رِقْبَةٌ
1.
: see 1, first sentence:
2.
and again, in the latter half of the paragraph. [Hence,] وَرِثَ فُلَانٌ مَالًا عَنْ رِقْبَةٍ (tropical:) Such a one inherited property from distant relations; not from his fathers. (K, TA.) And وَرِثَ المَجْدَ عَنْ رِقْبَةٍ (tropical:) He inherited glory, or nobility, from distant relations: [it is said of a man] because it is feared that it will not be conceded to him on account of the obscurity of his lineage. (A.) El-Kumeyt says,
(tropical:) [The night-dew and the day-dew that nourished his mental growth were nobility and generous disposition: those generous qualities were not inherited from distant relations: رِقَبٌ being plural of رِقْبَةٌ]: i. e., he inherited them from near ancestors. (TA.)كَانَ السَّدَى وَالنَّدَى مَجْدًا وَمَكْرُمَةًتِلْكَ المَكَارِمُ لَمْ يُورَثْنَ عِنْ رِقَبِ