[1]
رَقَبَهُ , (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor.
رَقُبَ , (S, A,
Mgh, Msb,) inf. n. ↓
رقْبَةٌ, (JK, S, Mgh, K,) or
this is a simple subst., (Msb,) and [the inf. n. is]
رِقْبَانٌ (JK, S, K) and
رُقُوبٌ (S, K) and
رَقُوبٌ
and
رَقْبَةٌ and
رَقَابَةٌ, (K,)
He looked, watched, or
waited, for him, or
it; he awaited, or
expected,
him, or
it; (JK, S, A, Mgh, Msb, K;) namely,
a man, (JK, A,) or a thing; (S;) as also ↓
ترقبهُ;
(JK, * S, * A, Msb, K;) and ↓
ارتقبهُ; (S, * A, Msb,
K;) and ↓
راقبهُ, (Mgh,) inf. n.
مُرَاقَبَةٌ. (JK, S,
A, Mgh, Msb.) You say,
قَعَدَ يَرْقُبُ صَاحِبَهُ He
sat looking, watching, or
waiting, for his com-
panion; as also ↓
يَرْتَقِبُهُ. (A.) And
أَتَرَقَّبُ ↓
كَذَا
I look, &c., or
am looking, &c.,
for such a thing.
(A.) And
يَرْقُبُ مَوْتَ صَاحِبِهِ [
He looks, &c.,
for
the death of his companion], (JK, S, A, Mgh,
Msb,) and
أَبِيهِ لِيَرِثَهُ [
of his father, in order that
he may inherit his property]: (A:) and ↓
تُرَاقِبُ
مَوْتَ بَعْلِهَا [
She looks, &c.,
for the death of her
husband], (K, TA,)
لِيَمُوتَ فَتَرِثَهُ [
that he may
die and she may inherit his property]. (TA.)
And
لَمْ تَرْقُبْ قَوْلِى, in the Kur [xx. 95], means
And thou didst not wait, or
hast not waited, for
my saying [or
what I should say]. (JK, TA.)
―
2-b2- And
رَقَبَهُ, (Msb, K,) aor. as above, (TA,)
inf. n.
رُقُوبٌ, (Msb,)
He guarded, kept, preserved,
or
took care of, it; was mindful, or
regardful, of
it; (Msb, K;) namely, a thing; (TA;) as also
↓
راقبهُ, inf. n.
مُرَاقَبَةٌ and
رِقَابٌ; (K;) [and ↓
ترقّبهُ.]
You say also
أَنَا أَرْقُبُ لَكُمُ ٱللَّيْلَةَ I will guard, or
keep watch, for you to-night. (A.) ―
2-b3- And
He
regarded it; paid regard, or
consideration, to it.
(Bd and Jel in ix. 8.) You say,
مَا لَكَ لَا تَرْقُبُ
ذِمَّةَ فُلَانٍ [
What aileth thee that thou wilt not
regard the inviolable right or
due, &c.,
of such a
one?]. (A. [This phrase is there mentioned as
proper, not tropical.]) ―
2-b4- And (tropical:)
He feared him;
(A;) and so ↓
راقبهُ; (S, A, Mgh;) namely, God;
(S, Mgh;)
فِى أَمْرِهِ [
in his affair]; (S;) because
he who fears looks for, or expects, punishment
(
يَرْقُبُ العِقَابَ): (A, Mgh:) or
رَاقَبْتُ ↓
ٱللّٰهَ signifies (assumed tropical:)
I feared the punishment of God. (Msb.)
↓
رِقْبَةٌ [as inf. n. of
رَقَبَ app. used intransitively,
or perhaps as a simple subst.,] signifies (assumed tropical:) The
fearing, or
being afraid [of a person or thing]: or
fear: and also (assumed tropical:) the
guarding oneself; being
watchful, vigilant, or
heedful: or
self-guardance;
&c. (K, TA. [See this word below.]) ―
2-b5- And you
say,
بَاتَ يَرْقُبُ النُّجُومَ and ↓
يُرَاقِبُهَا, like
يَرْعَاهَا and
يُرَاعِيهَا (tropical:) [i. e.
He passed the night watching the
stars and waiting for the time when they would
disappear]. (A, TA.) IAar cites the following
saying of one describing a travelling-companion
of his:
يُرَاقِبُ ↓ النَّجْمَ رِقَابَ الحُوتِ
meaning (tropical:)
He watches (↓
يَرْتَقِبُ)
the star, or
asterism, with vehement desire for departure, like
the [
watching with]
vehement desire of the fish
for water. (TA.) [See also
رَقِيبٌ.] ＝
1-A2-
رَقَبَ فُلَانًا
He put the rope [or
a rope]
upon the رَقَبَة [i. e.
neck, or
base of the hinder part of the neck, &c.,]
of such a one. (K.) ＝
1-A3-
رَقِبَ, [aor.
رَقَبَ ,] inf. n.
رَقَبٌ,
(TA,) or this is a simple subst., (K,)
He was, or
became, thick in the رَقَبَة [or
neck, &c.]. (TA.)