رضب

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of saliva, particularly when it is thick, viscous, or dripping. It extends to describe sweet, pleasant liquids, and by extension, things that are sweet or pleasant like snow, sugar, or honey. It also relates to rain and a type of plant.

Derived headwords

الرِّضَابnoun

1.
Salivaboth
What a person licks or sucks from their saliva, as if they are absorbing it. It can also refer to the saliva that has become thick and spread out.
2.
Sweet liquidclassical
Pieces of snow, sugar, and hail. It can also refer to the foam or froth of honey.
3.
Musk fragmentsclassical
Pieces or fragments of musk, or fine particles of musk.
4.
Dew dropletsclassical
What drips from dew onto trees.

كأني أنظر إلى رضاب بزاق رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم — As if I am looking at the thick saliva of the Messenger of God, peace be upon him.

رَضِبَverb

1.
To lick/sip salivaclassical
To lick or sip saliva, especially when it is thick or viscous.
2.
To rain heavilyclassical
The rain fell heavily.

يَرْضَبُهُverb

1.
To lick/sip salivaclassical
He licks or sips saliva, especially when it is thick or viscous.

وقد رضب ريقها يرضبه رضبا — And he licked her saliva, he licks it with a licking.

تَرَضَّبَهُverb

1.
To lick/sip salivaclassical
To lick or sip saliva, especially when it is thick or viscous.

وترضبه: رشفه — And he licked it: he sipped it.

المَرَاضِبnoun

1.
Sweet salivasclassical
Sweet salivas, referring to pleasant and fresh saliva.

والمراضب: الأرياق العذبة — And the sweet salivas: the fresh salivas.

ماءٌ رَضَابadjective

1.
Sweet waterclassical
Sweet and pleasant water.

ماء رضاب: عذب — Sweet water: fresh.

الرَّضْبnoun

1.
The actclassical
The act or action itself, referring to the licking or sipping of saliva.

والرضب: الفعل — And the act: the action.

رَضَاب الثَّلْجnoun

1.
Hailstonesclassical
Pieces of hail, or hail in general.

ويقال لحب الثلج: رضاب الثلج وهو البرد — And hailstones are called 'ridhab al-thaj', which is hail.

الرَّاضِبadjective

1.
Heavy rainclassical
Heavy, falling rain.

والمطر الراضب: السح — And the falling rain: the heavy rain.

رَضَبَ المَطَرverb

1.
To rain heavilyclassical
The rain fell heavily.

وقد رضب المطر — And the rain has fallen heavily.

أَرْضَبَverb

1.
To rain heavilyclassical
The rain fell heavily.

كأن مزنا مستهل الإرضاب — As if clouds beginning to rain heavily.

رَضَبَتِ السَّمَاءverb

1.
To rain heavilyclassical
The sky rained heavily.

رضبت السماء — The sky rained heavily.

رَاضِبَةnoun

1.
A type of Sidr treeclassical
A single plant of the Sidr tree, from the type called 'radhib'.

والراضب: ضرب من السدر، واحدته راضبة ورضبة — And the radhib: a type of Sidr tree, its singular is radhibah and radbah.

رَضْبَةnoun

1.
A type of Sidr treeclassical
A single plant of the Sidr tree, from the type called 'radhib'.

والراضب: ضرب من السدر، واحدته راضبة ورضبة — And the radhib: a type of Sidr tree, its singular is radhibah and radbah.

رَضَبَتِ الشَّاةverb

1.
To be few (sheep)classical
The sheep were few in number.

ورضبت الشاة كربضت، قليلة — And the sheep were few, like the fewness of sheep.

Parallel reading

ما يرضبه الإنسان من ريقه كأنه يمتصه

What a person licks from their saliva as if they are absorbing it.

وإذا قبل جاريته رضب ريقها

And if he kissed his slave girl, he licked her saliva.

كأني أنظر إلى رضاب بزاق رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم

As if I am looking at the thick saliva of the Messenger of God, peace be upon him.

البزاق: ما سال؛ والرضاب منه: ما تحبب وانتشر

The spittle: what flows; and the ridhab from it: what has become thick and spread out.

والرضاب: الريق؛ وقيل: الريق المرشوف

And the ridhab: the saliva; and it was said: the licked saliva.

وقيل: هو تقطع الريق في الفم، وكثرة ماء الأسنان

And it was said: it is the breaking up of saliva in the mouth, and the abundance of tooth water.

والمراضب: الأرياق العذبة

And the maradhb: the fresh salivas.

والرضاب: قطع الثلج والسكر والبرد، قاله عمارة بن عقيل

And the ridhab: pieces of snow, sugar, and hail, said 'Imarah ibn 'Uqayl.

والرضاب: لعاب العسل، وهو رغوته

And the ridhab: the saliva of honey, which is its froth.

ورضاب المسك: قطعه

And the ridhab of musk: its pieces.

وإذا تبسم، تبدي حببا، ... كرضاب المسك بالماء الخصر

And when he smiled, he showed pearls, ... like the fragments of musk in cool water.

ورضاب الفم: ما تقطع من ريقه

And the ridhab of the mouth: what has broken off from his saliva.

ورضاب الندى: ما تقطع منه على الشجر

And the ridhab of dew: what has broken off from it onto the trees.

ماء رضاب: عذب

Sweet water: fresh.

كالنحل في الماء الرضاب، العذب

Like bees in the sweet, fresh water.

وقيل: الرضاب هاهنا: البرد

And it was said: the ridhab here means: hail.

ويقال لحب الثلج: رضاب الثلج وهو البرد

And hailstones are called 'ridhab al-thaj', which is hail.

والمطر الراضب: السح

And the falling rain: the heavy rain.

خناعة ضبع، دمجت في مغارة، ... وأدركها، فيها، قطار وراضب

A cunning hyena, entered a cave, ... and it reached it, in it, a downpour and heavy rain.

كأن مزنا مستهل الإرضاب، ... روى قلاتا، في ظلال الألصاب

As if clouds beginning to rain heavily, ... watering cisterns, in the shade of the rocks.

رضبت السماء وهضبت

The sky rained heavily and poured down.

مطر راضب أي هاطل

A falling rain, meaning pouring.

والراضب: ضرب من السدر، واحدته راضبة ورضبة

And the radhib: a type of Sidr tree, its singular is radhibah and radbah.

ورضبت الشاة كربضت، قليلة

And the sheep were few, like the fewness of sheep.