رَاتِبٌ
Root: رتب
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رَاتِبٌ
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تُرْتَبٌ and
A thing constant, firm, steady, steadfast, stable, fixed, fast, settled, established, stationary, or motionless: (M, Msb, K: [the third of these words, in this sense, is mentioned in the T in art. ترب: but see the next paragraph:]) and the first, standing erect, or upright; applied to a thing, to a كَعْب [i. e. cockal-bone, or die], and to a man. You say أَمْرٌ رَاتِبٌ
A thing, or an affair, continual, or uninterrupted, (دَارٌّ.) constant, firm, steady, &c.: and
أَمْرٌ تُرْتَبٌ , the latter word of the measure تُفْعَلٌ, with damm to the ت and fet-h to the ع, a thing, or an affair, constant, firm, steady, &c. And عِزٌّ رَاتِبٌ
Might, high rank or condition, or the like, constant, firm, &c. And عَيْشٌ
رَاتِبٌ
Constant, or continual, fixed, settled, or established, means of subsistence. And مَا زِلْتُ عَلَى هٰذَا رَاتِبًا
I ceased not to be, or to do, thus constantly; as also رَاتِمًا; in which, IJ says, the م is app. a substitute for ب, because we have not heard رَتَمَ used like رَتَبَ; but it may be radical, from الرَّتِيمَةُ.
2 [رَاتِبٌ in the modern language, used as a subst., signifies A set pension, salary, and allowance; a ration; and any set office, or task: and so رَاتِبَةٌ; pl. رَوَاتِبُ.]
2 [رَاتِبٌ in the modern language, used as a subst., signifies A set pension, salary, and allowance; a ration; and any set office, or task: and so رَاتِبَةٌ; pl. رَوَاتِبُ.]
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