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ءرط

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a specific type of desert shrub, the 'arṭā tree. Derived meanings extend to the plant's properties, its consumption by animals, and metaphorically to infertile men.

Derived headwords

الأرطىnoun
  1. 1.
    Arṭā treeboth

    A type of desert shrub found in sandy areas.

مأروطadjective
  1. 1.
    Tanned (with arṭā)classical

    Refers to a hide or skin that has been tanned using the arṭā plant.

مرطىadjective
  1. 1.
    Tanned (with arṭā)classical

    An alternative form referring to a hide tanned with the arṭā plant.

مأروطadjective
  1. 1.
    Eating arṭāclassical

    Describes a camel that habitually eats the arṭā plant.

أرطويadjective
  1. 1.
    Eating arṭāclassical

    An adjective describing an animal, specifically a camel, that consumes the arṭā plant.

الاريطnoun
  1. 1.
    Infertile manclassical

    A man who is sterile or unable to have children.

أرطتverb
  1. 1.
    To grow arṭāclassical

    The land produced or grew the arṭā plant.

Parallel reading

الأرطى: شجر من شجر الرمل.
The arṭā: a tree from the trees of the sand.
إذا دبغ بذلك.
If it was tanned with that.
مال إلى أرطاة حقف فاضطجع
He leaned towards an arṭā tree on a sand dune and lay down.
ألا أيها المكاء ما لك ههنا * ألاء ولا أرطى فأين تبيض
O hoopoe, what are you doing here? There are no trees or arṭā, so where will you lay eggs?
فأصعد إلى أرض المكاكى واجتنب * قرى الشام لا تصبح وأنت مريض
So ascend to the land of the hoopoes and avoid * the settlements of Sham, lest you wake up sick.
بعير مأروط وأرطوي
A camel that eats arṭā and is arṭā-eating.
إذا كان يأكل الأرطى.
If it was eating the arṭā.
الاريط من الرجال: العاقر.
The arayṭ from among men: the sterile one.
ماذا ترجين من الاريط
What do you hope for from the sterile man?
ليس بذى حزم ولا سفيط
He is not one of resolve nor of substance.
وأرطت الارض: أخرجت الارطى.
And the land produced arṭā: it brought forth the arṭā.