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رطّب , inf. n. تَرْطِيبٌ , He [or it] made, or rendered, a thing such as is termed رَطْبٌ and رَطِيبٌ ; i. e. [moist, humid, succulent, sappy, or juicy: or soft, or tender, to chew: and fresh, new, or green: and supple, pliant, or flexible: and soft, or tender, as applied to a branch, or twig, and to plumage, &c.:] contr. of يَا بِس : (S:) he moistened a garment, or piece of cloth, (A, K, TA,) &c.; (TA;) as also ↓ ارطب . (K, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] one says, لِسَانِى بِذِكْرِكَ ↓ مَا زِلْتُ أُرْطِبُ (tropical:) [I have not ceased to make my tongue supple by mentioning thee; meaning I have not ceased to employ my tongue frequently in mentioning thee: or ما زلت أُرَطِّبُ الخ : for] one says also مَا رَطَّبَ لِسَانِى بِذِكْرِكَ اـِلَّا مَا بَلَلْتَنِى بِهِ مِنْ بِرِّكَ (tropical:) [Nothing has made my tongue to become supple by mentioning thee save what thou hast bestowed upon me of thy bounty]. (A. [See also 1.]) -A2- Also رطّب , (S, A, K,) inf. n. as above, (S,) He fed people with رُطَب [or fresh ripe dates]; (S, A, K;) and so ↓ رَطَبَ . (K.) You say, ↓ مَنْ أَرْطَبَ نَخْلُهُ وَلَمْ يُرَطِّبْ خَبُثَ فِعْلُهُ وَلَمْ يَطِبْ [He whose palm-trees have fresh ripe dates and he does not feed people with such dates, his conduct is bad, and is not good]. (A.) -A3- See also the next paragraph, in two places.

ارطب as a trans. v.: see the next preceding paragraph, in two places. -A2- ارطب البُسْرُ The fullgrown unripe dates became رُطَب [i. e. freshly ripe dates]: (S, A:) or so ↓ رَطَبَ , and ↓ رَطُبَ , and ↓ رطّب , (K,) of which last the inf. n. is تَرْطِيبٌ : or all signify, attained to the time of ripening: (TA:) or ارطبت البُسْرَةُ signifies the full-grown unripe date had ripening (↓ تَرْطِيب ) beginning in it. (Msb.) ― -b2- And ارطب النَّخْلُ The palm-trees had upon them, (S,) or produced, (A,) or attained to the time of having, (K,) dates such as are termed رُطَب . (S, A, K.) See an ex. in the next preceding paragraph. ― -b3- And ارطب القَوْمُ The people had palm-trees that had attained to the time of having such dates: (K:) or ارطب signifies he had abundance of such dates. (A.) ― -b4- [Also] The people became amid fresh green herbage. (Msb.) ― -b5- And ارطبت الأَرْضُ , inf. n. اـِرْطَابٌ , The land had such herbage: (Msb:) or abounded therewith. (A.)

تَرَطَّبَ see 1, in two places.

رَطْبٌ and ↓ رَطِيبٌ Contr. of يَابِسٌ (S, Msb, K) and جَافٌّ ; i. e. (Msb) moist, humid, succulent, sappy, or juicy: (A, MA, Msb:) or soft, or tender, to chew: (A:) and [fresh, (agreeably with the Pers. explanation, تَرْ , in the MA,) or] green; applied to herbage: (TA:) or they signify, (Msb,) or signify also, (S, K,) soft, or tender; (S, Msb, K;) applied to a branch, or twig, and to plumage, (S, K,) &c.: (K:) [and] supple, pliant, or flexible. (Msb.) [All these meanings are well known, of frequent occurrence, and implied in the first of the explanations above.] The former occurs in a trad. as an epithet particularly applied to Any article of property [or of provisions] that is not stored up, and will not keep; such as [most kinds of] fruits, and herbs, or leguminous plants: such, IAth says, fathers and mothers and children may eat and give away agreeably with approved usage, without asking permission; but not husbands nor wives [when it belongs to one of them exclusively], without the permission of the owner. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] جَارِيَةٌ رَطْبَةٌ (tropical:) A soft, or tender, [or a sappy, or supple,] girl, or young woman. (A, K, * TA.) And غُلَامٌ رَطْبٌ (tropical:) A boy, or young man, [sappy, or soft, or supple, or] femininely soft or supple. (A, K.) And رَجُلٌ رَطْبٌ (tropical:) A soft, or supple, man. (A.) ― -b3- [Hence also,] بِذِكْرِكَ ↓ لِسَانِى رَطِيبٌ (tropical:) [My tongue is become supple by mentioning thee: and it may also be used as meaning my tongue is become refreshed (lit. moistened) by mentioning thee]. (A. [See also 1 and 2.]) ― -b4- And اِمْرَأَةٌ رَطْبَةٌ (tropical:) [A pliant, or] a vitious, or an unchaste, woman; a fornicatress, or an adulteress. (A.) One says, in reviling, يَا ا@بْنَ الرَّطْبَةِ (tropical:) [O son of the fornicatress or adulteress]. (A.) And ↓ يَا رَطَابِ , like قَطَامِ , (tropical:) [meaning O fornicatress or adulteress, رَطَابِ , being indecl., as a proper name in this sense,] is said in reviling a woman or girl. (A, K.) ― -b5- [And يَحْمِلُ الحَطَبَ الرَّطْبَ (tropical:) : see 1 in art. حمل .] ― -b6- And عَيْشٌ رَطْبٌ (tropical:) A soft, a delicate, or an easy, life. (A.) ― -b7- And قَرَأَ القُرْا=نَ رَطْبًا (assumed tropical:) He read, or recited, the Kur-án softly, or gently; not with a loud voice. (TA from a trad) ― -b8- لُوءْلُوءٌ رَطْبٌ is a metonymical expression, meaning (tropical:) Brilliant pearls, beautiful, smooth in the exterior, and perfect in clearness: it does not denote the رُطُوَبة that is the contr. of يُبُوسَة : and similar to this is the expression المَنْدَلُ الرَّطْبُ [app. meaning (tropical:) Fresh and fragrant, or fine, aloes-wood]. (TA.)

