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Arabic dictionary

Dictionary Habib Anthony Salmone, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary (1889)

Entry رقب

رَقَبَ(n. ac. رِقْبَة رَقَاْبَة رُقُوْب رِقْبَاْن) a. Watched, waited for; awaited; expected. b. Watched, observed; regarded. c. Watched over, guarded, minded, took care of. d. Bound by the neck. رَاْقَبَa. see I (b) (c). أَرْقَبَa. Gave to for life. تَرَقَّبَa. see I (a) (b). إِرْتَقَبَa. see I (a) (b). c. Was on the watch, on the look-out. رِقْبَةa. Observation. b. Circumspection, cautiousness; vigilance. c. Fear, timidity. رُقْبَةa. Leopard-trap, pit. رَقَبa. Thickness of the neck. رَقَبَة (pl. رَقَب أَرْقُب رِقَاْب 23) a. Neck; nape of the neck. b. Slave, serf, bondsman. مَرْقَب مَرْقَبَة 17t (pl. مَرَاْقِبُ) a. Watch-tower. رَقِيْب (pl. رُقَبَآءُ) a. Watcher, guardian, keeper. b. Rising, when an opposite star is setting ( star ). c. (pl. رُقُب رَقِيْبَات), Venomous serpent رَقَّاْبَةa. Care-taker, person in charge.