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رَبَط
to tie /ˈra.ba.tˤa/
verbB1#2489 most common
Also: to bind, to fasten, to link, connect
Example sentences
رَبَطَ الوَلَدُ الحَبْلَ.
The boy tied the rope.
رَبَطَتِ البِنْتُ شَعْرَها بِرِباطٍ.
The girl tied her hair with a band.
يَرْبِطُ الفَلَّاحُ البَقَرَةَ بِالشَّجَرَةِ كُلَّ صَباحٍ.
The farmer ties the cow to the tree every morning.
رَبَطْتُ حَقيبَتي بِحِزامