اترب
1.
See تَرِبَ.
2.
اتربهُ
He put dust, or earth, upon it, (S, M, A, K,) namely, a thing; (S, M;) as also
ترّبهُ: (A, K:) or the latter, verbal noun تَتْرِيبٌ, signifies he defiled it, or soiled it, (namely, a thing,) with dust, or earth: (S:) or you say,
تَرَبَهُ, (TA,) or تَرَبَهُ بِالتُّرَابِ, (Msb,) aorist
تَرِبَ
, (Msb, TA,) verbal noun تَرْبٌ, (TA,) [meaning he sprinkled it with dust,] namely, a writing [for the purpose of drying up the ink], (Msb,) or a paper; (TA;) and
ترّبهُ, (T, Msb, TA,) with teshdeed, (Msb,) [meaning he sprinkled much dust upon it; or sprinkled it much with dust;] namely, a writing; (T, Msb, TA;) the latter having an intensive signification: (Msb:) or ↓ the former of the last two verbs is used in speaking of anything that is improved, or put into a right or proper state [by means of dust or earth]; and ↓ the latter of them, in speaking of anything that is injured or marred or spoiled [thereby]: you say, الإِهَابَ
تَرَبَتِ [She sprinkled, or put, dust, or earth, upon the hide], to prepare it properly for use; and so of a skin for water or milk. (TA.) It is said in a tradition, [according to one reading,] اتْرِبُوا الكِتَابَ [Sprinkle ye the writing with dust]. (S. [So in three copies of that work: probably أَتْرِبُوا; but perhaps
اِتْرِبُوا: the reading commonly known is
تَرِّبُوا.])