رطيب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ر ط ب‎ (r-ṭ-b); compare رَطِبَ‎ (raṭiba, “to be humid, to be moist, to be wet”).

Adjective

رَطِيب • (raṭīb) (feminine رَطِيبَة‎ (raṭība), masculine plural رِطَاب‎ (riṭāb), elative أَرْطَب‎ (ʾarṭab))

  1. humid, moist
  2. wet
  3. fresh and tender
  4. cool
  5. ripe and juicy
  6. pliable, supple

Declension

References

  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “رطيب”, 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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