رتبة

Arabic

Root
ر ت ب (r-t-b)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rut.ba/

Noun

رُتْبَة • (rutba) f (plural رُتَب (rutab) or رُتَبَات (rutabāt))

1. (ladder, stairs) step
2. grade, degree, condition
3. rank, dignity, position, status, station, standing, office
4. order (regular arrangement of items)
5. (taxonomy) order

   Coordinate terms: نَوْع (nawʕ, “species”), مُسْتَنْبَت (mustanbat, “cultivar”), فَصِيلَة (faṣīla, “family”), جِنْس (jins, “genus”), مَمْلَكَة (mamlaka, “kingdom”)

6. ceremony

Declension

Declension of noun رُتْبَة (rutba)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُتْبَة rutba	الرُّتْبَة ar-rutba	رُتْبَة rutbat
Nominative	رُتْبَةٌ rutbatun	الرُّتْبَةُ ar-rutbatu	رُتْبَةُ rutbatu
Accusative	رُتْبَةً rutbatan	الرُّتْبَةَ ar-rutbata	رُتْبَةَ rutbata
Genitive	رُتْبَةٍ rutbatin	الرُّتْبَةِ ar-rutbati	رُتْبَةِ rutbati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُتْبَتَيْن rutbatayn	الرُّتْبَتَيْن ar-rutbatayn	رُتْبَتَيْ rutbatay
Nominative	رُتْبَتَانِ rutbatāni	الرُّتْبَتَانِ ar-rutbatāni	رُتْبَتَا rutbatā
Accusative	رُتْبَتَيْنِ rutbatayni	الرُّتْبَتَيْنِ ar-rutbatayni	رُتْبَتَيْ rutbatay
Genitive	رُتْبَتَيْنِ rutbatayni	الرُّتْبَتَيْنِ ar-rutbatayni	رُتْبَتَيْ rutbatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	رُتَب‎; رُتَبَات rutab‎; rutabāt	الرُّتَب‎; الرُّتَبَات ar-rutab‎; ar-rutabāt	رُتَب‎; رُتَبَات rutab‎; rutabāt
Nominative	رُتَبٌ‎; رُتَبَاتٌ rutabun‎; rutabātun	الرُّتَبُ‎; الرُّتَبَاتُ ar-rutabu‎; ar-rutabātu	رُتَبُ‎; رُتَبَاتُ rutabu‎; rutabātu
Accusative	رُتَبًا‎; رُتَبَاتٍ rutaban‎; rutabātin	الرُّتَبَ‎; الرُّتَبَاتِ ar-rutaba‎; ar-rutabāti	رُتَبَ‎; رُتَبَاتِ rutaba‎; rutabāti
Genitive	رُتَبٍ‎; رُتَبَاتٍ rutabin‎; rutabātin	الرُّتَبِ‎; الرُّتَبَاتِ ar-rutabi‎; ar-rutabāti	رُتَبِ‎; رُتَبَاتِ rutabi‎; rutabāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: rütbə
• → Northern Kurdish: ritbe
• → Persian: رتبه (rutba)
  • → Urdu: رتبہ (rutba)
• → Ottoman Turkish: رتبه (rütbe)
  • Turkish: rütbe

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “رتبة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رتبة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen