Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

4 ارتّهُ ذ He (God) caused him to have, in his speech, or utterance, what is termed رُتَّةٌ. (S, K.)

R. Q. 1 رَتْرَتَ ذ He reiterated, by reason of an impediment in his speech, in uttering the letter ت (IAar, T, K) &c. (IAar, T.)

رَتٌّ ذ The swine that assaults or attacks [ men ]: (T, TA:) or a thing [meaning an animal ] resembling the wild swine: (M, TA:) pl. رِتَّةٌ, (T,) or رِتَتَةٌ, (TA,) and رُتُوتٌ: (S, M, TA:) or رُتُوتٌ signifies [simply] swine: (S, K:) in some of the copies of the S, wild swine: (TA:) or boars: (M:) or boars in which is strength and boldness: (A:) it has been asserted that no one but Kh has mentioned it. (IDrd, M.) ― -b2- [Hence, (in the TA said to be بالضمّ, but this is a mistranscription for بِالفَتْحِ,]) (tropical:) A chief (IAar, T, S, A, K) in eminence, or nobility, and in bounty, or gifts: (IAar, T:) pl. رُتُوتٌ (IAar, T, S, A, K) and رُتَّانٌ. (K.) You say, هُوَ مَنْ رُتُوتِ النَّاسِ (tropical:) He is of the lords of mankind. (A.) And هٰؤُلَاآءِ رُتُوتُ البَلَدِ (tropical:) These are the lords of the town, or country. (TA.)

رُتَّةٌ ذ A vitiousness, or an impediment, in speech or utterance, so that one does not speak distinctly: (S, A, K:) or a hastiness therein, (M, Mgh,) and a want of distinctness: or the changing of ل into ى: (M:) or an impediment in speech or utterance: (Msb:) or, accord. to Mbr, what resembles wind, impeding the commencement of speech, until, when somewhat thereof comes forth, it becomes continuous: it is an inborn habit, and is often found in persons of elevated, or noble, rank: (T, Mgh, Msb:) or, as some say, it is a reiterating of a word, preceded by the breath: or the incorporating of one letter into another (اـِدْغَامٌ) when this should not be done: (Msb:) or a vitious and faulty kind of repetition, in the tongue. (AA, TA.)

رُتَّى ذ A woman who changes, in pronunciation, س into ث, or ر into غ or ل, and the like; or who changes one letter into another; syn. لَثْغَاآءُ. (AA, T, K.) [See also what follows.]

أَرَتُّ ذ A man having in his speech, or utterance, what is termed رُتَّةٌ: (T, S, A, Mgh, Msb:) accord. to 'Abd-Er-Rahmán, whose word, or speech, is held back, and is preceded by his breath: (Mgh:) or having an impediment in his speech, so that his tongue will not obey his will: (TA:) fem. رَتَّاآءُ: (Msb:) and pl. رُتٌّ. (A, Msb.) [See also رُتَّى.]

1 رَتَبَ ذ , (T, S, M, &c.,) aor. رَتُبَ , inf. n. رُتُوبٌ, (S, M, Msb, K, *) It (a thing, S, M, Msb) was, or became, constant, firm, steady, steadfast, stable, fixed, fast, settled, established, (S, M, A, Msb, K,) and stationary, or motionless; (S, * M, A, * Msb, * K;) as also ↓ ترتّب. (M, K.) Also, said of a thing, (T,) of a كَعْب [i. e. cockal-bone, or die], [aor. and] inf. n. as above, (S, M, A, TA,) and of a man, (M, TA,) aor. as above, inf. n. رَتْبٌ, (M,) or رَتَبٌ, (K, * TA,) It, and he, stood erect, or upright; (T, S, M, A, TA; [but in some copies of the K, الاِنْصِبَابُ is erroneously put for الاِنْتِصَابُ as the explanation of الرَّتَبُ;]) and (TA) so ↓ ارتب, (K, TA, [but this I rather think to be a mistranscription,]) said of a man: mentioned in the T as on the authority of IAar. (TA. [But in the T, I find only رَتَبَ in this sense.]) So in the saying, رَتَبَ رُتُوبَ الكَعْبِ فِى المَقامِ الصَّعْبِ [ He stood erect like as does the cockal-bone, or the die, in the difficult standingplace ]: (S, * A, TA:) occurring in a trad. of Lukmán Ibn-'Ád. (TA.) And رَتَبَ فِى الصَّلَاةِ He stood erect in prayer. (A.) [Or] رَتَبَ said of a man, [aor. رَتُبَ ,] inf. n. رَتْبٌ and رُتُوبٌ, signifies He remained, stayed, dwelt, or abode, in the town, or country: and also he stood firm. (Msb.) And you say also, رَتَبَ فِى الأَمْرِ [ He was constant, firm, &c., in the affair ]. (A.)

2 رتّب ذ , (S, M, A, &c.,) inf. n. تَرْتِيبٌ, (S, K,) He made, or rendered, (a thing, S, M, or things, A,) constant, firm, steady, steadfast, stable, fixed, fast, settled, established, and stationary, or motionless. (S, * M, Msb, K.) You say, رتّب الطَّلَائِعَ فِى المَرَاتِبِ [ He stationed the scouts upon the مراتب]. (A. See مَرْتَبَةٌ.) ― -b2- He set things in order, disposed them regularly, arranged them, or classified them. (MA.) You say, رتّب الرُّتَبَ [ He set in order, regularly disposed, arranged, classified, distributed, or appointed, the stations, posts of honour, &c.]. (TA voce أَصَّلَ.) ― -b3- [Hence,] تَرْتِيبٌ is sometimes used as signifying The mode of construction termed لَفٌّ وَنَشْرٌ [ when it is regularly disposed: see art. لف]. (Har p. 383.) ― -b4- [Also The prescribing, or observing, a particular order in any performance; as, for instance, in the ablution termed الوُضُوْء.] ― -b5- And The drawing of omens, one after another. (KL.)

4 ارتب الكَعْبَ ذ , (T, M, A,) inf. n. اـِرْتَابٌ, (T,) said of a boy, (T, M, A,) He made the كعب [i. e. cockal-bone, or die, ] to stand erect, or upright: (T, * A:) or he made the كعب firm, or steady. (M.) -A2- ارتب as an intrans. v.: see 1. -A3- Also, inf. n. as above, He became a beggar, after having been rich, or in a state of competence. (IAar, T, K. [Perhaps formed by transposition from أَتْرَبَ.]) -A4- And He invited distinguished persons to his food, or banquet. (T.)

5 ترتّب ذ : see 1, first sentence. ― -b2- [Also, as quasi-pass of 2, It was, or became, set in order, regularly disposed, arranged, or classified. ― -b3- And ترتّب عَلَيْهِ It was consequent upon it; it resulted, or accrued, from it. ]

رَتْبٌ ذ : see the next paragraph.

رَتَبٌ ذ The steps of stairs. (M, TA.) ― -b2- Rocks near together, some of them higher than others: (M, K:) [a coll. gen. n.:] n. un. ↓ رَتَبَةٌ; mentioned on the authority of Yaakoob as [written ↓ رُتَبٌ,] with damm to the ر and fet-h to the ت. (M.) ― -b3- Elevated ground, (S, K,) like a بَرْزَخ [or bar, or an obstruction, between two things: app. a coll. gen. n. in this sense also; n. un. with ة; for] you say ↓ رَتَبَةٌ and رَتَبٌ like as you say دَرَجَةٌ and دَرَجٌ. (S.) ― -b4- Hardness, or difficulty: (S, A, K:) coarseness, hardness, or difficulty, of life or living: (M, K: *) fatigue, weariness, embarrassment, or trouble; as also ↓ مَرْتَبَةٌ. (M.) You say, مَا فِى عَيْشِهِ رَتَبٌ (T, S, M, A) There is no hardness, or difficulty, in his life or living: (S, A:) or no coarseness, hardness, or difficulty. (M.) And مَا فِى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ رَتَبٌ, and ↓ مَرْتَبَةٌ, There is no fatigue, weariness, embarrassment, or trouble, in this affair. (M.) And مَا فِى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ رَتَبٌ وَلا عَتَبٌ There is not in this affair any hardness, or difficulty: (S:) or any fatigue, or trouble: (T:) i. e. it is easy, and rightly disposed. (T, A.) -A2- Also The space between the little finger and that next to it, namely, the third finger, [ when they are extended apart: ] and the space between the third finger and the middle finger [ when they are so extended ]: (M, K:) or the space between the fore finger and the middle finger [ when they are so extended ]: sometimes written and pronounced ↓ رَتْبٌ: (S, TA:) [or it is a coll. gen. n.; and] ↓ رَتَبَةٌ [is the n. un., and] signifies the space between [ any two of ] the fingers. (TA in art. رتق. [See also بُصْمٌ.]) It denotes also The [ space that is measured by ] putting the four fingers close together. (K. [See also عَتَبٌ.])

رُتْبَةٌ ذ A single step of stairs or of a ladder; (MA;) [and so ↓ مَرْتَبَةٌ, as appears from what follows:] pl. of the former رُتَبٌ (MA) [and رُتَبَاتٌ, for Az says that] رُتْبَةٌ signifies one of the رُتَبَات of stairs: (T:) [the pl. of مَرْتَبَةٌ is مَرَاتِبُ.] You say, رَقِىَ فِى رُتَبِ الدَّرَجِ and ↓ مَرَاتِبِهَا [ He ascended the steps of the stairs ]. (A.) ― -b2- [Hence,] also, (S, M, A, * Msb, K,) and ↓ مَرْتَبَةٌ, (T, S, M, A, K, TA,) [or] from رَتَبَ signifying “ he stood erect, ” (TA,) (tropical:) A station, or standing; a post of honour; rank; condition; degree; dignity; or office; (T, S, M, A, Msb, K, TA;) with, or at the courts of, kings; and the like: (T, TA:) or a high station, &c.: (TA:) pl. of the former رُتَبٌ; (A, * Msb, TA;) and of the latter ↓ مَرَاتِبُ. (A, TA.) You say, هُوَ فِى أَعْلَى الرُّتَبِ (tropical:) [ He is in the highest of stations, &c.]: and عِنْدَ ↓ لَهُ مَرْتَبَةٌ السُّلْطَانِ (tropical:) [ He has a station, &c., or high station, &c., with, or at the court of, the Sultán ]: and ↓ هُوَ مِنْ أَهْلِ المَرَاتِبِ (tropical:) [ He is of the people of high stations, &c.]. (A, TA.) ― -b3- [رُتْبَةٌ also signifies The order of the proper relative places of things; as, for instance, of the words in a sentence.] ― -b4- See also the pl. رُتَبٌ in the next preceding paragraph.

رَتَبَةٌ ذ n. un. of رَتَبٌ, which see in three places. (S, * M.)

رَتْبَاآءُ ذ A she-camel erect in her pace. (T, K.)

رَاتِبٌ ذ (Msb) and ↓ تُرْتُبٌ and ↓ تُرْتَبٌ (M, K) and ↓ تَرْتُبٌ (M) A thing constant, firm, steady, steadfast, stable, fixed, fast, settled, established, stationary, or motionless: (M, Msb, K: [the third of these words, in this sense, is mentioned in the T in art. ترب: but see the next paragraph:]) and the first, standing erect, or upright; (T, TA;) applied to a thing, (T,) to a كَعْب [i. e. cockal-bone, or die], and to a man. (TA.) You say أَمْرٌ رَاتِبٌ A thing, or an affair, continual, or uninterrupted, (دَارٌّ.) constant, firm, steady, &c.: and ↓ أَمْرٌ تُرْتَبٌ, the latter word of the measure تُفْعَلٌ, with damm to the ت and fet-h to the ع, a thing, or an affair, constant, firm, steady, &c. (S.) And عِزٌّ رَاتِبٌ Might, high rank or condition, or the like, constant, firm, &c. (A.) And عَيْشٌ رَاتِبٌ Constant, or continual, (M, TA,) fixed, settled, or established, (TA,) means of subsistence. (M, TA.) And مَا زِلْتُ عَلَى هٰذَا رَاتِبًا I ceased not to be, or to do, thus constantly; as also رَاتِمًا; in which, IJ says, the م is app. a substitute for ب, because we have not heard رَتَمَ used like رَتَبَ; but it may be radical, from الرَّتِيمَةُ. (M.) ― -b2- [رَاتِبٌ in the modern language, used as a subst., signifies A set pension, salary, and allowance; a ration; and any set office, or task: and so رَاتِبَةٌ; pl. رَوَاتِبُ.]

