Arabic

Verb

رَتَبَ • ‎(rataba) I, non-past يَرْتُبُ‎ (yartubu)

1. to be firm, solid
2. to stand unmoved

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “رتب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Verb

رَتِبَ • ‎(ratiba) I, non-past يَرْتَبُ‎ (yartabu)

1. to stand upright
2. to be planted up

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “رتب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 3

Verb

رَتَّبَ • ‎(rattaba) II, non-past يُرَتِّبُ‎ (yurattibu)

1. to make constant, firm, steady, steadfast, stable, fixed, fast, settled, established and stationary, or motionless; to fix (make fixed and unmoving)
2. to consolidate
3. to set in good order, to dispose regularly, to arrange well, to array, to classify, to distribute, to appoint
4. to order (to prescribe a particular order for)
5. to decorate or dress (a shop window)
6. to settle, to determine, to regulate
7. to prepare, to set aside, to earmark
8. to fix, to appoint (a salary لِ ‎(li) for someone)
9. to cause to result or accrue (عَلَى ‎(ʿalā) from)
10. to derive (something عَلَى ‎(ʿalā) from)
11. to draw omens, one after another

Conjugation

References

• “رتب” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “رتب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “رتب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 4

Noun

رَتَب • ‎(ratab) m

1. verbal noun of رَتِبَ ‎(ratiba, “to stand upright”) (form I)

Declension

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “رتب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 5

Noun

رُتَب • ‎(rutab) f pl

1. plural of رُتْبَة ‎(rutba)