رطب

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

The root رطب (raṭaba) primarily relates to moisture, freshness, and tenderness. It encompasses the state of being moist or wet, as opposed to dry. It also extends to the meaning of green, tender vegetation, ripe fruits (specifically dates), and by extension, implies qualities like softness, youthfulness, and even a certain kind of ripeness or maturity in abstract concepts.

Derived headwords

الرَّطْبadjective

1.
moist, dampboth
The opposite of dry; possessing moisture.
2.
tender, softboth
Describing something delicate and soft, like a branch or feathers.
3.
fresh, greenboth
Referring to young, tender vegetation or plants.
4.
ripe (fruit)both
Specifically referring to ripe dates before they become fully dried.
5.
gentle, mild (voice)classical
Describing a voice that is soft and not harsh.

الرطب بالفتح ضد اليابس — Moist (with fatha on the ra) is the opposite of dry.

رَطُبَverb

1.
to be moist, dampboth
The state of having moisture.
2.
to be tender, softboth
To possess softness and tenderness.

رطب ككرم وسمع — It became moist, like karuma (to be noble) and sami'a (to hear).

رُطُبnoun

1.
green vegetationboth
Fresh, green plants or grass, especially from the spring.
2.
ripe datesboth
A collective noun for ripe dates.

الرطب بضمة و الرطب بضمتين: الرعي الأخضر من البقل — Al-ruṭub (with damma) and al-ruṭub (with two dammas) mean green pasture from herbs.

رَطِيبadjective

1.
moist, dampboth
Possessing moisture.
2.
tender, softboth
Describing something soft and delicate.
3.
ripe (fruit)both
Referring to ripe dates.

وريش رطيب، أي ناعم — And tender feathers, meaning soft.

رُطُوبَةnoun

1.
moisture, dampnessboth
The quality of being moist or wet.
2.
freshness, tendernessboth
The state of being fresh and tender.

لأن الرطوبة فضل يقوم لذات الماء — Because moisture is a quality inherent in the essence of water.

رُطَابَةnoun

1.
moisture, dampnessclassical
The state or quality of being moist.

رطوبة ورطابة — Rutubah and raṭābah.

رَطَّبَverb

1.
to moisten, dampenboth
To make something moist or wet.
2.
to make tenderboth
To cause something to become tender.

رطب الثوب وأرطبه كلاهما بله كرطبه — Raṭṭaba (verb) the garment and arṭaba (verb) it, both meaning to wet it, like raṭaba (verb).

أَرْطَبَverb

1.
to become moistboth
To attain the state of being moist.
2.
to become ripe (fruit)both
For dates to reach the stage of ripeness.
3.
to become tenderboth
To reach a state of tenderness.

أرطب البسر: صار رطبا — Arṭaba (verb) the unripe dates: they became ripe dates.

مُرْطِبadjective

1.
moisteningboth
That which causes moisture.
2.
moistboth
Possessing moisture.

مرطبة ومرطبة — Murṭibah and murṭabah (feminine participles).

مُرَطَّبadjective

1.
moistenedboth
Having been made moist.
2.
tenderboth
Made tender.

وتمر رطيب: مرطب — And a ripe date: moistened.

رَطْبَةnoun

1.
a portion of fresh grassboth
A quantity of fresh, tender grass or fodder.
2.
a ripe dateboth
A single ripe date.

رطبا ورطوبا: علفها رطبة — Raṭaban wa ruṭūban: to feed it raṭbah (noun).

رُطَّابnoun

1.
fresh fodderboth
A collection of fresh grass or fodder.

ج رطاب — Plural of raṭbah.

تَرْطِيبnoun

1.
moisteningboth
The act of making something moist.
2.
making tenderboth
The act of causing something to become tender.

كرطبهم ترطيبا — Like raṭṭabūhum (verb) tarṭīban (masdar).

رَطَّبَverb

1.
to feed (animal)both
To give an animal fresh grass or fodder.
2.
to give foodboth
To provide food, specifically fresh produce.

رطب القوم: أطعمهم الرطب، كرطبهم ترطيبا — Raṭṭaba (verb) the people: he fed them fresh produce, like raṭṭabūhum (verb) tarṭīban (masdar).

رَطِبَverb

1.
to speakclassical
To utter words, whether correct or incorrect.

رطب الرجل كفرح: تكلم بما عنده من الصواب والخطإ — Raṭiba (verb) the man, like fariḥa (verb): he spoke what he had of right and wrong.

رَطْبَةadjective

1.
tender, soft (female)classical
Describing a young woman as delicate and soft.
2.
loose, immoral (female)classical
Describing a woman as morally corrupt or promiscuous.

جارية رطبة: رخصة — A tender slave girl: soft.

رَطْبadjective

1.
effeminate, soft (male)classical
Describing a young man as having feminine softness.

وغلام رطب: فيه لين النساء — And a tender boy: possessing the softness of women.

رُطَابnoun

1.
insult, curseclassical
A term of abuse or insult directed at a woman.

ويقال للمرأة يا رطاب، كقطام: سب لها — And it is said to a woman, 'O ruṭāb, like quṭām: it is an insult to her.'

مَرْطُوبadjective

1.
having moistureclassical
One who possesses moisture or dampness.

والمرطوب من به رطوبة — And al-marṭūb is one who has moisture.

مُرْطِبَةadjective

1.
watery, sweet (well)classical
Describing a well that has sweet, fresh water, located among salty wells.

وركية مرطبة بالفتح كمرحلة: عذبة بين ركايا أملاح — And a well murṭabah (with fatha like marḥalah): sweet, located among salty wells.

