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ر ي ط

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns fine, soft, and often white cloths, particularly sheets or garments. It also extends to place names and personal names, with some debate on the precise vocalization and usage of certain derived forms.

Derived headwords

الرَّيْطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sheet, fine clothboth

    A sheet that is not made of two pieces sewn together, meaning it is not joined by thread or similar means, but is a single weave and a single piece. It can also refer to any soft, thin garment.

رَائِطَةname
  1. 1.
    female given nameclassical

    A female given name, with some discussion in the text regarding its vocalization (with or without alif) and its usage for women's names.

رَيْطnoun
  1. 1.
    sheets, fine clothsboth

    Plural of 'rayṭah', referring to fine cloths or sheets.

رِيَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    sheets, fine clothsboth

    Another plural form of 'rayṭah', referring to fine cloths or sheets.

  2. 2.
    mirageclassical

    A phenomenon resembling a mirage in the desert.

رَيْطَةname
  1. 1.
    female given nameclassical

    A female given name, often used for companions (Sahabiyat).

رَيْطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name in the region of Shinā'ah.

رَائِطَةname
  1. 1.
    female given nameclassical

    A female given name, with some discussion regarding its vocalization and potential confusion with 'rayṭah'.

رُيُوطnoun
  1. 1.
    fine clothsclassical

    Plural of 'rayṭah', referring to fine cloths.

مَرِيُوطname
  1. 1.
    district nameclassical

    A district (kūrah) of Alexandria, whose inhabitants are said to have the longest lifespans.

المَرِيُوطِيّname
  1. 1.
    nisba nameclassical

    A nisba (attribution) indicating origin from the district of Maryūṭ.

رَاطَverb
  1. 1.
    to cling to, to seek refugeclassical

    To cling to a tree, meaning to seek refuge or shelter.

رَيْطَاتname
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A place name mentioned by the poet Al-Nābighah al-Jaʿdī.

حَرِيب بْن رَيْطَةname
  1. 1.
    companion nameclassical

    A name of a companion (Sahabi) whose poetry indicates his Islam.

Parallel reading

كل ملاءة غير ذات لفقين، أي لم يضم بعضه ببعض بخيط أو نحوه، كلها نسج واحد، وقطعة واحدة، أو كل ثوب لين رقيق ريطة
Every sheet that is not of two pieces, meaning its parts are not joined together by thread or the like, but is all one weave, and one piece, or any soft, thin garment is a rayṭah.
كالرائطة، ومنه حديث ابن عمر أنه أتي برائطة يتمندل بها بعد الطعام فطرحها
Like a rāʾiṭah, and from it is the hadith of Ibn Umar that he was brought a rāʾiṭah to dry himself with after eating, so he discarded it.
قال سفيان: يعني بمنديل.
Sufyan said: He means a handkerchief.
والبيض يرفلن كالدمى ... في الريط والمذهب المصون
And the fair ones strut like dolls ... in the fine cloths and the protected way.
أشباه جن عليها الريط والأزر
Resembling jinn adorned with fine cloths and garments.
لا مهل حتى تلحقي بعنس أهل الرياط البيض والقلنس
There is no respite until you join the 'Anas, the people of the white fine cloths and the caps.
نواعم في المروط وفي! الرياط
Tender ones in the undergarments and in the fine cloths!
لا تكون الريطة إلا بيضاء.
The rayṭah is only white.
لمن الديار بتولع فيبوسفبياض ريطة غير أنيس
Whose are the dwellings in Bawāsif, in the whiteness of Rayṭah, without an inhabitant?
ورائطة بنت منبه بن الحجاج السهمية، والدة عبد الله ابن عمرو بن العاص.
And Rāʾiṭah bint Munabbih ibn al-Ḥajjāj al-Sahmiyyah, the mother of Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-ʿĀṣ.
ورائطة بنت عبد الله امرأة عبد الله بن مسعود، ويقال فيها ربطة بالموحدة.
And Rāʾiṭah bint Abdullah, the wife of Abdullah ibn Masʿūd, and it is said about her Rabṭah with a bāʾ.
رائطة في أسماء النساء خطأ، كذا في الجمهرة، ونقله الأزهري في التهذيب وهو خطأ
Rāʾiṭah in the names of women is an error, as stated in al-Jamharah, and Al-Azhari transmitted it in al-Tahdhib, and it is an error.
تحل بأطراف الوجاف ودارها ... حويل فريطات فزعم أخرب
She settles at the edges of al-Wajaf, and her dwelling ... is in Ḥawīl Rayṭāt, so he claimed it was ruined.
وراط الوحش بالشجرة يريط، أي لاذ
And the wild animal clung to the tree, it clings, meaning it sought refuge.
خرج مشتملا بريطة الظلماء، وهو يجر رياط الحمد.
He went out wrapped in the cloak of darkness, dragging the garments of praise.
كأن على صحاصحه رياطا ... منشرة نزعن من الخياط
As if on its clear ground were spread out riyāṭa ... spread out, removed from the seam.
حريب بن ريطة له شعر يدل على إسلامه، وقد عد من الصحابة.
Ḥurayb ibn Rayṭah has poetry that indicates his Islam, and he is counted among the Companions.