رطب

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ر ط ب (r-ṭ-b); compare رَطِبَ (raṭiba, to be humid, to be moist, to be wet) and Hebrew רָטֹב (wet)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ratˁb/
  • IPA(key): /ra.tˁib/

Adjective

رَطْب or رَطِب (raṭb or raṭib) (feminine رَطْبَة (raṭba) or رَطِبَة (raṭiba), common plural رُطُب (ruṭub) or رُطْب (ruṭb), elative أَرْطَب (ʾarṭab))

  1. humid, moist
  2. wet
    ‏لَا تَكُنْ رَطْبًا فَتُعْصَرَ وَلَا يَابِسًا فَتُكْسَرَ
    lā takun raṭban fatuʿṣara walā yābisan fatuksara
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  3. fresh and tender
  4. cool
  5. juicy
  6. pliable of character
Declension
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), رطب”, 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

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ru.tˁab/
  • (file)

Noun

رُطَب (ruṭab) m (collective, singulative رُطَبَة (ruṭaba), plural أَرْطَاب (ʾarṭāb) or رِطَاب (riṭāb))

  1. ripened dates
Declension
See also

References

  • 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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