רטוב

Hebrew

Root
ר־ט־ב (r-ṭ-b)

Etymology

Compare Arabic رَطْب (raṭb, “wet”)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

רטוב / רָטֹב • (ratóv) (feminine רטובה / רְטֻבָּה, masculine plural רטובים / רְטֻבִּים, feminine plural רטובות / רְטֻבּוֹת) [pattern: קָטוֹל]

1. wet (of an object: covered with or impregnated with liquid), moist, sapful (sap of plants)

Adjective

רָטוּב • (ratúv) (feminine רְטוּבָה, masculine plural רְטוּבִים, feminine plural רְטוּבוֹת)

1. Alternative form of רטוב \ רָטֹב (ratóv, “wet”)

References

• Klein, Ernest (1987) “רָטֹב”, in A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English‎^[1], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN, pages 614c–615a
• H7373 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible

Anagrams

• רוטב