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رطا
Root entry · 7 derived lemmasThis root primarily concerns a specific type of desert shrub and its association with tanning. It also includes place names derived from this shrub.
Derived headwords
الارطىnoun
- 1.desert shrubboth
A type of shrub that grows in sandy desert areas.
أرطىnoun
- 1.desert shrub (singular)both
The singular form of 'al-arṭā', referring to a single plant of this desert shrub.
مأروطadjective
- 1.tanned (with leaves)classical
Describes a hide or skin that has been tanned using the leaves of the Arṭā shrub.
مرطىadjective
- 1.tanned (with leaves)classical
An alternative adjective for a hide or skin tanned with the leaves of the Arṭā shrub.
أرطتverb
- 1.to produce Arṭāclassical
The land produced or grew the Arṭā shrub.
راطيةname
- 1.place nameboth
A proper noun referring to a specific location.
أراطname
- 1.place nameboth
A proper noun referring to a specific location, possibly plural or a different form of Rāṭiyah.
Parallel reading
وهو أفعل من وجه وفعلى من وجه
It is 'af'al from one perspective and 'af'alā' from another.
إذا دبغ بورقه
if it is tanned with its leaves.
أديم مرطى
a tanned hide.
وقد أرطت الارض، إذا أخرجت الارطى
And the land produced the Arṭā shrub, meaning it grew the Arṭā.
والواحدة أرطاة
And the singular is 'arṭāh'.
ولحوق تاء التأنيث له يدل على أن الالف ليست للتأنيث وإنما هي للالحاق أو بنى الاسم عليها
And the addition of the feminine 'tā' to it indicates that the 'alif' is not for feminization but for augmentation or the noun was built upon it.
لما رأى أن لادعه ولا شبع
When he saw that neither its stinger nor its fullness (satisfied him).
مال إلى أرطاة حقف فاضطجع
He turned to an Arṭā shrub on a sand dune and lay down.
وراطية: اسم موضع
And Rāṭiyah: a place name.
وكذلك أراط
And likewise 'Arāṭ.
وهو في شعر عمرو بن كلثوم
And it is in the poetry of Amr ibn Kulthum.
ونحن الحابسون بذى أراط
And we are the ones who detain (them) at Dhū 'Arāṭ.
تسف الجلة الخور الدرينا
They graze on the soft, weak, and abundant fodder.