راطب

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of رَطِبَ (raṭiba, “to be humid, to be moist, to be wet”) and رَطُبَ (raṭuba, “(same)”), from the root ر ط ب (r-ṭ-b).

Adjective

رَاطِب • (rāṭib) (feminine رَاطِبَة (rāṭiba), elative أَرْطَب (ʔarṭab))

1. humid, moist
2. wet
3. fresh and tender

Declension

Declension of adjective رَاطِب (rāṭib)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	رَاطِب rāṭib	الرَّاطِب ar-rāṭib	رَاطِبَة rāṭiba	الرَّاطِبَة ar-rāṭiba
Nominative	رَاطِبٌ rāṭibun	الرَّاطِبُ ar-rāṭibu	رَاطِبَةٌ rāṭibatun	الرَّاطِبَةُ ar-rāṭibatu
Accusative	رَاطِبًا rāṭiban	الرَّاطِبَ ar-rāṭiba	رَاطِبَةً rāṭibatan	الرَّاطِبَةَ ar-rāṭibata
Genitive	رَاطِبٍ rāṭibin	الرَّاطِبِ ar-rāṭibi	رَاطِبَةٍ rāṭibatin	الرَّاطِبَةِ ar-rāṭibati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	رَاطِبَيْن rāṭibayn	الرَّاطِبَيْن ar-rāṭibayn	رَاطِبَتَيْن rāṭibatayn	الرَّاطِبَتَيْن ar-rāṭibatayn
Nominative	رَاطِبَانِ rāṭibāni	الرَّاطِبَانِ ar-rāṭibāni	رَاطِبَتَانِ rāṭibatāni	الرَّاطِبَتَانِ ar-rāṭibatāni
Accusative	رَاطِبَيْنِ rāṭibayni	الرَّاطِبَيْنِ ar-rāṭibayni	رَاطِبَتَيْنِ rāṭibatayni	الرَّاطِبَتَيْنِ ar-rāṭibatayni
Genitive	رَاطِبَيْنِ rāṭibayni	الرَّاطِبَيْنِ ar-rāṭibayni	رَاطِبَتَيْنِ rāṭibatayni	الرَّاطِبَتَيْنِ ar-rāṭibatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	رَاطِبَات rāṭibāt	الرَّاطِبَات ar-rāṭibāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	رَاطِبَاتٌ rāṭibātun	الرَّاطِبَاتُ ar-rāṭibātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	رَاطِبَاتٍ rāṭibātin	الرَّاطِبَاتِ ar-rāṭibāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	رَاطِبَاتٍ rāṭibātin	الرَّاطِبَاتِ ar-rāṭibāti

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “راطب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], 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