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رتق

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root 'ratq' (رتق) primarily denotes the concept of joining, mending, or closing something that was previously separated or open. It is often used in contrast to 'fatq' (فتق), meaning to split or open. The root encompasses ideas of healing, sealing, and the state of being joined or closed.

Derived headwords

رَتَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to mend, to joinboth

    To join or mend something that was split or open, to close a gap.

  2. 2.
    to heal, to become joinedboth

    To become healed or joined together, referring to a wound or a separation.

رَتَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to be joined, to be closedboth

    The passive form, indicating that something has been joined or closed.

رَتَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to be joined, to become healedboth

    The intransitive form, indicating that something has become joined or healed.

رَتْقnoun
  1. 1.
    joining, mendingboth

    The act of joining, mending, or closing something that was split or open. It is the opposite of 'fatq' (فتق).

  2. 2.
    healingboth

    The process of becoming healed or joined together.

  3. 3.
    darknessclassical

    Used to describe darkness, particularly in a primordial sense.

رَتْقnoun
  1. 1.
    joined, mendedboth

    The state of being joined, mended, or closed.

رَتْقَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    closed, joined (female)classical

    Describes a woman whose labia are so tightly joined that sexual intercourse is difficult or impossible.

رَتْقَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    closed, joined (opening)classical

    Describes an opening, such as a vulva, that is tightly closed or joined.

رَتَقَnoun
  1. 1.
    joined, mended (cloud)classical

    Describes a cloud that is dense and joined together, often implying it will bring rain.

رَتَقnoun
  1. 1.
    darknessclassical

    Darkness, often used in a primordial context.

رَتَقnoun
  1. 1.
    gap between fingersclassical

    The space or gap between the fingers.

رَتَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    two sewn garmentsclassical

    Two garments that are sewn together along their edges.

Parallel reading

الرتق: ضد الفتق.
Joining: the opposite of splitting.
الرتق إلحام الفتق وإصلاحه.
Joining is the mending and repairing of a split.
رتقه يرتقه ويرتقه رتقا فارتتق أي التأم.
He joined it, he joins it, he joined it with joining, so it became joined, meaning it healed.
يقال: رتقنا فتقهم حتى ارتتق
It is said: We joined their split until it became healed.
أولم ير الذين كفروا أن السماوات والأرض كانتا رتقا ففتقناهما
Do the disbelievers not see that the heavens and the earth were joined together, and We split them apart?
كانت السموات رتقا لا ينزل منها رجع، وكانت الأرض رتقا ليس فيها صدع
The heavens were joined, with no rain descending from them, and the earth was joined, with no crack in it.
فتقت السماء بالقطر والأرض بالنبت
He split the sky with rain and the earth with plants.
والرتق الظلمة.
And 'ratq' is darkness.
خلق الله الليل قبل النهار، وقرأ: كانتا رتقا ففتقناهما
Allah created the night before the day, and he recited: 'They were joined together, and We split them apart.'
هل كان إلا ظلة أو ظلمة؟
Was it not but a shadow or darkness?
والراتق: الملتئم من السحاب
And 'ar-ratiq' is the joined mass of clouds.
يضيء سناه راتق متكشف
Its radiance illuminates a joined, revealing cloud.
رتقت المرأة رتقا، وهي رتقاء بينة الرتق: التصق ختانها فلم تنل لارتتاق ذلك الموضع منها، فهي لا يستطاع جماعها.
The woman joined, with joining, and she is clearly joined: her labia adhered so that that place did not yield to its joining, so intercourse with her is not possible.
الرتقاء المرأة المنضمة الفرج التي لا يكاد الذكر يجوز فرجها لشدة انضمامه.
Al-ratqā' is the woman with a closed vulva, whose vulva is so tightly joined that the penis can hardly pass through it.
وفرج أرتق: ملتزق
And an 'artaq' vulva: adhered.
والرتاق: ثوبان يرتقان بحواشيهما
And 'ar-ritāq': two garments that are sewn together at their edges.
جارية بيضاء في رتاق
A white maiden in two sewn garments.
والرتق والرتق: خلل ما بين الأصابع.
And 'ar-ratq' and 'ar-ratq': the gaps between the fingers.