Arabic edit

Root
ر ط ب (r-ṭ-b)

Etymology 1 edit

Cognate with Biblical Hebrew רָטֹב (rɔṭoḇ).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ratˤb/, /ra.tˤib/
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Adjective edit

رَطْب or رَطِب (raṭb or raṭib) (feminine رَطْبَة (raṭba) or رَطِبَة (raṭiba), common plural رِطَاب (riṭāb) or رُطُب (ruṭub) or رُطْب (ruṭb), feminine plural رَطْبَات (raṭbāt) or رَطِبَات (raṭibāt), elative أَرْطَب (ʔarṭab))

  1. humid, moist
  2. wet
    لَا تَكُنْ رَطْبًا فَتُعْصَرَ وَلَا يَابِسًا فَتُكْسَرَ
    lā takun raṭban fatuʕṣara walā yābisan fatuksara
    Be flexible, but firm; Like an egg, if it's held too tightly, it breaks, and if it's held too loosely, it will slip from grasp.
    (literally, “Do not be wet so that you should be pressed, but not dry so that you should break.”)
  3. fresh and tender
  4. cool
  5. juicy
  6. pliable of character
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Etymology 2 edit

 
رُطَبٌ

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

رُطَب (ruṭabm (collective, singulative رُطَبَة f (ruṭaba), plural أَرْطَاب (ʔarṭāb) or رِطَاب (riṭāb))

  1. ripened dates
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See also edit

References edit

  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “رطب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN