ر ط ل

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with concepts of weight, measurement, and physical characteristics related to softness, weakness, and slenderness. It extends to describe people and animals with these qualities, as well as actions like weighing and softening hair.

Derived headwords

الرَّطْلnoun

1.
unit of weightboth
A unit of weight, commonly equivalent to twelve ounces (awāqī) of the Arabs, where an ōqiyyah is forty dirhams, totaling 480 dirhams. This is also known as the Levantine rotl.
2.
half a manclassical
A measure equivalent to half a man (mānn), a unit of dry measure.

رَطْلnoun

1.
unit of weightboth
A unit of weight, same as الرَّطْل.
2.
half a manclassical
A measure equivalent to half a man (mānn).

رَطْلَةnoun

1.
plural of rotlclassical
The plural form of الرَّطْل, referring to units of weight.

الرَّطْلadjective

1.
slender, weak boyclassical
A slender, weak, or thin boy, possibly adolescent or not yet fully grown and strong.
2.
weak horseclassical
A light and weak horse.

رَطْلadjective

1.
slender, weak boyclassical
A slender, weak, or thin boy.
2.
weak horseclassical
A light and weak horse.

رَطْلnoun

1.
weak manclassical
A weak, soft, and pliable man.
2.
foolish personclassical
A foolish or incompetent person.

رَطْلadjective

1.
soft, weak manclassical
Describing a man who is soft, weak, and pliable.
2.
foolish personclassical
Describing a foolish or incompetent person.

الرَّطْلadjective

1.
justclassical
Just or equitable.
2.
soft, weak manclassical
Describing a man who is soft, weak, and pliable.

الرَّطْلnoun

1.
foolish personclassical
A foolish person.

تَرْطِيلnoun

1.
softening hairboth
The act of softening hair with oil, making it pliable and lustrous.
2.
weighingclassical
The act of weighing something using rotls.

رَطَّلَverb

1.
to soften hairboth
To soften hair with oil, making it pliable and lustrous.
2.
to weighclassical
To weigh something using rotls.

الرُّطَيْلَاءname

1.
Abdullahclassical
A proper name, specifically Abdullah.

أَرْطَلَverb

1.
to have a child named Rotlclassical
To have a child, specifically a son named Rotl.
2.
to have slack earsclassical
To have ears that are slack or drooping.

المُرَطَّلadjective

1.
tall manclassical
A tall man.
2.
soft, weak manclassical
A man who is soft, weak, and pliable.

رَازَverb

1.
to test weightclassical
To test the weight of something by holding it in one's hand.

رَطْلverb

1.
to test weightclassical
To test the weight of something by holding it in one's hand.

رَطَلَverb

1.
to test weightclassical
To test the weight of something by holding it in one's hand.

رَطَلَهُverb

1.
to weigh itclassical
To weigh it.

مُرَاطَلَةnoun

1.
selling by weightclassical
The act of selling goods by weight, specifically using rotls.

Parallel reading

لها رطل تكيل الزيت فيه وفلاح يسوق بها حمارا

She has a rotl with which she measures oil, and a farmer driving a donkey with it.

الرطل اثنتا عشرة أوقية بأواقي العرب

The rotl is twelve ounces of the Arabs' ounces.

والأوقية أربعون درهما، فذلك أربعمائة وثمانون درهما

And the ounce is forty dirhams, so that is four hundred and eighty dirhams.

وهو الرطل الشامي

And it is the Levantine rotl.

السنة في النكاح رطل

The Sunnah in marriage is a rotl.

السنة في النكاح اثنتا عشرة أوقية ونش، والنش عشرون درهما، فذلك خمسمائة درهم

The Sunnah in marriage is twelve ounces and a nuss, and the nuss is twenty dirhams, so that is five hundred dirhams.

روي ذلك عن عائشة رضي الله تعالى عنها

This was narrated from Aisha, may God have mercy on her.

ورد في حديث عمر رضي الله تعالى عنه: اثنتا عشرة أوقية، ولم يذكر النش

It is mentioned in the hadith of Umar, may God have mercy on him: twelve ounces, and the nuss was not mentioned.

الرطل: مقدار نصف من

The rotl: a measure of half a man (mānn).

والصاع ثمانية أرطال، والمد رطلان

And the ṣāʿ is eight rotls, and the mudd is two rotls.

الغلام القضيف

The slender, weak boy.

هو المراهق للاحتلام، أو الذي لم تشتد عظامه، ولم تستحكم قوته

He is one approaching puberty, or one whose bones have not strengthened, and whose strength has not become firm.

ولا أقيم للغلام الرطل

And I do not stand for the slender boy.

غليم رطل وشيخ دامر

A slender boy and a robust old man.

الرجل الرخو اللين

The soft, pliable man.

الكبير الضعيف، أو الذاهب إلى اللين والرخاوة والكبر

The old and weak, or one tending towards softness, pliability, and old age.

موثق الخلق لا رطل ولا سغل

Firm in creation, neither soft nor weak.

العدل

The just.

الفرس الخفيف الضعيف

The light and weak horse.

تراه كالذئب خفيفا رطلا

You see him light and weak like a wolf.

تليين الشعر بالدهن، وتكسيره

Softening the hair with oil, and arranging it.

إرخاؤه، وإرساله

Loosening it, and letting it flow.

رجل رطل، إذا كان مسترخيا

A soft man, if he is relaxed.

رطلت شعري، إذا رجلته

I softened my hair, if I arranged it.

فأنّ الترطيل فهو أن يلين شعره بالدهن والمسح، حتى يلين ويبرق

As for tarṭīl, it is to soften one's hair with oil and wiping, until it becomes soft and shiny.

لو كشف الغطاء لشغل محسن بإحسانه، ومسيء بإساءته، عن تجديد ثوب، أو ترطيل شعر

If the veil were lifted, the doer of good would be occupied with his goodness, and the doer of evil with his evil, to the exclusion of renewing a garment, or softening hair.

الوزن بالأرطال

Weighing by rotls.

عبد الله

Abdullah.

صار له ولد رطل

He had a child named Rotl.

إذا استرخت أذناه

If his ears became slack.

الطويل من الرجال

The tall man.

رطل الشيء بيده رازه ليعرف وزنه، يرطله، رطلا

He tested the thing with his hand to know its weight, he weighed it, a rotl.

رجل رطل: لا غناء عنده

A weak man: he has no capability.

وهو أيضا: المسترخي الأذنين

And he is also: one with slack ears.

وزنه

He weighed it.

باع مراطلة

He sold by weighing.

بركة الرطلي: إحدى منتزهات مصر

The pond of Al-Ruṭlī: one of the parks of Egypt.