رتع

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of abundant eating and drinking, especially in lush pastures, implying a state of ease, prosperity, and plentiful resources. It extends to describe a place of such abundance and can also refer to a large quantity of people.

Derived headwords

رَتَعَverb

1.
to graze abundantlyboth
To eat and drink as much as one wishes in a place of lushness and abundance, or to eat and drink plentifully in fertile countryside.

رَتَعًاnoun

1.
abundant eating and drinkingclassical
The act of eating and drinking abundantly, especially in a state of prosperity and ease.

رُتُوعًاnoun

1.
abundance and easeclassical
A state of plentifulness and ease, particularly in fertile lands.

رِتَاعًاnoun

1.
abundance and easeclassical
A state of plentifulness and ease, particularly in fertile lands.

رَاتِعٌadjective

1.
grazing abundantlyboth
Describing an animal, especially a camel, that is eating and drinking plentifully in lush pastures.

جمل راتع من إبل رتاع — A camel grazing abundantly from a herd of plentifully grazing camels

رُتَّعٌnoun

1.
abundanceclassical
A state of plentifulness and ease, similar to 'رتوع'.

أَرَْتَعَverb

1.
to let graze abundantlyboth
To allow one's animals to graze and drink plentifully in fertile land.
2.
to cause to prosperclassical
To cause a place to become fertile and abundant, enabling plentiful grazing.

وقد أرتع فلان إبله — And so-and-so let his camels graze abundantly

نَرْتَعُverb

1.
we grazeboth
The first-person plural present tense of 'رَتَعَ', meaning 'we eat and drink abundantly'.

نرتع، ويلعب — We graze, and he plays

الرَّتْعَةُnoun

1.
abundance and prosperityclassical
Plentifulness and ease, especially in fertile lands.

القيد والرتعة — Captivity and abundance

مَرْتَعٌnoun

1.
place of grazingboth
A place where animals graze and eat abundantly.
2.
place of abundanceboth
A place characterized by plentiful resources and prosperity.

وفلان مرتع — And so-and-so is a place of abundance

أَرْتاعٌnoun

1.
multitudeclassical
A large number of people.

ورأيت أرتاعا من الناس — And I saw a multitude of people

أَرْتَعُname

1.
Arta'classical
A nickname given to Amr ibn Mu'awiyah, ancestor of Imru' al-Qais, because people would ask him about the fertility of his land and he would respond by indicating specific fertile locations.

أرتعنا في أرضك — Let us graze abundantly in your land

أَرَْتَعَverb

1.
to grow abundantlyclassical
Used for rain causing abundant growth in pastures where animals can graze.

أرتع الغيث: أنبت ما ترتع فيه الإبل — The rain caused abundant growth: it made grow what the camels can graze on.

Parallel reading

أكل، وشرب ما شاء في خصب وسعة، أو هو الأكل والشرب رغدا في الريف أو بشره.

To eat and drink as much as one wishes in lushness and abundance, or to eat and drink plentifully in fertile countryside or its environs.

وجمل راتع من إبل رتاع، كنائم ونيام

And a camel grazing abundantly from a herd of plentifully grazing camels, like a sleeping person and sleeping people.

وقد أرتع فلان إبله

And so-and-so let his camels graze abundantly.

نرتع، ويلعب

We graze, and he plays.

أي: نرتع نحن دوابنا ويلعب هو

Meaning: We let our animals graze abundantly, and he plays.

أي: يرتع هو دوابنا ونلعب جميعا

Meaning: He lets our animals graze abundantly, and we all play.

والرتعة: الاتساع في الخصب

And 'al-rat'ah': abundance in fertility.

ومننه المثل: "القيد والرتعة"

And from it is the proverb: 'Captivity and abundance'.

فقال: القيد والرتعة، أي: الخصب.

So he said: Captivity and abundance, meaning: fertility.

وفلان مرتع، أي: مخصب لا يعدم شيئا يريده.

And so-and-so is a place of abundance, meaning: fertile, lacking nothing he desires.

ورأيت أرتاعا من الناس، أي: كثرة.

And I saw a multitude of people, meaning: a large number.

ولقب به لأنه كان يقال له: أرتعنا في أرضك، فيقول: قد أرتعت مكان كذا وكذا.

And he was nicknamed thus because it was said to him: Let us graze abundantly in your land, and he would say: I have made such-and-such a place fertile for grazing.

أرتع الغيث: أنبت ما ترتع فيه الإبل.

The rain caused abundant growth: it made grow what the camels can graze on.