رتب

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See also: ربب, ربت, and ر ت ب

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ر ت ب (r t b)
9 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

رَتَبَ (rataba) I (non-past يَرْتُبُ (yartubu), verbal noun رُتُوب (rutūb) or رَتَابَة (ratāba) or رَتْب (ratb))

  1. to be or become firm, solid or stable
  2. to be or become stationary or motionless (of a thing)
  3. to stand upright (of a person)
  4. (transitive) to erect (e.g. a column)
Conjugation

Verb

رَتَبَ (rataba) I (non-past يَرْتُبُ (yartubu), verbal noun رَتْب (ratb) or رُتُوب (rutūb))

  1. to stay, to remain, to dwell (somewhere)
  2. to stand firm
Conjugation

References

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Verb

رَتَّبَ (rattaba) II (non-past يُرَتِّبُ (yurattibu), verbal noun تَرْتِيب (tartīb))

  1. to make constant, firm, steady, steadfast, stable, fixed, fast, settled, established and stationary, or motionless; to fix (to make fixed and unmoving)
  2. to consolidate
  3. to arrange, to array, to order (to prescribe a particular order for)
  4. to determine, to regulate
  5. to set aside, to earmark
  6. to cause to result, to derive
  7. to set
  8. to decorate or dress (a shop window)
  9. to compose, to put together (words)
  10. to draw omens, one after another
Conjugation
References

Etymology 1.3

Pronunciation

Noun

رَتْب (ratbm

  1. verbal noun of رَتَبَ (rataba) (form I)
Declension

Etymology 1.4

Pronunciation

Noun

رُتَب (rutabf pl

  1. plural of رُتْبَة (rutba)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ر ت ب
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic رَتَّبَ (rattaba).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /rat.tab/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

رتّب (rattab) II (present برتّب (biratteb), passive participle مرتّب (mrattab))

  1. to organize, to tidy up
    Synonyms: نظّم (naẓẓam), ضبّ (ḍabb)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of رتّب (rattab)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m رتّبت (rattabt) رتّبت (rattabt) رتّب (rattab) رتّبنا (rattabna) رتّبتو (rattabtu) رتّبو (rattabu)
f رتّبتي (rattabti) رتّبت (rattabat)
present m برتّب (baratteb) بترتّب (bitratteb) برتّب (biratteb) منرتّب (minratteb) بترتّبو (bitrattbu) برتّبو (birattbu)
f بترتّبي (bitrattbi) بترتّب (bitratteb)
subjunctive m ارتّب (aratteb) ترتّب (tratteb) يرتّب (yratteb) نرتّب (nratteb) ترتّبو (trattbu) يرتّبو (yrattbu)
f ترتّبي (trattbi) ترتّب (tratteb)
imperative m رتّب (ratteb) رتّبو (rattbu)
f رتّبي (rattbi)