تُرْتَبٌ ذ and تُرْتُبٌ and تَرْتُبٌ: see the next preceding paragraph, in four places. ― -b2- You say also, جَاؤُوا تُرْتَبًا and تُرْتُبًا, meaning They came all together. (K.) And a poet says, (M,) namely, Ziyád Ibn-Zeyd El-'Odharee, (TA,) وَكَانَ لَنَا فَضْلٌ عَلَى النَّاسِ تُرْتَبَا meaning [ And we possessed excellence above the people ] all together: (M, TA:) thus accord. to the reading commonly known: but, as some relate it, وَكَانَ لَنَا حَقًّا عَلَى النَّاسِ تُرْتَبَا i. e. [ And it was a just claim that we had upon the people, ] settled, or established. (TA.) The first ت in تُرْتَبٌ is augmentative, because there is no word like جُعْفَرٌ; and the derivation also is an evidence of this, for the word is from الشَّىْءُ الرَّاتِبُ. (M.) -A2- Also the second of these three words, (T in art. ترب, and M, and L,) or the first of them, (K,) A bad slave: (T, K:) or a slave whom three persons inherit, one after another; because of his continuance in slavery: [it being a common custom for a man to make a good slave free at his death:] mentioned by Th. (M.) ― -b2- Also the second, (Th, M, K,) and the first, (K,) Dust, or earth; syn. تُرَابٌ: (Th, M, K:) because of its long endurance. (Th, M.) ― -b3- And the first, i. q. أَبَدٌ [ Time, or duration, or continuance, or existence, without end; &c.: or the right reading may perhaps be اآبِدٌ, i. e. remaining constantly, &c.]. (K.)

أَخَذَ فُلَانٌ تُرْتُبَّةً ذ Such a one took what was like a road, to tread it. (K, * TA.)

مَرْتَبَةٌ ذ , and its pl. مَرَاتِبُ: see رُتْبَةٌ, in six places. ― -b2- Accord. to As, it signifies A place of observation, which is the summit of a mountain, or the upper part thereof: (S:) accord. to Kh, (S,) the مَرَاتِب in mountains and in deserts (صَحَارٍ) are [ structures such as are termed ] أَعْلَام [pl. of عَلَمٌ, q. v.,] upon which are stationed (↓ تُرَبُ) scouts, or spies: (T, S:) or places to which scouts ascend, in, or upon, mountains. (A.) ― -b3- The pl. also signifies Narrow and rugged parts of valleys. (TA from a trad.) ― -b4- And the sing., Any difficult station or position. (M.) ― -b5- See also رَتَبٌ, in two places. ― -b6- [In post-classical works, and in the language of the present day, it is applied to A mattress, upon which to sit or recline or lie; such as is spread upon a couch-frame or upon the ground. ]

1 رَتَجَ ذ , inf. n. رَتْجٌ: see 4. -A2- رَتِجَ, (K,) or رَتِجَ فِى مَنْطِقَهِ, (S, A, Msb,) aor. رَتَجَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. رَتَجٌ, (Msb, TA,) (tropical:) He was, or became, impeded in his speech, unable to speak, or tonguetied; (S, A, * Msb, K;) as also عَلَيْهِ ↓ أُرْتِجَ, (A, K,) and عليه ↓ اُرْتُتِجَ, and عليه ↓ اُسْتُرْتِجَ. (K.) You say, عَلَى القَارِىءِ ↓ أُرْتِجَ, (S, Mgh, Msb,) and على الخَطِيبِ, (Mgh,) (tropical:) The reader, or reciter, (S, Mgh, Msb,) and the orator, or preacher, (Mgh,) was unable to read, or recite, (S, Msb,) as though he were prevented doing so, (Msb,) or as though a thing were closed against him like as a door is closed; (S;) or was, or became, impeded in his reading, or recitation, and his oration, or sermon, and unable to complete it; (Mgh;) from أَرْتَجَ البَابَ: (Mgh, Msb: [see 4:]) and عَلَيْهِ ↓ اُرْتُتِجَ signifies the same: (S: [in my copy of the Msb, “ ارتيج, of the same measure as اقتيل, in the pass. form: ” but this is evidently a mistranscription, for اُرْتُتِجَ, of the same measure as اُقْتُتِلَ:]) one should not say اُرْتُجَّ عليه: (S: [but it seems that those who pronounced the verb with teshdeed said اِرْتَجَّ: see art. رج:]) this is sometimes said; but some disallow it: (Msb:) the vulgar say it; and accord. to some, it may be correct as meaning “ he fell into confusion. ” (Mgh.) You say also, عَلَيْهِ ↓ صَعِدَ المِنْبَرَ فَأُرْتِجَعَلَى (tropical:) He ascended the pulpit, and was, or became, impeded in his speech, unable to speak, or tonguetied. (A.) And عَلَى فُلَانٍ ↓ أُرْتِجَ (tropical:) Such a one was unable to finish a saying, or poetry, that he desired to utter. (TA.) And فِى كَلَامِهِ رَتَجٌ (tropical:) In his speech is a reiterating, by reason of an impediment, or inability to say what he would. (A, TA.) -A3- رَتَجَ, inf. n. رَتَجانٌ, He (a child) walked a little, at his first beginning to walk; or walked with a weak gait; crept along; or walked slowly. (K, TA.)

4 ارتج البَابَ ذ , (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) inf. n. اـِرْتَاجٌ; (Msb;) and ↓ رَتَجَهُ, (K,) inf. n. رَتْجٌ; but As allows only the former verb; (TA;) i. q. أَغْلَقَهُ, [which means He locked the door, and also he shut, or closed, the door, but the former appears to be the signification here intended, from what follows,] (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) so as to make it fast, or firm: (A, Mgh, Msb:) so says Az, after Lth: and, by extension of the signification, he shut, or closed, the door, without locking it. (Mgh.) It is said in a trad., اـِنَّ أَبْوَابَ السَّمَاآءِ تُفْتَحُ عِنْدَ زَوَالِ الشَّمْسِ فَلَا تُرْتَجُ حَتَّى يُصَلَّى الظُّهْرُ, (Mgh, * and “ Jámi' es-Sagheer ” of EsSuyootee,) i. e. [ Verily the gates of Heaven are opened at the declining of the sun from the meridian, ] and are not closed nor locked [ until the noon-prayer has been performed ]. (Mgh.) ― -b2- [Hence,] أُرْتِجَ عَلَيْهِ الأَمْرُ (assumed tropical:) The affair was as though it were closed against him, so that he knew not the way to engage in it, or execute it; syn. اِسْتَبْهَمَ عَلَيْهِ. (TA in art. بهم.) ― -b3- See also 1, in four places. ― -b4- [Hence also,] أَرْتَجَتْ (tropical:) She (a camel) closed her womb against the seed (S, A, K, TA) of the stallion, (TA,) having become pregnant. (A.) ― -b5- And (assumed tropical:) She (an ass) became pregnant. (K.) ― -b6- And (tropical:) She (a hen) had her belly full of eggs. (S, A, * K.) ― -b7- Also أَرْتَجَ (assumed tropical:) It (the sea) became raised into a state of commotion, and covered everything with the abundance of its water, (K, TA,) and the voyager upon it found no way of escape from it. (TA.) ― -b8- (assumed tropical:) It (snow) was continual, and covered [ the land ]. (K.) ― -b9- (assumed tropical:) It (abundance of herbage) was universal over the land, (K, TA,) leaving no part thereof wanting. (TA.) And أَرْتَجَتِ السَّنَةُ (assumed tropical:) The year of drought involved every part in sterility, (K, TA,) so that man found no way of escape. (TA.)

8 اـِرْتَتَجَ see 1, in two places.

10 اـِسْتَرْتَجَ see 1, second sentence.

سِكَّةٌ رِتْجٌ ذ (tropical:) [ A street that is closed; ] that has no place of egress. (A, K.) مَالٌ رِتْجٌ (tropical:) Property to which there is no access; (A, TA;) contr. of طِلْقٌ, (K, TA,) which is likewise with kesr; (TA; [in the CK طَلْق;]) as also غِلْقٌ. (K, TA.)

رَتَجٌ ذ : see what next follows.

رِتَاجٌ ذ A door: (TA:) or a great door; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) as also ↓ رَتَجٌ: (S A, K:) or a door locked, or shut or closed, (S, Mgh, K,) having a small door, or wicket: (S, K:) or it signifies also a door that is locked, or shat or closed: (Msb:) pl. رُتُجٌ and رَتَائِجُ, and, accord. to MF, أَرْتَاجٌ, but this is irreg., and he has given no authority for it. (TA.) Hence رِتَاجُ الكَعْبَةِ [ The door of the Kaabeh ]: (S, TA:) and (tropical:) the Kaabeh itself: (A, * TA:) and [hence also] الِرّتَاجُ is (tropical:) a name of Mekkeh. (K, TA.) جَعَلَ مَالَهُ فِى رِتَاجِ الكَعْبَةِ, (A, Mgh, Msb, TA,) occurring in a trad., (Mgh, TA,) means, (A, Msb, TA,) or is said to mean, (Mgh,) (tropical:) He made his property, or cattle, a votive offering to be taken to the Kaabeh; (A, Mgh, Msb;) not the door itself; (Mgh;) the Kaabeh being thus called because by the door one enters it. (TA.) ― -b2- Also (tropical:) The part of the womb that closes upon the fœtus; as being likened to a door. (L.) ― -b3- أَرْضٌ ذَاتُ رِتَاجٍ occurs in a trad. [app. as meaning (assumed tropical:) A land having a place of ingress that is, or may be, closed: or it may mean a land having in it rocks: see رِتَاجَةٌ, of which رِتَاجٌ may be a coll. gen. n.]. (TA.) -A2- نَاقَةٌ رِتَاجُ الصَّلَا (assumed tropical:) A she-camel firm or compact [ in the middle of the back, or in the part on either side of the tail, &c.]. (K.)

