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ارطب

Root: رطب

Form: 4

Full Definition

ارطبIV as a trans. v.: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.

def.2 ارطب البُسْرُ The fullgrown unripe dates became رُطَب [i. e. freshly ripe dates]: or so , and رَطُبَ , and رطّب , of which last the Verbal.Noun is تَرْطِيبٌ: or all signify, attained to the time of ripening: or ارطبت البُسْرَةُ signifies the full-grown unripe date had ripening ( ) beginning in it.
2 And ارطب النَّخْلُ The palm-trees had upon them, or produced, or attained to the time of having, dates such as are termed رُطَب. See an ex. in the next preceding paragraph.
3 And ارطب القَوْمُ The people had palm-trees that had attained to the time of having such dates: or ارطب signifies he had abundance of such dates.
4 [Also] The people became amid fresh green herbage.
5 And ارطبت الأَرْضُ, Verbal.Noun إِرْطَابٌ, The land had such herbage: or abounded therewith.
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