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تَرْتِيب
order /tarˈtiːb/
nounB1#1615 most common
Also: arrangement, organization, sequence
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ التَّرْتِيب.
I like order.
غُرْفَتِي بِحَاجَةٍ إِلَى تَرْتِيب.
My room needs tidying.
رَتَّبْتُ الكُتُبَ حَسَبَ التَّرْتِيب الأَبْجَدِيِّ.
I arranged the books in alphabetical order.
تَرْتِيب الكَلِمَاتِ فِي الجُمْلَةِ مُهِمٌّ.
The order of words in the sentence is important.
أَحْرَزَ الفَرِيقُ المَرْكَزَ الأَوَّلَ فِي تَرْتِيب الدَّوْرِيِّ.
The team took first place in the league standings.
تَطَلَّبَ تَرْتِيب المُؤْتَمَرِ شُهُورًا مِنَ التَّخْطِيطِ الدَّقِيقِ.
Organizing the conference required months of careful planning.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَرْتِيبٌ | تَرْتِيبَاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَرْتِيبٍ | تَرْتِيبَاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَرْتِيبًا | تَرْتِيبَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا تَرْتِيبُ | يَا تَرْتِيبَاتُ |
Word family
رَتَّبَto arrange, to put in order
رُتْبَةrank, gradeمُرَتَّبarranged, orderly
تَرْتِيبَاتarrangements, preparations
Etymology
تَرْتِيب is the verbal noun of the verb رَتَّبَ, "to arrange" or "to set in order." It comes from the triliteral root ر-ت-ب, which carries the sense of being fixed, settled, or ranked. The form follows the standard taf'īl pattern that turns Form II verbs into nouns of action.
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