ر ت ب ل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to shortness or being stout, and also serves as a proper name, particularly for individuals in historical contexts.

Derived headwords

الرَّتَبِلُadjective

1.
shortclassical
Describing someone who is short in stature.

رَتَبِلٌadjective

1.
shortclassical
Describing someone who is short in stature.

رَتَبِيلname

1.
Rathbilclassical
A proper name, possibly a given name or a name associated with a historical figure.

رُتَبَيْلname

1.
Rutaylclassical
A proper name, likely a diminutive form or a specific individual's name.

صَالِح بْن رَتْبِيلname

1.
Salih ibn Rathbilclassical
The name of a specific individual, a narrator of hadith.

Parallel reading

هو القصير

He is short.

وأيضا اسم

And also a name.

وصالح بن رتبيل، بالضم وكسر الموحدة، وسياق التبصير يقتضي أنه بفتح الراء: محدث

And Salih ibn Rathbil, with dammah on the ra and kasrah on the ba, and the context of al-Tabsir suggests it is with fatha on the ra: a narrator of hadith.

روى عن التيمي، مرسل

He narrated from al-Taymi, as a mursal (unconnected) hadith.

وعنه عمران بن حدير

And from him narrated Imran ibn Hudayr.

والذي في كتاب ابن أبي حاتم أنه روى عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم مرسلا

And what is in the book of Ibn Abi Hatim is that he narrated from the Prophet, peace be upon him, as a mursal hadith.

وكذا ذكره أبو أحمد العسكري في الصحابة فيمن لا تصح له صحبة

And similarly, Abu Ahmad al-Askari mentioned him among the Companions for whom companionship is not authenticated.

فكأنه تصحف النبي، فصار التيمي

So it is as if the Prophet was mistaken for him, and it became al-Taymi.