رُوبَةٌ

The ferment of milk, (T, S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) consisting of a sour portion, (S, TA,) which is put into milk in order that it may become such as is termed رَايءِب; (T, S, Mgh, Msb, TA;) and ↓ رَوْبَةٌ signifies the same as رُوبَةٌ in this sense, (Kr, M, A, K,) and in the other senses which follow: (M:) this is the primary signification: (TA:) or ferment of milk which contains its butter, and when its butter has been taken forth; as also ↓ رَايءِبٌ in both of these two senses; (T;) or in the latter state it is termed ↓ رَايءِبٌ: (TA:) or (so in the A and K, but in the M “ and, ”) remains of milk (M, A, K, in the second of which, as in the last, this applies also to ↓ رَوْبَةٌ,) that has become such as is termed رَايءِب: (M:) or remains of milk left in the [skin or vessel called] مِرْوَب in order that fresh milk, when poured upon it, may quickly become رَايءِب: (T:) and milk containing its butter: and also milk from which its butter has been taken forth: (Aboo-' Amr ElMutarriz, MF, TA.) It is said in a prov., شُبْ شَوْبًا لَكَ رُوبَتُهُ [Mix thou a mixture, apparently of thick and fresh milk: thine shall be what will remain of it]: (S:) or لَكَ بَعْضُهُ [thine shall be some of it]: (so Meyd:) it is like the saying اُحْلُبْ حَلَبًا لَكَ شَطْرُهُ [explained in article شطر]: (S, Meyd:) and is applied in inciting to aid him in whom one will find profit, or advantage. (Meyd.)

I. q. دُرْدِىٌّ [as meaning A ferment] such as is put into [the beverage called] نَبِيذ [to make it ferment]. (TA.)

(tropical:) What has collected of the seminal fluid (T, S, M, A, K) of a horse, (S, A,) or of a stallion, (M, K,) after resting from covering; (T, S, M, K;) and ↓ رَوْبَةٌ in this sense is mentioned by Lh: (M:) you say, أَعِرْنِى رُوَبَةَ فَحْلِكَ, (T,) or فَرَسِكَ, (S, A,) when you ask a person to lend you a stallion, or a horse, to cover: (T, S, A:) or the collecting thereof: or the seminal fluid of the stallion in the womb of the camel: (M, K:) it is thicker than that which is termed مُهَاة, and more remote in respect of the place into which it is injected. (M.)

(tropical:) Strength of a horse to run: so in the phrase فَرَسٌ بَاقِى الرُّوبَةِ (tropical:) [A horse whose strength to run remains]. (A.)

(tropical:) Intellect (IAar, S, A) of a man (IAar, S) when it has attained to full vigour: (A:) [apparently as being likened to the روبة of the stallion:] so in the saying, هُوَ يُحَدِّثُنِى وَ أَنَا إِذْ ذَاكَ غُلَامٌ لَيْسَ لِى رُوبَةٌ (tropical:) [He would talk to me, I being then a boy, not having full intellect]. (IAar, S, A: in one of my copies of the S, and in the TA, لَيْسَتْ.)

(assumed tropical:) The main, or most essential, part, synonym جُمَّاع, of an affair: (M, K:) so in the saying, مَا يَقُومُ بِرُوبَةِ أَمْرِهِ (assumed tropical:) [He does not undertake, or superintend, or attend to, the main, or most essential, part of his affair]: apparently from the روبة of the stallion. (M.)

(assumed tropical:) Means of subsistence: (M, K:) (assumed tropical:) food, or sustenance: (TA:) (assumed tropical:) anything that puts a thing into a good, right, or proper state; from the same word as signifying “ a sour ferment that is put into milk to make it ferment: ” (JM:) (tropical:) a want, or thing that is needed [to put one into a good, or right, state]: (S, M, A, K:) and want as meaning poverty. (Ibn-Es-Seed, K, TA.) You say, لَا يَقُومُ بِرُوبَةِ أَهْلِهِ, (S, A,) or مَا يَقُومُ الخ, (M, TA,) i. e. (assumed tropical:) [He will not, or does not, undertake, or take upon himself, or attend to,] the food, or sustenance, of his family: or (assumed tropical:) their case, and the putting them into a good, right, or proper, state: (TA:) or (tropical:) [the supplying of] what they require of him. (S, M, A, TA.)

(tropical:) A part, or portion, or small portion, (طَايءِفَةٌ, S, M, or قِطْعَةٌ, K, or سَاعَةٌ, T, M, A,) of the night: (T, S, M, A, K:) [apparently from the same word signifying “ remains of milk; ” as seems to be implied in the A:] so in the saying, مَضَتْ رُوبَةٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ (tropical:) A period, or short portion, (ساعة,) of the night passed: (T, M, TA:) and بَقِيَتْ رُوبَةٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ (tropical:) A period, or short portion, (ساعة,) of the night remained: (M, A, TA:) and هَرِقْ عَنَّا مِنْ رُوبَةِ اللَّيْلِ, (S, A,) i. e. اِكْسِرْ عَنَّا سَاعَةً مِنْهُ [apparently for اِكْسِرْ جَهْدَنَا or the like, i. e. (tropical:) Abate thou, or allay thou, our fatigue, or the like, or relieve thou us, for a period, or short portion, of the night; من before روبة being redundant]. (A.)

(assumed tropical:) A piece of flesh-meat: (M, K:) so in the saying, قَطَعَ اللَّحْمَ رُوبَةً رُوبَةً (assumed tropical:) [He cut the flesh-meat into pieces; or cut it piece by piece]. (M.)

-A2- (assumed tropical:) Heaviness, sluggishness, or torpidness, (T, K,) or laxness, or confusedness of the intellect, (T,) and languor, feebleness, or faintness, (K,) from drinking much milk. (T.)

-A3- Good and fertile land, abounding with plants, or herbage, (T, M, K,) and with trees: (T, M:) that kind of land in which the herbage, or pasturage, remains longest. (T.)

Accord. to Aboo-' Amr Esh-Sheybánee, i. q. مَشَارَةٌ, which means A سَاقِيَة [or channel of water for irrigation: but it has also other meanings, which see in article شور]. (TA.)

The tree called نُلْك; (T, K, TA;) explained by Ibn-Es-Seed as meaning the tree called زُعْرُور [q. v.]. (TA.)

-A4- A kind of hooked instrument (كَلُّوب) by means of which an animal that is hunted is drawn forth from its hole: (M, K:) according to Abu-l-'Omeythil, the مِحْرَش [apparently meaning the same, or an instrument used for drawing forth the lizard called ضَبّ from its hole]. (M.)

-A5- It is also mentioned by IAar as [synonym with رُبَةٌ and أُرْبَةٌ,] meaning A knot. (T.)

-A6- A piece of wood with which a wooden bowl, or other vessel, is repaired, or mended; or with which a breach, or broken place, therein is stopped up: (T, TA:) and, according to AZ, a patch, or piece, with which a camel's saddle (رَحْل) is patched, or pieced, when it is broken: (TA:) plural رُوَبٌ: but this is [properly, or originally, رُوءْبَةٌ,] with ء: (T, TA:) so says ISk. (T.) [See article رأب.]