رِتَاجَةٌ ذ sing. of رَتَائِجُ, which signifies Rocks. (K.) ― -b2- Also Any narrow شِعْب [or mountainroad, &c.]; as though it were closed, by reason of its narrowness. (L.)

مُرْتَجٌ ذ A door, and a chamber, or house, locked, or shut or closed, (مُغْلَقٌ,) so as to be made fast, or firm. (A.)

مُرْتِجٌ ذ , applied to a she-camel, (tropical:) Pregnant; because the mouth of her womb becomes closed against the seed of the stallion: (T, A, * TA:) applied also to a she-ass, in the same sense: (TA:) pl. مَرَاتِجُ and مَرَاتِيجُ. (A, TA.)

مِرْتَاجٌ ذ A thing with which a door is closed, or made fast; syn. مِغْلَاقٌ; (S;) [app. a kind of latch: ] it is affixed behind the door, in the part next to the lock. (Ibn-'Abbád, TA in art. عربض.)

مَرَاتِجُ ذ Narrow roads or paths: (S, A, K:) the sing. is not mentioned. (TA.)

1 رَتَعَ ذ , aor. رَتَعَ , inf. n. رُتُوعٌ (S, Msb, K) and رَتْعٌ (Msb, K) and رِتَاعٌ, (IAar, K,) He (a beast) pastured at pleasure; (Msb;) he (a beast, S, TA) ate (S, K) and drank (K) what he pleased, (S, K,) and came and went in the pasturage, by day, (TA,) amid abundance of herbage, and plenty: (K:) or (tropical:) he ate and drank plentifully and pleasantly, in land of seed-produce and fruitfulness, of green herbs or leguminous plants and of waters: (Lth, K, TA:) or (tropical:) he ate (IAar, K) and drank (K) with great greediness. (IAar, K.) In its primary acceptation, it is said of a beast. (TA.) ― -b2- It is metaphorically said of a man, as meaning (tropical:) He ate much; accord. to El-Isbahánee in the Mufradát, and the A and the B. (TA.) ― -b3- You say, رَتَعَ فُلَانٌ فِى مَالِ فُلَانٍ (tropical:) Such a one acted as he pleased in eating and drinking the property of such a one. (TA.) ― -b4- And خَرَجْنَا نَلْعَبُ وَنَرْتَعُ (tropical:) We went forth [ playing, or sporting, and enjoying ourselves; or] enjoying ourselves; and playing, or sporting. (S, TA. *) It is said in the Kur [xii. 12], (TA,) accord. to different readings, (K, TA,) أَرْسِلْهُ مَعَنَا غَدًا يَرْتَعْ وَيَلْعَبْ (tropical:) [ Send thou him with us to-morrow ] that he may play, or sport, and enjoy himself: or the meaning is, that he may walk [ abroad at his pleasure ] and become cheerful in countenance, or dilated in heart: (TA:) and وَيَلْعَبُ ↓ نُرْتِعْ that we may put our beasts to eat and drink what they please, amid abundance of herbage, and plenty, [or to pasture at pleasure, ] and he shall play: (K, TA:) and the reverse, (K,) يُرْتِعْ وَنَلْعَبُ, (TA,) i. e. that he may put our beasts to eat and drink &c., and we will play together: (K, TA:) and with ن in each case. (K.) ― -b5- And it is said in a trad., مَنْ يَرْتَعْ حَوْلَ الحِمَى يُوشِكْ أَنْ يَخَالِطَهُ, i. e. (assumed tropical:) He who goes round about [ the prohibited place of pasturage will soon enter into it ]. (TA.) ― -b6- And in another trad., اـِذَا مَرَرْتُمْ بِرِيَاضِ الجَنَّةِ فَا@رْتَعُوا, meaning (tropical:) [ When ye pass by a scene of ] the commemoration of the praises of God, enter ye thereinto; the entering thereinto being thus likened to the eating and drinking what one pleases, amid abundance of herbage. (TA.)

