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رتع

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of grazing and feeding freely, often implying abundance and a state of ease or enjoyment. It extends to concepts of playing, luxuriating, and the places where such activities occur, particularly for livestock.

Derived headwords

رَتَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to graze freelyboth

    Livestock grazed at will, eating whatever they desired.

  2. 2.
    to luxuriate and playclassical

    To live in ease, abundance, and enjoyment, often accompanied by play and merriment.

رَتُوعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    free grazingclassical

    The act of grazing freely and abundantly, as livestock do when eating what they wish.

رَاتِعadjective
  1. 1.
    grazingboth

    Describing livestock that are grazing freely and eating abundantly.

  2. 2.
    luxuriatingclassical

    Living in a state of ease, abundance, and enjoyment.

رُتَّاعnoun
  1. 1.
    grazersclassical

    A collective noun for animals that graze freely, the plural of 'rat'i'.

رَاتِعُونَnoun
  1. 1.
    those who luxuriateclassical

    People who live in a state of ease, abundance, and enjoyment.

مَرْتَعnoun
  1. 1.
    grazing placeboth

    A place where livestock graze freely and abundantly.

  2. 2.
    place of easeclassical

    A place or state of comfort, abundance, and enjoyment.

أَرَْتَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to let graze freelyboth

    To allow livestock to graze at will, eating whatever they desire.

  2. 2.
    to cause to luxuriateclassical

    To provide the means for someone or something to live in ease and abundance.

مُرْتَعُونَnoun
  1. 1.
    those who are allowed to grazeclassical

    People or animals who are permitted to graze freely.

Parallel reading

رتعت الماشية ترتع رتوعا
The livestock grazed freely, eating what they wished.
أي أكلت ما شاءت
Meaning, they ate what they wished.
خرجنا نرتع ونلعب
We went out to luxuriate and play.
أي ننعم ونلهو
Meaning, to live in ease and amusement.
إبل رتاع
Camels that are grazing freely.
جمع راتع
Plural of 'rat'i' (grazing).
مثل نيام جمع نائم
Like 'niyam' (sleeping ones), the plural of 'na'im' (sleeping).
وقوم راتعون
And people who are luxuriating.
والموضع مرتع
And the place is a grazing ground.
وأرتع إبله فرتعت
He let his camels graze freely, and they grazed.
وقوم مرتعون
And people who are allowed to graze freely.
وأرتع الغيث
And the rain caused abundance.
أي أنبت ما ترتع فيه الابل
Meaning, it caused to grow what the camels graze upon.