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رضب

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

The root رضب (raḍaba) primarily relates to the act of sipping, sucking, or licking, particularly saliva or sweet liquids. It extends to describe the saliva itself, as well as substances like ice, sugar, and honey dew, and even a type of rain.

Derived headwords

رَضَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to sip, suckboth

    To sip or suck saliva, or a liquid.

تَرَضَّبَverb
  1. 1.
    to sip, suckclassical

    A verb form indicating the act of sipping or sucking, similar to the basic form.

رِضَابnoun
  1. 1.
    salivaboth

    Saliva, especially that which is sipped or sucked.

  2. 2.
    sipped salivaclassical

    Saliva that is sipped or sucked by a person.

  3. 3.
    foamy salivaclassical

    Saliva that is foamy or spread out, particularly from spitting.

  4. 4.
    pieces of muskclassical

    Small pieces or fragments of musk.

  5. 5.
    pieces of ice/sugar/hailclassical

    Pieces of ice, sugar, or hail.

  6. 6.
    honey dewclassical

    The frothy part or residue of honey.

  7. 7.
    dew on treesclassical

    Dew that has condensed on trees.

رَاضِبadjective
  1. 1.
    sweet (water)classical

    Describing water as sweet and pleasant to drink.

  2. 2.
    rain (heavy)classical

    Describing rain as heavy or abundant.

رَاضِبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    type of Sidr treeclassical

    A single specimen of a type of Sidr tree.

رَضْبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    type of Sidr treeclassical

    A single specimen of a type of Sidr tree (variant spelling).

رَضَبَ المَطَرُverb
  1. 1.
    rain fell heavilyclassical

    The rain fell heavily or abundantly.

أَرْضَبَverb
  1. 1.
    rain fell heavilyclassical

    The rain fell heavily or abundantly (Form IV).

رَضَبَتِ الشَّاةُverb
  1. 1.
    the sheep lay downclassical

    The sheep lay down or crouched (a rare usage).

مَرَاضِبnoun
  1. 1.
    sweet salivaclassical

    Sweet and pleasant saliva.

Parallel reading

رضب ريقها أي الجارية يرضبه رضبا أي رشفه وامتصه
He sipped her saliva, meaning the young woman's, he sipped it with the verb رضبا, meaning he sucked and absorbed it.
الرضاب كغراب: الريق
Ar-riḍāb, like ghurāb: saliva.
وقيل: هو تقطع الريق في الفم، وكثرة ماء الأسنان
And it was said: it is the fragmentation of saliva in the mouth, and the abundance of mouth water.
وفي الحديث كأني أنظر إلى رضاب بزاق رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
And in the Hadith: 'As if I am looking at the saliva of the Prophet Muhammad's spit, peace be upon him.'
البزاق ما سال، والرضاب منه ما تحبب وانتشر من بزاقه حين تفل فيه
Al-buzāq is what flows, and ar-riḍāb from it is what forms into small drops and spreads from his spit when he spits.
الرضاب: فتات المسك
Ar-riḍāb: fragments of musk.
وإذا تبسم تبدي حببا كرضاب المسك بالماء الخصر
And when he smiled, he would show pearls like musk fragments in cool water.
الرضاب قطع الثلج والسكر والبرد
Ar-riḍāb: pieces of ice, sugar, and hail.
ويقال لحب الثلج، رضاب الثلج، وهو البرد
And for hail, it is called 'riḍāb al-thalj' (ice's saliva), which is hail.
والرضاب: لعاب العسل، وهو رغوته
And ar-riḍāb: the saliva of honey, which is its froth.
والرضاب أيضا: ما تقطع من الندى على الشجر
And ar-riḍāb also: what condenses from the dew on trees.
ومــاء رضاب: عذب
And mā'un raḍāb: sweet water.
كالنحل في الماء الرضاب العذب
Like bees in the sweet, pleasant water.
والراضب من المطر: السحاب
And ar-rāḍib of rain: the clouds.
خناعة ضبع دمجت في مغارة وأدركها فيها قطار وراضب
Khunā'ah, a hyena, entered a cave, and rain and heavy rain overtook her in it.
وقد رضب المطر وإرضب
And the rain fell heavily, and it rained abundantly.
كأن مزنا مستهل الإرضب روى قلاتا في ظلال الألصاب
As if abundant rain, falling heavily, watered pools in the shade of the rocks.
ومطر راضب أي هاطل
And raḍib rain means pouring rain.
رضبت الشاة: ربضت
The sheep رضبت: it lay down.
والمراضب: الأرياق العذبة
And al-marāḍib: sweet saliva.