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رتم

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

The root رتم (r-t-m) primarily relates to tying, binding, or marking something, often for remembrance or as a sign. It extends to concepts of breaking or crushing, and also refers to a specific type of tree and its associated customs.

Derived headwords

الرتيمةnoun
  1. 1.
    a string tied to the finger to remember a needboth

    a string tied to the finger to remember a need

الرتمةnoun
  1. 1.
    with a silent 'tāʾ'both

    with a silent 'tāʾ'

  2. 2.
    with two 'fatḥas': a type of treeboth

    with two 'fatḥas': a type of tree

أرتمتverb
  1. 1.
    To tie a markerclassical

    To tie a marker string (رتيمة) to someone, likely as a reminder or a symbolic act.

إرتاماnoun
  1. 1.
    Tying a markerclassical

    The act of tying a marker string (رتيمة).

الرتائمnoun
  1. 1.
    Marker stringsclassical

    Plural of رتيمة, referring to multiple marker strings.

رتمnoun
  1. 1.
    the plural is ratamboth

    the plural is ratam

رتمverb
  1. 1.
    the plural is ratamboth

    the plural is ratam

رتمnoun
  1. 1.
    the plural is ratamboth

    the plural is ratam

رتمverb
  1. 1.
    the plural is ratamboth

    the plural is ratam

رتمverb
  1. 1.
    the plural is ratamboth

    the plural is ratam

Parallel reading

خيط يشد في الإصبع لتستذكر به الحاجة.
A string tied to the finger to remember a need by it.
تقول منه: أرتمت الرجل إرتاما.
You say from it: I tied a marker to the man, a tying.
إذا لم تكن حاجاتنا في نفوسكم فليس بمغن عنك عقد الرتائم
If our needs are not in your hearts, then the tying of the marker strings will not avail you.
والرتمة بالتحريك: ضرب من الشجر، والجمع رتم.
And Ar-ratmah, with vowelization, is a type of tree, and its plural is ratm.
نظرت والعين مبينة التهم إلى سنانار وقودها الرتم شبت بأعلى عاندين من إضم
I looked, and the eye was clear of blame, at a fire whose fuel was Ar-ratm, blazing high on the heights of 'Andayn from Idm.
وكان الرجل إذا أراد سفرا عمدا إلى شجرة فشد غصنين منها فإن رجع ووجدهما على حالهما قال إن أهله لم تخنه، وإلا فقد خانته.
And when a man intended to travel, he would deliberately go to a tree and tie two of its branches. If he returned and found them in their state, he would say his family had not betrayed him; otherwise, they had betrayed him.
هل ينفعنك اليوم إن همت بهم كثرة ما توصى وتعقاد الرتم
Will the abundance of your advice and the tying of the Ritm tree avail you today if you are concerned about them?
ورتمت الشئ رتما: كسرته.
And I broke the thing, a breaking.
يقال: رتم أنفه، بالتاء والثاء جميعا.
It is said: He broke his nose, using both Taa' and Thaa'.
والرتم أيضا: المرتوم.
And Ar-ratm also means the broken one.
لأصبح رتما دقاق الحصى مكان النبي من الكاثب
I would make the place of the camel's hump into crushed fine pebbles.
وما رتم فلان بكلمة، أي ما تكلم بها.
And so-and-so did not utter a word, meaning he did not speak it.