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ر ب ص (rā bā ṣād) arabic root word meaning.


There are 17 words derived from this root in the Quran.
    The triliteral root rā bā ṣād (ر ب ص) occurs 17 times in the Quran, in three derived forms:
    • 13 times as the form V verb tarabbaṣ (تَرَبَّصْ)
    • 1 times as the form V verbal noun tarabbuṣ (تَرَبُّص)
    • three times as the form V active participle mutarabbiṣ (مُّتَرَبِّص)



to wait, lay in wait, stick, watch for an opportunity, an expectation, desist from (with 'an), watch for something, befall anyone, one who waits, one who withholds, or collects and withholds (e.g. wheat or the like, waiting for a time of dearness).

All words derived from rā bā ṣād root word

WordMeaningArabic
(2:226:5) tarabbuṣu
(is a) waiting (of)		تَرَبُّصُ
(2:228:2) yatarabbaṣna
shall wait		يَتَرَبَّصْنَ
(2:234:6) yatarabbaṣna
(the widows) should wait		يَتَرَبَّصْنَ
(4:141:2) yatarabbaṣūna
are waiting		يَتَرَبَّصُونَ
(9:24:24) fatarabbaṣū
then wait		فَتَرَبَّصُوا
(9:52:3) tarabbaṣūna
you await		تَرَبَّصُونَ
(9:52:9) natarabbaṣu
[we] await		نَتَرَبَّصُ
(9:52:19) fatarabbaṣū
So wait		فَتَرَبَّصُوا
(9:52:22) mutarabbiṣūna
(are) waiting		مُتَرَبِّصُونَ
(9:98:8) wayatarabbaṣu
and he awaits		وَيَتَرَبَّصُ
(20:135:3) mutarabbiṣun
(is) waiting		مُتَرَبِّصٌ
(20:135:4) fatarabbaṣū
so await		فَتَرَبَّصُوا
(23:25:7) fatarabbaṣū
so wait		فَتَرَبَّصُوا
(52:30:4) natarabbaṣu
we wait		نَتَرَبَّصُ
(52:31:2) tarabbaṣū
Wait		تَرَبَّصُوا
(52:31:6) l-mutarabiṣīna
those who wait		الْمُتَرَبِّصِينَ
(57:14:10) watarabbaṣtum
and you awaited		وَتَرَبَّصْتُمْ
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