راطب

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of رَطِبَ (raṭiba, to be humid, to be moist, to be wet) and رَطُبَ (raṭuba, (same)), from the root ر ط ب (r-ṭ-b).

Adjective

رَاطِب (rāṭib) (feminine رَاطِبَة (rāṭiba), elative أَرْطَب (ʾarṭab))

  1. humid, moist
  2. wet
  3. fresh and tender

Declension

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), راطب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), رطب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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