رُطْبٌ (S, A, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.) and ↓ رُطُبٌ (S, K) Herbage, or pasture, (S, A, Mgh,) such as is juicy, fresh, or green: (A, Mgh:) or green pasture, consisting of herbs, or leguminous plants, (T, Msb, K, TA,) of the [season called] رَبِيع , (Msb, TA,) and of trees [or shrubs]: (T, K, TA:) [each] a coll. gen. n.: (TA:) or green herbage in general: (K, TA:) accord. to the Kifáyet el-Mutahaffidh, رُطْبٌ signifies fresh, or juicy, herbage or pasture; (TA;) or, as some say, ↓ رُطْبَةٌ , like غُرْفَةٌ , [though this seems to be the n. un. of رُطْبٌ ,] has this last meaning; (Msb;) what is dry being called حَشِيش . (TA.)

رُطَبٌ [Fresh ripe dates; i. e.] ripe dates (A, Mgh, Msb, K) before they become dry; (Msb, TA;) also called ↓ تَمْرٌ رَطِيبٌ and ↓ مُرْطِبٌ (K, TA) and ↓ مُرَطِّبٌ : (TA:) the dates so called are well known: (S:) [it is a coll. gen, n.:] n. un. with ة : (S, Mgh, Msb, K:) it is not a broken pl. of رُطَبَةٌ , being masc. [as well as fem.] like تَمْرٌ : you say, هٰذَا رُطَبٌ [These are fresh ripe dates]; whereas, if it were a broken pl., you would make it [only] fem.: (Sb, TA:) its pl. [of pauc.] is أَرْطَابٌ (S, Msb) and [of mult.] رِطَابٌ ; and the pl. of the n. un. is رُطَبَاتٌ . (S.) There are two sorts of رُطَب : one sort cannot be dried, and spoils if not soon eaten: the other sort dries, and is made into عَجْوَة [q. v.]. (Msb.) [See also بُسْرٌ .]

رُطُبٌ : see رُطْبٌ .

رَطْبَةٌ i. q. قَضْبٌ , (S, [in my copy of the Msb قَضْبَة , but this is the n. un. of قَضْبٌ ,]) or قَتٌّ , (A,) or اـِسْفِسْتٌ [in Pers. اـِسْفِسْت or اـِسْPِسْت ], (Mgh,) or فِصْفِصَةٌ , (K,) [all which signify A species of trefoil, or clover,] specially (S) while juicy, or fresh, or green, (S, A, Mgh, TA,) before it is dried: (Msb:) or, as some say, a meadow of فصفصة , while continuing green: and ↓ رُطْبَةٌ signifies the same: (TA:) pl. رِطَابٌ : (S, Mgh, Msb:) which is also said to be applied to the cucumber and melon and باذنجان [q. v.] and the like: but [Mtr says] the first is the meaning mentioned in the Lexicons in my hands, and is a sufficient explanation. (Mgh.)

رُطْبَةٌ : see رُطْبٌ : ― -b2- and رَطْبَةٌ .

رُطَبِىٌّ [A seller of رُطَب , or fresh ripe dates: mentioned in the K only as a surname].

رَطَابِ : see رَطْبٌ .

رَطِيبٌ : see رَطْبٌ , in two places: and رُطَبٌ .

مُرْطِبٌ : see رُطَبٌ . ― -b2- أَرْضٌ مُرْطِبَةٌ Land abounding with رُطْب [q. v.]. (S, * A, K.)

رَكِيَّةٌ مَرْطَبَةٌ A well of sweet water among wells of salt water. (K.)

مُرَطِّبٌ : see رُطَبٌ .

مَرْطُوبٌ A horse fed with [the trefoil called] رَطْبَة . (A.) ― -b2- [And A man fed with رُطَب (or fresh ripe dates).] -A2- Also (assumed tropical:) A man in whom is softness, or suppleness; مَنْ بِهِ رُطُوبَةٌ ; (K;) or صَاحِبُ رُطُوبَةٍ . (S.)