رطل

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

The root رطل primarily relates to the concept of weighing and measuring, specifically a unit of weight. It extends to describe qualities of being soft, relaxed, weak, or immature, both for people and animals. It also encompasses the act of styling or softening hair.

Derived headwords

الرَّطْلُnoun

1.
unit of weightboth
A unit of weight or measure, equivalent to twelve ounces according to some, or half a man (a man's weight being approximately 640 dirhams).

أَرْطَالnoun

1.
units of weightboth
The plural form of رطل, referring to multiple units of weight.

رَطَلَverb

1.
to weighboth
To weigh something to determine its weight.

ورطله يرطله رطلا، بالتخفيف، إذا رازه ووزنه ليعلم كم وزنه — And he weighed it, to weigh it, with lightness, if he tested and weighed it to know its weight.

رَطْلadjective

1.
soft, relaxedboth
Describing a person who is soft, relaxed, or weak.
2.
immatureclassical
Describing someone who is approaching puberty or whose bones have not yet hardened.
3.
weak and slowclassical
Describing someone who is weak and slow, or large and weak.
4.
foolishclassical
Describing a foolish person.

وغلام رطل ورطل: قضيف — And a boy, rṭl and raṭl: slender.

والرطل: المسترخي من الرجال — And ar-raṭl: the relaxed one among men.

ورجل رطل ورطل: إلى اللين والرخاوة — And a man, raṭl and raṭl: inclined to softness and relaxation.

وأنشد لآخر: غليم رطل وشيخ دامر — And he recited for another: A young boy, raṭl, and an old man, dāmir.

ورجل رطل: أحمق، والأنثى بالهاء — And a man, raṭl: foolish, and the feminine with ha.

رَطْلَةadjective

1.
soft, relaxed (fem.)both
The feminine form of رطل, describing a female who is soft, relaxed, or weak.
2.
immature (fem.)classical
The feminine form of رطل, describing a female who is approaching puberty or whose bones have not yet hardened.
3.
weak and slow (fem.)classical
The feminine form of رطل, describing a female who is weak and slow, or large and weak.
4.
foolish (fem.)classical
The feminine form of رطل, describing a foolish female.

والأنثى من كل ذلك رطلة ورطلة — And the female of all of that is raṭlah and raṭlah.

رِطْلadjective

1.
light (horse)classical
Describing a horse that is light and swift.

وفرس رطل: خفيف، بالكسر لا غير — And a horse, riṭl: light, with kasra, and nothing else.

وأنشد: تراه كالذئب خفيفا رطلا — And he recited: You see him like a wolf, light, riṭl.

رِطْلَةadjective

1.
light (mare)classical
Describing a mare that is light and swift.

وأبو عبيد: فرس رطل، والأنثى رطلة، والجمع رطال، وهو الضعيف الخفيف — And Abu Ubaid: a horse, riṭl, and the female, riṭlah, and the plural, riṭāl, and it is the weak, light one.

رِطَالnoun

1.
light horsesclassical
The plural of رطل, referring to multiple light and swift horses.

تَرْطِيلnoun

1.
softening hairboth
The act of softening and styling hair, typically with oil.

وترطيل الشعر: تدهينه وتكسيره — And tarṭīl of hair: oiling it and styling it.

وأما الترطيل فهو أن يلين شعره بالدهن والمسح حتى يلين ويبرق — And as for tarṭīl, it is to soften one's hair with oil and wiping until it becomes soft and shiny.

وهو تليينه بالدهن وما أشبهه — It is softening it with oil and the like.

رَطَّلَverb

1.
to soften hairboth
To soften and style hair, usually by applying oil.

ورطل شعره: لينه بالدهن وكسره وثناه — And he styled his hair: he softened it with oil, styled it, and bent it.

وابن الأعرابي: رطل شعره إذا أرخاه وأرسله من قولهم رجل رطل إذا كان مسترخيا — And Ibn al-A'rabi: he styled his hair if he loosened it and let it flow, from their saying a man is raṭl if he is relaxed.

الرَّطْلُnoun

1.
custom, traditionclassical
A custom or tradition, specifically in the context of marriage dowry.

الحربي: السنة في النكاح رطل — Al-Harbi: The custom in marriage is a raṭl.

الرَّطِيلَاءname

1.
place nameclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific place.

والرطيلاء: موضع — And ar-Ruṭaylā': a place.

الرَّطْلُnoun

1.
scale, balanceclassical
A scale or balance used for weighing.

الرطل والرطل: الذي يوزن به ويكال — Ar-raṭl and ar-raṭl: that by which one weighs and measures.

الرَّطْلُnoun

1.
scale, balanceclassical
A scale or balance used for weighing.

الليث: الرطل مقدار من، وتكسر الراء فيه — Al-Layth: Ar-raṭl is a measure of man, and the ra is broken in it.

الرَّطْلُnoun

1.
scale, balanceclassical
A scale or balance used for weighing.

الجوهري: الرطل والرطل نصف منا — Al-Jawhari: Ar-raṭl and ar-raṭl is half a man.

الرَّطْلُnoun

1.
scale, balanceclassical
A scale or balance used for weighing.

والأوقية مكيال أيضا — And the ounce is also a measure.

الرَّطْلُnoun

1.
scale, balanceclassical
A scale or balance used for weighing.

قال أبو منصور: السنة في النكاح ثنتا عشرة أوقية ونش، والنش عشرون درهما، فذلك خمسمائة درهم — Abu Mansur said: The custom in marriage is twelve ounces and a nush, and the nush is twenty dirhams, so that is five hundred dirhams.

الرَّطْلُnoun

1.
scale, balanceclassical
A scale or balance used for weighing.

روي ذلك عن عائشة، رضي الله عنها، قالت: كان صداق رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، لأزواجه اثنتي عشرة أوقية ونشا — This was narrated from Aisha, may God be pleased with her, she said: The dowry of the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, for his wives was twelve ounces and a nush.

الرَّطْلُnoun

1.
scale, balanceclassical
A scale or balance used for weighing.

وورد في حديث عمر، رضي الله عنه: اثنتا عشرة أوقية ولم يذكر النش — And it was mentioned in the hadith of Umar, may God be pleased with him: twelve ounces, and the nush was not mentioned.

الرَّطْلُnoun

1.
scale, balanceclassical
A scale or balance used for weighing.

قال ابن الأعرابي: الرطل ثنتا عشرة أوقية بأواقي العرب، والأوقية أربعون درهما، فذلك أربعمائه وثمانون درهما — Ibn al-A'rabi said: The raṭl is twelve ounces by the ounces of the Arabs, and the ounce is forty dirhams, so that is four hundred and eighty dirhams.

الرَّطْلُnoun

1.
scale, balanceclassical
A scale or balance used for weighing.

رواه ابن السكيت بكسر الراء؛ قال ابن أحمر الباهلي: لها رطل تكيل الزيت فيه — Ibn al-Sikkit narrated it with kasra on the ra; Ibn Ahmar al-Bahili said: She has a raṭl in which she measures oil.

رَطْلadjective

1.
soft, relaxedboth
Describing a person who is soft, relaxed, or weak.
2.
immatureclassical
Describing someone who is approaching puberty or whose bones have not yet hardened.
3.
weak and slowclassical
Describing someone who is weak and slow, or large and weak.
4.
foolishclassical
Describing a foolish person.

وأنشد لآخر: ولا أقيم للغلام الرطل — And he recited for another: And I will not stand for the raṭl boy.

رَطْلadjective

1.
soft, relaxedboth
Describing a person who is soft, relaxed, or weak.
2.
immatureclassical
Describing someone who is approaching puberty or whose bones have not yet hardened.
3.
weak and slowclassical
Describing someone who is weak and slow, or large and weak.
4.
foolishclassical
Describing a foolish person.

وأنشد ابن بري لعمران بن حطان: موثق الخلق لا رطل ولا سغل — And Ibn Burri recited for Imran bin Hattan: Firmly created, not raṭl nor saghl.

Parallel reading

الرطل والرطل: الذي يوزن به ويكال؛ رواه ابن السكيت بكسر الراء؛ قال ابن أحمر الباهلي: لها رطل تكيل الزيت فيه، ... وفلاح يسوق بها حمارا

Ar-raṭl and ar-raṭl: that by which one weighs and measures; Ibn al-Sikkit narrated it with kasra on the ra; Ibn Ahmar al-Bahili said: She has a raṭl in which she measures oil, ... and a farmer driving a donkey with it.

قال ابن الأعرابي: الرطل ثنتا عشرة أوقية بأواقي العرب، والأوقية أربعون درهما، فذلك أربعمائه وثمانون درهما، وجمعه أرطال.

Ibn al-A'rabi said: The raṭl is twelve ounces by the ounces of the Arabs, and the ounce is forty dirhams, so that is four hundred and eighty dirhams, and its plural is arṭāl.

