رتخ

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root رتخ (RTKH) primarily relates to concepts of softness, yielding, and sticking, often in the context of physical substances like mud or dough. It can also extend to meanings of staying put, lagging behind, or a type of skin adhesion.

Derived headwords

رَتَخَverb

1.
to be soft/yieldingboth
To be soft and yielding, specifically referring to mud or dough that is too soft to be kneaded properly.

رُتُوخًاnoun

1.
staying/settlingclassical
The act of staying in a place, settling, and remaining firm.

رَتَخَverb

1.
to stay/settleclassical
To stay in a place, to be firm and settled.

رَتَخَverb

1.
to lag behindclassical
To fall behind or lag behind from an undertaking or matter.

أَرْتَخَadjective

1.
hard/adherentclassical
Describing skin that is dry, hard, and adherent, often used for a tick.

رَاتِخadjective

1.
hard/adherentclassical
Describing a tick that is dry and adherent to the skin, having stuck to the upper layer of the skin.

رَتَخَverb

1.
to adhereclassical
To adhere firmly, used in the context of a tick sticking to skin.

الرَّتْخnoun

1.
small skin fissuresclassical
Small fissures or cracks in the skin, specifically.
2.
soft incisionclassical
A soft or superficial incision, particularly in cupping therapy.

التَّرْخnoun

1.
soft incisionclassical
A soft or superficial incision, similar to الرتخ.

أَرْتَخَverb

1.
to make a superficial incisionclassical
To make a superficial or shallow incision, especially by a cupper who does not press deeply.

الرَّتْخَةnoun

1.
mud puddleclassical
A puddle or patch of mud.

Parallel reading

رتخ الطين والعجين رتخا إذا رق فلم ينخبز

Mud and dough are soft (رتخا) if they become thin and are not kneaded.

فهو راتخ زلق

And it is soft and slippery.

ورَتَخَ بالمكان رُتُوخًا، إذا أقام وثبت

And he stayed in the place (رتخ بالمكان رتوخا), if he remained and was firm.

ورَتَخَ عن الأمر، إذا تخلف

And he lagged behind from the matter (رتخ عن الأمر), if he fell behind.

وجلد أرتخ: يابس لازق

And 'artakh skin: dry and adherent.

وقراد راتخ: يابس الجلد

And a ratikh tick: its skin is dry.

وهو الذي شق أعلى الجلد فلزق به، رتوخا

And it is that which splits the upper layer of the skin and adheres to it, with 'rutookh'.

فقمنا وزيد راتخ في خبائها رتوخ القراد لا يريم إذا رتخ

So we got up, and Zayd was adhering in his tent with the adherence of a tick that does not leave when it sticks.

والرتخ، بفتح فسكون: قطخ صغار في الجلد خاصة

And 'ar-takh', with fath and sukoon: small fissures in the skin specifically.

كالترخ في معنييه: أحدهما قد عرفت، والثاني الشرط اللين، عن ابن الأعرابي

Like 'at-tarkh' in its two meanings: the first you know, and the second is a soft incision, from Ibn al-A'rabi.

يقال أرتخ الحجام، إذا لم يبالغ في الشرط

It is said the cupper made a superficial incision (artakha al-hujjam), if he did not go deep in the incision.

رشحا من الشرط ورتخا واشلا

A trickle from the incision and a superficial, flowing one.

هما لغتان: الترخ والرتخ، مثل الجبذ والجذب

They are two dialects: 'at-tarkh' and 'ar-takh', like 'al-jabdh' and 'al-jadhab'.

والرتخة، محركة. الردغة من الطين؛ التاء مقلوبة عن الدال

And 'ar-takhah', with harakah. It is a mud puddle (ar-radghah min at-teen); the 'taa' is inverted from the 'daal'.