنَجْدَتُهُ (tropical:) [His valour and courage frightened men away from him]. (A.) And لَمْ أُرْهَبْ بِكَ [lit. I was not frightened by thee]; meaning (tropical:) I did not see in thee what induced in me doubt, or suspicion, or evil opinion. (A, TA.) And ارهب الإِبِلَ, (JK, A,) inf. n. إِرْهَابٌ, (JK, K,) (tropical:) He drove away, (A,) or repelled, (JK,) or withheld, (K,) the camels, (JK, A, K,) عَنِ الحَوَضِ [from the watering-trough or tank]. (A, K.) -A2- ارهب (said of a man, TA) also signifies He rode a camel such as is termed رَهْب. (K.) -A3- Also He was, or became, long in the رَهَب, i. e. sleeve. (IAar, K. *)

He (a man) became a رَاهِب [or monk], fearing God, or fearing God with reverence or awe: (TA:) or he devoted himself to religious services or exercises (JK, S, A, K) in his صَوْمَعَة [or cell]: (A:) or he (a monk) detached himself [from the world. or became a recluse,] for the purpose of devoting himself to religious services or exercises. (Msb.) -A2- ترهّبهُ He threatened him. (K.)

He called forth fear of him, so that men feared him. (TA.) وَٱسْتَرْهَبُوهُمْ, in the Kur [vii. 113], has been expl. as meaning And they called forth fear of them, [i. e. of themselves,] so that men feared them. (TA.) ― -b2- See also 4.

An emaciated she-camel; (As, S, K;) or so [the fem.] رَهْبَةٌ: (JK:) or the former, a she-camel much emaciated; as also ↓ رَهْبَى; or, as some say, this last, occurring in a verse, is the name of a particular she-camel: and the first also signifies a she-camel lean, and lank in the belly: (TA:) or tall; applied to a he-camel; (K;) fem. with ة: (TA:) or one that has been used in journeying, and has become fatigued, or jaded; (JK, TA;) fem. with ة: and ↓ رَهْبَآءُ signifies a she-camel fatigued, or jaded: and the first, a he-camel large, wide in the belly-girth, broad in make between the shoulder-joints: (JK:) or wide in the bones, broad in make between the shoulder-joints. (TA.) ― -b2- Also A slender arrow: or a great arrow: (TA:) and a thin iron head or blade (S, K, TA) of an arrow: (S, TA:) pl. رِهَابٌ. (S, K.)

: see what next follows, in two places.

(Zj, K, TA) and ↓ رُهْبٌ (Zj, TA) A sleeve: (T, K:) accord. to Z, (TA,) of the dial. of Himyer; but one of the innovations of the expositions [of the Kur-án]: (Ksh in xxviii. 32, and TA: [not, as Golius says, referring to the Ksh as his authority, of the dial. of the Arabs of El- Heereh:]) said in the Jm to be not of established authority: but signifying thus accord. to AA: and so accord. to Zj, (L, TA,) and Mukátil, (T, L, TA,) in the Kur xxviii. 32; [though generally held to be there, accord. to all the various readings, (which are الرَّهَب and الرُّهْب and الرُّهُب and الرَّهْب,) an inf. n. of رَهِبَ;] and Az says that this is a correct meaning in Arabic, and the most agreeable with the context. (L, TA.) One says, ↓ وَضَعْتُ الشَّىْءَ فِى رُهْبِى, meaning I put the thing in my sleeve [to carry it therein, as is often done] (TA.)

: see what next follows: ― -b2- and see also رَهْبَانِيَّةٌ.

and ↓ رُهْبَى and ↓ رَهْبَآءُ and ↓ رُهْبَآءٌ [which last I write with tenween accord. to a general rule applying to words of the measure فُعْلَآء] and ↓ رَهَبُوتٌ and ↓ رَهَبُوتَى, each a simple subst., (K,) as also ↓ رَهْبَةٌ, (Msb, [but accord. to the S and K, this last is an inf. n. of رَهِبَ,]) signifying Fear: (Msb, K:) or fear with caution. (TA.) One says, خَيْرٌ مِنْ رَحَمْوتٍ ↓ رَهَبُوتٌ, (S, Meyd, K,) or, accord. to Mbr, خَيْرٌ مِنْ رَحَمُوتَى ↓ رَهَبُوتى, (Meyd,) [Fear is better than pity, or compassion,] meaning thy being feared is better than thy being pitied, or compassionated: (S, Meyd, K:) a proverb. (Meyd. [See 1 in art. رغب.]) And ↓ رُهْبَاكَ خَيْرٌ مِنْ رُغْبَاكَ, a similar prov. [expl. voce رَغِبَ]. (Meyd.) And مِنَ ٱللّٰهِ والرُّغْبَى إِلَيْهِ ↓ الرُّهْبَى [also expl. voce رَغِبَ]. (Lth, TA.) -A2- For the first word, see also رَهْبٌ.

: see the next preceding paragraph, in three places.

: see رَهْبَى: -A2- and see also رَهْبٌ.