رتب

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of firmness, stability, and established position. It extends to ideas of permanence, rank, and even hardship or intensity.

Derived headwords

رَتَبَverb

1.
to be firmboth
To be fixed and unmoving.

رُتُوبًاnoun

1.
firmnessclassical
The state of being firm and unmoving.

تَرَتَّبَverb

1.
to be arrangedboth
To be fixed or established in order.

تَرْتِيبٌnoun

1.
arrangementboth
The act of arranging or the state of being arranged; order.

تَرَتُّبٌnoun

1.
permanenceclassical
Something established and fixed.

تَرَتُّبًاnoun

1.
permanentlyclassical
Used adverbially to mean 'permanently' or 'forever'.

تَرَتُّبَةٌnoun

1.
pathclassical
A path or track that is trodden upon.

رُتْبَةٌnoun

1.
rankboth
A position or status; a grade or degree.

مَرْتَبَةٌnoun

1.
rankboth
A position or status; a grade or degree.

رَتَبٌnoun

1.
hardshipclassical
Difficulty and intensity of life.
2.
inclineclassical
An elevated part of the land; rocks close together, some higher than others.
3.
gapclassical
The space between fingers.
4.
clenched fistclassical
Making four fingers into a closed fist.

أَرَْتَبَverb

1.
to ask after wealthclassical
To ask for something after having been wealthy.

رَتْبَاءُadjective

1.
uprightclassical
A she-camel that is upright in its gait.

Parallel reading

رَتَبَ رُتُوبًا: ثَبَتَ وَلَمْ يَتَحَرَّكْ

He was firm, not moving.

كَـتَرَتَّبَ

Like 'to be arranged'.

وَرَتَّبْتُهُ أَنَا تَرْتِيبًا

And I arranged it.

وَالتَّرَتُّبُ: الشَّيْءُ الْمُقِيمُ الثَّابِتُ

And 'tarattub' is the established, firm thing.

وَكَجُنْدَبٍ: الْأَبَدُ

And like 'jundab': eternity.

وَالْعَبْدُ السُّوءُ

And the bad slave.

وَالتُّرَابُ

And the dust.

وَكَذَا: جَاءُوا تَرَتُّبًا: جَمِيعًا

And likewise: they came 'tarattuban': all together.

وَاتَّخَذَ تَرَتَّبَةً، كَطَرْطَبَةٍ، أَيْ: شِبْهَ طَرِيقٍ يَطَؤُهُ

And he took a 'tarattabah', like 'tartabah', meaning: a sort of path that is trodden.

وَالرُّتْبَةُ، بِالضَّمِّ، وَالْمَرْتَبَةُ: الْمَنْزِلَةُ

And 'rutbah', with dammah, and 'martabah': the station or rank.

وَالرَّتَبُ، مُحَرَّكَةً: الشِّدَّةُ وَالْانْصِبَابُ

And 'ratab', with vowel movement: hardship and pouring down.

وَمَا أَشْرَفَ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ

And what is elevated from the land.

وَالصُّخُورُ الْمُتَقَارِبَةُ بَعْضُهَا أَرْفَعُ مِنْ بَعْضٍ

And close rocks, some of them higher than others.

وَغِلَظُ الْعَيْشِ

And the harshness of life.

وَالْفَوْتُ بَيْنَ الْخِنْصَرِ وَالْبِنْصَرِ

And the gap between the little finger and the ring finger.

وَأَنْ تَجْعَلَ أَرْبَعَ أَصَابِعَكَ مَضْمُومَةً

And to make your four fingers closed.

وَالرَّتْبَاءُ: النَّاقَةُ الْمُنْتَصِبَةُ فِي سَيْرِهَا

And 'ratbaa': the she-camel that is upright in its gait.

وَأَرْتَبَ إِرْتَابًا: سَأَلَ بَعْدَ غِنًى

And 'artaba irtaaban': he asked after wealth, i.e., after having been rich.