# رتب
## Arabic
### Etymology 1.1

* Root
* ر ت ب (r t b)
* 9 terms

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ra.ta.ba/

#### Verb

رَتَبَ • (rataba) I (non-past يَرْتُبُ (yartubu), verbal noun رُتُوب (rutūb) or رَتَابَة (ratāba) or رَتْب (ratb))
* to be or become firm, solid or stable
* to be or become stationary or motionless (of a thing)
* to stand upright (of a person)
* (transitive) to erect (e.g. a column)

##### Conjugation
#### Verb

رَتَبَ • (rataba) I (non-past يَرْتُبُ (yartubu), verbal noun رَتْب (ratb) or رُتُوب (rutūb))
* to stay, to remain, to dwell (somewhere)
* to stand firm

##### Conjugation
#### References

* “رتب” in Almaany
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “رتب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
* Lane, Edward William (1863) “رتب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1025

### Etymology 1.2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rat.ta.ba/

#### Verb

رَتَّبَ • (rattaba) II (non-past يُرَتِّبُ (yurattibu), verbal noun تَرْتِيب (tartīb))
* to make constant, firm, steady, steadfast, stable, fixed, fast, settled, established and stationary, or motionless; to fix (to make fixed and unmoving)
* to consolidate
* to arrange, to array, to order (to prescribe a particular order for)
* to determine, to regulate
* to set aside, to earmark
* to cause to result, to derive [with accusative ‘something’ and عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘from something else’]
* to set [with accusative ‘a salary’ and لِ (li) ‘for someone’]
* to decorate or dress (a shop window)
* to compose, to put together (words)
* to draw omens, one after another

##### References

* Lane, Edward William (1863) “رتب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
* Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “رتب”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “رتب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

### Etymology 1.3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ratb/

#### Noun

رَتْب • (ratb) m
* verbal noun of رَتَبَ (rataba) (form I)

##### Declension
### Etymology 1.4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ru.tab/

#### Noun

رُتَب • (rutab) f pl
* plural of رُتْبَة (rutba)

## South Levantine Arabic

* Root
* ر ت ب
* 3 terms

### Etymology

From Arabic رَتَّبَ (rattaba).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /rat.tab/, [ˈrat.tab]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

### Verb

رتّب • (rattab) II (present برتّب (biratteb), passive participle مرتّب (mrattab))
* to organize, to tidy up
    Synonyms: نظّم (naẓẓam), ضبّ (ḍabb)

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of رتّب (rattab) :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | رتّبت (rattabt) | رتّبت (rattabt) | رتّب (rattab) | رتّبنا (rattabna) | رتّبتو (rattabtu) | رتّبو (rattabu) |
| past | f | رتّبت (rattabt) | رتّبتي (rattabti) | رتّبت (rattabat) | رتّبنا (rattabna) | رتّبتو (rattabtu) | رتّبو (rattabu) |
| present | m | برتّب (baratteb) | بترتّب (bitratteb) | برتّب (biratteb) | منرتّب (minratteb) | بترتّبو (bitrattbu) | برتّبو (birattbu) |
| present | f | برتّب (baratteb) | بترتّبي (bitrattbi) | بترتّب (bitratteb) | منرتّب (minratteb) | بترتّبو (bitrattbu) | برتّبو (birattbu) |
| subjunctive | m | ارتّب (aratteb) | ترتّب (tratteb) | يرتّب (yratteb) | نرتّب (nratteb) | ترتّبو (trattbu) | يرتّبو (yrattbu) |
| subjunctive | f | ارتّب (aratteb) | ترتّبي (trattbi) | ترتّب (tratteb) | نرتّب (nratteb) | ترتّبو (trattbu) | يرتّبو (yrattbu) |
| imperative | m | | رتّب (ratteb) | | | رتّبو (rattbu) | |
| imperative | f | | رتّبي (rattbi) | | | رتّبو (rattbu) | |