4 ارتع ذ He put his camels [ to pasture at pleasure; (see 1;) or] to eat (S, K) and drink (K) what they pleased, (S, K,) amid abundance of herbage, and plenty: (K: [in which it is implied that the verb may have this signification or others agreeable with explanations in the first sentence of this art.:]) or he pastured his camels, or put them to pasture, by themselves. (TA.) See the ex. in the Kur-án cited above. ― -b2- Hence, (tropical:) He ruled, or governed, his subjects well; [as though] leaving them to satiate themselves in the pasturage. (TA.) ― -b3- It (a party of men) lighted upon abundance of herbage, and pastured. (TA.) ― -b4- It (rain) produced, or gave growth to, herbage in which the camels might pasture at pleasure, or eat and drink what they pleased, amid abundance thereof and plenty. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b5- ارتعت الأَرْضُ The land became abundant in herbage. (TA.)

رَتَعٌ ذ [app. an inf. n., of which the verb (رَتِعَ) is not mentioned, and perhaps not used,] The leading a plentiful and pleasant and easy life. (TA.) [See also رَتْعَةٌ.]

رَتِعٌ ذ sing. of رَتِعُونَ, q. v. voce مُرْتِعٌ: ― -b2- and applied to herbage: see مُرْتِعٌ.

رَتْعَةٌ ذ Abundance of herbage; or of the goods, conveniences, and comforts, of life; fruitfulness; plenty: and a state of ampleness in respect thereof: (K:) a subst. from 1. (TA.) Hence the prov., القَيْدُ وَالرَّتْعَةُ, and ↓ الرَّتَعَةُ; (K;) the former on the authority of Fr, and the latter from some other, accord. to the O; but in the L, the latter is ascribed to Fr; (TA;) [ Bonds and plenty; the latter word] meaning الخَصْبُ: said by 'Amr Ibn-Es-Saak: he had been taken prisoner by Shákir Ibn-Rabee'ah, a tribe of Hemdán, who treated him well; and when he left his people, he was slender; then he fled from Shákir; and when he came to his people, they said, “ O 'Amr, thou wentest forth from us slender, and now thon art corpulent; ” and he replied in the words above. (K.)

رَتَعَةٌ ذ : see what next precedes.

رَتَّاعٌ ذ One who seeks, with his camels, after the places of pasturage abounding with herbage, one after another. (TA.)

رَاتِعٌ ذ A camel, (S, K,) or beast, pasturing at his pleasure; (Msb;) or eating (S, K,) and drinking (K) what he pleases, (S, K,) and coming and going in the pasturage, by day, (TA,) amid abundance of herbage, and plenty; (K;) [part. n. of 1, q. v.:] pl. رِتَاعٌ (S, Msb, K) and رُتَّعٌ and رُتُعٌ and رُتُوعٌ. (K.) ― -b2- You say also قَوْمٌ رَاتِعُونَ. (S.) See مَرْتِعٌ.

رَأَيْتُ أَرْتَاعًا مِنَ النَّاسِ ذ I saw a multitude of men. (Sgh, K.)

مَرْتَعٌ ذ A place of pasturing: (KL:) [or of unrestrained and plentiful pasturing; ] a place where beasts pasture at pleasure; (Msb;) where they eat (S, K) and drink (K) what they please, (S, K,) going and coming therein, by day, (TA,) amid abundance of herbage, and plenty: (K:) [see 1:] pl. مَرَاتِعُ. (Msb.) ― -b2- [And Pasture itself:] one says, أَكَلُوا مَرْتَعَ الأَرْضِ [ They consumed, or ate, the pasture of the land ]. (M in art. ردم.)

مُرْتِعٌ ذ One who leaves his travelling-camels to pasture at their pleasure, or to eat and drink what they please, coming and going in the pasturage, by day, amid abundance of herbage, and plenty. (TA.) ― -b2- (tropical:) A man having abundance of herbage, or of the goods or conveniences and comforts of life, not lacking anything that he may desire. (K, TA.) You say also قَوْمٌ مُرْتِعُونَ ↓ رَاتِعُونَ, meaning (assumed tropical:) A people, or company of men, who are scarcely ever without abundance of herbage, or of the goods or conveniences and comforts of life; syn. مَخَاصِيبُ; and ↓ قَوْمٌ رَتِعُونَ, after the manner of a rel. n., like طَعِمٌ: and in like manner ↓ رَتِعٌ is applied to herbage [as meaning scarcely ever other than abundant, or generally abundant ]. (TA.) ― -b3- Rain that produces, or gives growth to , herbage in which the camels may pasture at pleasure, or eat and drink what they please, amid abundance thereof and plenty. (S, Msb.) ― -b4- أَرْضٌ مُرْتِعَةٌ Land in which the beasts eagerly desire to satiate themselves. (Sh.)