الرُّطَبِيّname

1.
nisba nameclassical
A surname or attribution indicating a connection to someone named Al-Ruṭabī or a place associated with it.

أحمد بن سلامة بن عبد الله بن مخلط بن إبراهيم بن مخلد بن الرطبي البجلي الكرخي — Ahmad bin Salama bin Abdullah bin Mukhallat bin Ibrahim bin Mukhallad bin Al-Ruṭabī Al-Bajali Al-Karkhi.

أَرْطَبَانname

1.
given nameclassical
A male given name, possibly of a freedman.

وأرطبان: مولى مزينة، من التابعين — And Arṭabān: a freedman of Muzaynah, from the Tabi'in (successors).

Parallel reading

الرطب بالفتح ضد اليابس

Al-raṭb (with fatha) is the opposite of dry.

والرطب من الغصن والريش وغيره الناعم

And al-raṭb (moist) is from a branch, feathers, and other soft things.

ريش رطيب، أي ناعم

Tender feathers, meaning soft.

من أراد أن يقرأ القرآن رطبا

Whoever wishes to recite the Quran in a tender (voice).

قولهم في اللؤلؤ رطب، كناية عما فيه من ماء الرونق والبهاء

Their saying about pearls 'moist' is an allusion to the luster, beauty, and freshness of water within them.

الرطب بضمة، و الرطب بضمتين: الرعي الأخضر من البقل

Al-ruṭub (with damma), and al-ruṭub (with two dammas): the green pasture from herbs.

حتى إذا معمعان الصيف هب له بأجة نش عنه الماء والرطب

Until when the heat of summer blew upon it, a breeze stirred by the water and the fresh grass.

الرطب بضم الراء: هو ما كان غضا من الكلإ، والحشيش: ما يبس منه

Al-ruṭub (with damma on the ra) is what is fresh from vegetation, and al-ḥashīsh is what has dried from it.

الرطب بالضم في النبات، وفي سائر الأشياء بالفتح

Al-ruṭub (with damma) in plants, and in all other things with fatha.

أن امرأة قالت: يا رسول الله، إنا كل على آبائنا وأبنائنا، فما يحل لنا من أموالهم؟ فقال: الرطب تأكلنه وتهدينه

A woman said: O Messenger of Allah, we are dependent on our fathers and our sons, so what is permissible for us from their wealth? He said: The fresh produce you may eat and gift.

أراد ما لا يدخر ولا يبقى كالفواكه والبقول

He meant what is not stored and does not remain, like fruits and vegetables.

والرطب: نضيج البسر قبل أن يتمر

And al-raṭb: ripe dates before they become fully dried.

ليس رطب بتكسير رطبة، وإنما الرطب كالتمر مذكرة

Raṭb is not a plural of raṭbah; rather, al-raṭb is like dates, masculine.

رطب الرطب ورطب ككرم وأرطب ورطب ترطيبا: حان أوان رطبه

Raṭaba (verb), arṭaba (verb), and raṭṭaba (verb) tarṭīban (masdar): its time of ripeness has come.

رطبت البسرة وأرطبت فهي مرطبة ومرطبة

The unripe date became moist and ripe, so it is murṭibah and murṭabah.

وتمر رطيب: مرطب

And a ripe date: moistened.

أرطب البسر: صار رطبا

Arṭaba (verb) the unripe dates: they became ripe dates.

أرطب النخل: حان أوان رطبه

Arṭaba (verb) the palm trees: their time of ripeness has come.

رطب الثوب وأرطبه كلاهما بله كرطبه

Raṭṭaba (verb) the garment and arṭaba (verb) it, both meaning to wet it, like raṭaba (verb).

بشربة دمث الكثيب بدوره أرطى يعوذ به إذا ما يرطب

With a drink from the moist dune, it seeks refuge when it becomes moist.

رطب الدابة رطبا ورطوبا: علفها رطبة

Raṭṭaba (verb) the animal raṭaban and ruṭūban: he fed it raṭbah (noun).

الرطبة: القضب خاصة ما دام طريا رطبا

Al-raṭbah: specifically fresh fodder as long as it is tender and moist.

رطبت الفرس رطبا ورطوبا، عن أبي عبيد

Raṭṭaba (verb) the horse raṭaban and ruṭūban, from Abu Ubaid.

رطب القوم: أطعمهم الرطب، كرطبهم ترطيبا

Raṭṭaba (verb) the people: he fed them fresh produce, like raṭṭabūhum (verb) tarṭīban (masdar).

من أرطب نحله ولم يرطب، خبث فعله ولم يطب

Whoever makes his bees produce honey but does not eat it himself, his action is wicked and not good.

رطب الرجل كفرح: تكلم بما عنده من الصواب والخطإ

Raṭiba (verb) the man, like fariḥa (verb): he spoke what he had of right and wrong.

جارية رطبة: رخصة

A tender slave girl: soft.

وغلام رطب: فيه لين النساء

And a tender boy: possessing the softness of women.

امرأة رطبة: فاجرة

A moist woman: immoral.

ويقال للمرأة يا رطاب، كقطام: سب لها

And it is said to a woman, 'O ruṭāb, like quṭām: it is an insult to her.'

وفي شتمهم يا ابن الرطبة

And in their insults, 'O son of the moist one.'

والمرطوب من به رطوبة

And al-marṭūb is one who has moisture.

وركية مرطبة بالفتح كمرحلة: عذبة بين ركايا أملاح

And a well murṭabah (with fatha like marḥalah): sweet, located among salty wells.

رطب لساني بذكرك وترطب، وما زلت أرطبه به، وهو رطيب به

My tongue became moist with your remembrance and became moist; and I kept moistening it with it, and it is moist with it.