رِبْعِىٌّ
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2.
Born in the [season called] رَبِيع; applied to a young camel: born in the beginning of the breeding-time; [which means the same;] so applied. (TA.)
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And hence, (TA,) (tropical:) A son born in the prime [or spring-time] of his father's manhood; (S, * TA;) because the ربيع is the beginning, and the most approved part, of the breeding-time: (TA:) plural رِبْعِيُّونَ. (S, TA.) Saad Ibn-Málik says, (TA,)
[Verily my sons are boys born in the summer of my age: happy is he who has sons born in the spring-time of his manhood.] (S, TA.)إِنَّ بَنِىَّ صِبْيَةٌ صَيْفِيُّونْأَفْلَحَ مَنْ كَانَ لَهُ رِبْعِيُّونْ
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A palm-tree (سِبْطٌ, i. e. نَخْلَةٌ,) of which the fruit ripens in the end of the summer, or hot season; AHn says, because then is the time of the [rain called] وَسْمِىّ. (TA.)
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The Arabs say, صَرَفَانَةٌ
رِبْعِيَّهْ تُصْرَمُ بِالصَّيْفِ وَتُوءْكَلُ بِالشَّتِيَّةْ [A hard kind of date that would ripen in the season called
رَبِيع (meaning autumn) that is cut in the summer and eaten in the winter-season]. (TA.)
6.
نَاقَةٌ رِبْعِيَّةٌ
A she-camel that brings forth [in the season called
رَبِيع,] before others. (TA.)
7.
رِبْعِيَّةٌ [used as a subst., or as an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant, for مِيرَةٌ رِبْعِيَّةٌ,] signifies The مِيرَة [or corn brought for provision, or the bringing thereof,] in the beginning of winter: (S, K:) or the مِيرَة
of the [season called] رَبِيع; which is the first ميرة; next after. which is the صَيْفِيَّة; and next after this, the دَفَيءِيَّة; and next after this, the رَمَضِيَّة. (TA.) [See article مير.]
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Also, the same, [used in like manner, for عِيرٌ
رِبْعِيَّةٌ,] Camels that bring provision of corn in the [season called] رَبِيع; or, which means the same, in the beginning of the year: plural رَبَاعِىُّ. (TA.)
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And [used in the same manner, for غَزْوَةٌ رِبْعِيَّةٌ,] A warring, or warring and plundering, expedition in the [season called] رَبِيع. (TA.)
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رِبْعِىٌّ also signifies (tropical:) The first, or beginning, or former part, of anything; for instance, of youthfulness, or the prime of manhood; and of glory: and رِبْعِيَّةٌ likewise, the beginning of breeding, and of summer. (TA.)