1 رَتَقَ ذ , aor. رَتُقَ (S, L, Msb) and رَتِقَ , (L,) inf. n. رَتْقٌ, (S, M, L, Msb, K,) He closed up, (M, Msb, TA,) and repaired, (M, TA,) a rent: (S, M, Msb, TA:) [ he sewed up, or together: see رِتَاقٌ:] الرَّتْقُ is the contr. of الفَتْقُ. (S, K.) ― -b2- [Hence,] one says, رَتَقَ فَتْقَهُمْ, meaning (tropical:) [ He closed up the breach that was between them; he reconciled them; or] he reformed, or amended, the circumstances subsisting between them. (TA.) -A2- رَتِقَتْ, aor. رَتَقَ , (IKoot, Msb, TA,) inf. n. رَتَقٌ, (S, Mgh, Msb, TA,) in the K, erroneously, رَتَقَةٌ, (TA,) She was, or became, such as is termed رَتْقَاآء; (IKoot, S, Mgh, Msb, K;) said of a woman, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) or of a girl, and also of a camel. (IKoot, Msb.)

8 ارتتق ذ It was, or became, closed up, (S, Msb, K,) [and repaired; and sewed up, or together; ] said of a rent: (S, Msb:) and also of the vulva of a woman. (S, * TA.)

رَتْقٌ ذ i. q. ↓ مَرْتُوقٌ [and مَرْتُوقَةٌ, &c., being originally an inf. n.; i. e. Closed up, and repaired; applied to a rent; and so ↓ رَتَقٌ]. (TA.) كَانَتَا رَتْقًا فَفَتَقْنَاهُمَا, in the Kur [xxi. 31, lit. They (the heavens and the earth) were closed up, and we rent them ], is from الرَّتْقُ as the contr. of الفَتْقُ: (S:) accord. to Ibn-'Arafeh, it means they were closed up, without any interstice, and we rent them by the rain and by the plants: accord. to Az, it means they were a heaven closed up and an earth closed up, and we rent them into seven heavens and seven earths: Lth says that the heavens were closed up, no rain descending from them; and the earth was closed up, without any fissure therein; until God rent them by the rain and the plants: Zj says that رَتْقًا is for ذَوَاتَىْ رَتْقٍ: (TA:) and he says that the heaven and the earth were united, and God rent them by the air, which He placed between them: (TA in art. فتق:) some read ↓ رَتَقًا, for شَيْئًا رَتَقًا, meaning مَرْتُوقًا. (Bd.)

رَتَقٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph, in two places. -A2- It is [also] pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of ↓ رَتَقَةٌ, syn., accord. to the copies of the K, with رُتْبَةٌ, but correctly with رَتَبَةٌ, which signifies The space between [ any two of ] the fingers: mentioned [in the JK, where I find the correct reading, and] by Ibn-'Abbád. (TA.)

رَتَقَةٌ ذ : see what next precedes.

رَتْقَاآءُ ذ , applied to a woman, (AHeyth, S, Mgh, Msb, K,) or to a girl, (Lth,) [and also to a she-camel, (see 1, last sentence,)] Impervia coëunti; (S, Msb, K;) having the meatus of the vagina closed up: (S, * Msb:) or having no aperture except the مَبَال [or meatus urinarius ]: (Lth, Mgh, K:) or having the فَرْج so drawn together that the ذَكَر can hardly, or not at all, pass. (AHeyth.)

رِتَاقٌ ذ [ A garment composed of ] two pieces of cloth sewed together (يُرْتَقَانِ) by their borders. (Lth, S, K.) Hence the saying of a rájiz, جَارِيَ بَيْضَاآءُ فِى رِتَاقِ تُدِيرُ طَرْفًا أَكْحَلَ المَاآقِى [ A fair girl in a رتاق, turning about eyes black in the inner angles. ] (Lth, S. *)

رُتُوقٌ ذ Inaccessableness, or unapproachableness; (مَنَعَةٌ, [in some copies of the K, الخنعة is erroneously put for المَنَعَةُ,]) and might; and high, or elevated, rank. (Ibn-'Abbád, K, TA.)