الحربي: السنة في النكاح رطل، وشرحه كما شرحه ابن الأعرابي؛

Al-Harbi: The custom in marriage is a raṭl, and its explanation is as Ibn al-A'rabi explained it;

قال أبو منصور: السنة في النكاح ثنتا عشرة أوقية ونش، والنش عشرون درهما، فذلك خمسمائة درهم؛

Abu Mansur said: The custom in marriage is twelve ounces and a nush, and the nush is twenty dirhams, so that is five hundred dirhams;

روي ذلك عن عائشة، رضي الله عنها، قالت: كان صداق رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، لأزواجه اثنتي عشرة أوقية ونشا ؛

This was narrated from Aisha, may God be pleased with her, she said: The dowry of the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, for his wives was twelve ounces and a nush;

وورد في حديث عمر، رضي الله عنه: اثنتا عشرة أوقية ولم يذكر النش، والأوقية مكيال أيضا.

And it was mentioned in the hadith of Umar, may God be pleased with him: twelve ounces, and the nush was not mentioned, and the ounce is also a measure.

الليث: الرطل مقدار من، وتكسر الراء فيه.

Al-Layth: Ar-raṭl is a measure of man, and the ra is broken in it.

الجوهري: الرطل والرطل نصف منا.

Al-Jawhari: Ar-raṭl and ar-raṭl is half a man.

ورطله يرطله رطلا، بالتخفيف، إذا رازه ووزنه ليعلم كم وزنه.

And he weighed it, to weigh it, with lightness, if he tested and weighed it to know its weight.

وغلام رطل ورطل: قضيف.

And a boy, rṭl and raṭl: slender.

والرطل: المسترخي من الرجال.

And ar-raṭl: the relaxed one among men.

الأزهري: الرطل، بالفتح، الرجل الرخو اللين.

Al-Azhari: Ar-raṭl, with fatha, is the soft, gentle man.

والرطل والرطل أيضا: الذي راهق الاحتلام، وقيل الذي لم تشتد عظامه.

And ar-raṭl and ar-raṭl also: one who is approaching puberty, or it is said one whose bones have not yet hardened.

ورجل رطل ورطل: إلى اللين والرخاوة، وهو أيضا الكبير الضعيف، وكذلك هو من الخيل، والأنثى من كل ذلك رطلة ورطلة؛

And a man, raṭl and raṭl: inclined to softness and relaxation, and he is also the large and weak one, and likewise it is from horses, and the female of all of that is raṭlah and raṭlah;

وأنشد ابن بري لعمران بن حطان: موثق الخلق لا رطل ولا سغل

And Ibn Burri recited for Imran bin Hattan: Firmly created, not raṭl nor saghl

وأنشد لآخر: ولا أقيم للغلام الرطل

And he recited for another: And I will not stand for the raṭl boy.

وأنشد لآخر: غليم رطل وشيخ دامر

And he recited for another: A young boy, raṭl, and an old man, dāmir.

وترطيل الشعر: تدهينه وتكسيره.

And tarṭīl of hair: oiling it and styling it.

ورطل شعره: لينه بالدهن وكسره وثناه.

And he styled his hair: he softened it with oil, styled it, and bent it.

وأما الترطيل فهو أن يلين شعره بالدهن والمسح حتى يلين ويبرق.

And as for tarṭīl, it is to soften one's hair with oil and wiping until it becomes soft and shiny.

ابن الأعرابي: رطل شعره إذا أرخاه وأرسله من قولهم رجل رطل إذا كان مسترخيا.

Ibn al-A'rabi: he styled his hair if he loosened it and let it flow, from their saying a man is raṭl if he is relaxed.

وفي حديث الحسن: لو كشف الغطاء لشغل محسن بإحسانه ومسيء بإساءته عن تجديد ثوب أو ترطيل شعر ؛

And in the hadith of Al-Hasan: If the cover were lifted, a doer of good would be occupied with his good deeds and a doer of evil with his evil deeds, to the exclusion of renewing a garment or styling hair;

وهو تليينه بالدهن وما أشبهه.

It is softening it with oil and the like.

وفرس رطل: خفيف، بالكسر لا غير.

And a horse, riṭl: light, with kasra, and nothing else.

أبو عبيد: فرس رطل، والأنثى رطلة، والجمع رطال، وهو الضعيف الخفيف؛

Abu Ubaid: a horse, riṭl, and the female, riṭlah, and the plural, riṭāl, and it is the weak, light one;

وأنشد: تراه كالذئب خفيفا رطلا

And he recited: You see him like a wolf, light, riṭl.

ورجل رطل: أحمق، والأنثى بالهاء.

And a man, raṭl: foolish, and the feminine with ha.

والرطل: العدل، بفتح الراء.

And ar-raṭl: the scale, with fatha on the ra.

والرطيلاء: موضع.

And ar-Ruṭaylā': a place.