رَبَأَ

, [aorist رَبَاَ , verbal noun رَبْءٌ,] He, or it, was, or became, high, or elevated: (K:) [or] he, or it, was, or became, high, or elevated, so as to overtop, or overlook, what was around or adjacent; as also ↓ ارتبأ. (M, K.) You say, رَبَأَتِ الأَرْضُ, (M, TA,) verbal noun رَبْءٌ, (M,) The ground rose: and some read, in the Qur'an, 22:5 and xli. 39, رَبَأَتْ instead of رَبَتْ; because, as Zj says, when a plant is about to appear, the earth rises thereat. (M, TA.) And you say also, رَبَأَ عَلَى جَبَلٍ and ↓ ارتبأ and ↓ اربأ He took a high and commanding position upon a mountain, or ascended upon it, (أَشْرَفَ عَلَيْه,) to look. (TA.) And مَا عَرَفْتُ فُلَانًا لِى ↓ حَتَّى أَرْبَأَ I knew not such a one until he became within a commanding, or near, view of me; synonym أَشْرَفَ. (T.) And رَبَأَ عَلَى شَرَفٍ He ascended upon an eminence [to watch] lest an enemy should come unawares upon a party. (TA.) And رَبَأْتُ المَرْبَأَةَ and ↓ اِرْتَبَأْتُهَا I ascended upon the place of observation. (S.) And رَبَأَ القَوْمَ, (S, M, K, *) aorist رَبَاَ , (M, K,) verbal noun رَبْءٌ; (S, M;) and رَبَأَلَهُمْ; (T, M, K;) and ↓ اِرْتَبَأَهُمْ; (S;) He was, or became, [or acted as,] a scout to the party, (T, S, M, * K,) upon an eminence. (M.) And رَبَأَ لَنَا فُلَانٌ, and ↓ ارتبأ, Such a one was, or became, or acted as, a scout to us. (S.)

رَبَأْتُ بِكَ عَنْ كَذَا, aorist and verbal noun as above, means I exalted thee [or held thee] above such a thing: (M:) and رَبَأْتُ بِكَ أَرْفَعَ الأَمْرِ I exalted thee [in the highest degree]: (IJ, M:) and رَبَأْتُ بِنَفْسِى عَنْ عَمَلِ كَذَا [I held myself above the doing such a thing]: (Har p. 265:) and إِنِّى لَأَرْبَأُ بِكَ عَنْ هٰذَا الأَمْرِ Verily I exalt thee [or hold thee] above this thing, (S, Har ubi suprà, TA,) and do not approve of it for thee: (Har, TA:) as though properly signifying I betake myself with thee to an elevated place of observation, in honour of thee, and in care, or solicitude, for thee, and preserve thee and keep watch for thee as a scout and a watchman: (Har ubi suprà:) [this usage of the verb, as is shown in the TA, is what is meant by its being said that] رَبَأَ is also synonym with رَفَعَ. (K.)

رَبَأَ المَالَ He preserved, guarded, or took care of, (TA,) and put into a good, or right, state, (K, TA,) the property, or cattle. (TA.)

See also 3.

رَبَأَ فِى الأَمْرِ He looked into the thing, or affair, and considered. (TA.)

رَبَأْتُ فِيهِ, according to Fr, means عَلِمْتُ عِلْمَهُ [lit. I knew his knowledge, or what he knew; apparently meaning I tried, proved, or tested, him, and so knew what he knew]. (TA. [See the phrase لَأَ خْبُرَنَّ خَبَرَكَ.])

مَا رَبَأَ رَبْأَهُ He did not know, or had no knowledge of, nor did he desire, him, or it: (M:) or he did not know, or had no knowledge of, and did not prepare himself for, him, or it: (Lh, M:) or he did not care for, mind, heed, or regard, him, or it: (T:) or مَا رَبَأْتُ رَبْءَ فُلَانٍ means I did not know such a one, nor care for, mind, heed, or regard, him. (S, K. *)

-A2- رَبَوءُوا لَهُ They collected for him of every kind of food, (M, K, *) milk and dates &c. (M.)

-A3- جَاءَ يَرْبَأْ فِى مِشْيَتِهِ He came bearing himself heavily, or sluggishly, in his gait. (M, K. * [Like يَرْنَأُ.])

-A4- See also what next follows.