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رتّب

Root: رتب

Form: 2

Full Definition

رتّبII , Verbal.Noun تَرْتِيبٌ, He made, or rendered, constant, firm, steady, steadfast, stable, fixed, fast, settled, established, and stationary, or motionless. You say, رتّب الطَّلَائِعَ فِى المَرَاتِبِ [He stationed the scouts upon the مراتب]. (A. See مَرْتَبَةٌ.)
2 He set things in order, disposed them regularly, arranged them, or classified them. You say, رتّب الرُّتَبَ [He set in order, regularly disposed, arranged, classified, distributed, or appointed, the stations, posts of honour, &c.]. (TA voce أَصَّلَ.)
3 [Hence,] تَرْتِيبٌ is sometimes used as signifying The mode of construction termed لَفٌّ وَنَشْرٌ [when it is regularly disposed: see art. لف].
4 [Also The prescribing, or observing, a particular order in any performance; as, for instance, in the ablution termed الوُضُوْء.]
5 And The drawing of omens, one after another.
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