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رتن

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to mixing or blending, specifically in the context of food preparation. It describes the act of mixing dough with fat and the resulting product, a bread enriched with fat.

Derived headwords

الرتنnoun
  1. 1.
    mixingboth

    The act of mixing or blending.

مرتنةnoun
  1. 1.
    fatty breadclassical

    A type of bread that has been enriched or made with fat.

رتنverb
  1. 1.
    to mixclassical

    To mix or blend ingredients, particularly dough with fat.

Parallel reading

الرتن: الخلط
Al-ratn: mixing.
ومنه المرتنة
And from it is al-martanah.
الرتن خلط العجين بالشحم
Al-ratn is mixing the dough with fat.
والمرتنة الخبزة المشحمة
And al-martanah is the fatty bread.
ونسب الأزهري هذا القول إلى الليث
And Al-Azhari attributed this saying to Al-Layth.
وآمن أن يكون الصواب المرثنة، بالثاء، من الرثان وهي الأمطار الخفيفة
And I do not feel safe that the correct reading is al-marthanah, with a tha', from al-rathan, which are light rains.
فكأن ترثينها ترويتها بالدسم
As if their watering is their moistening with fat.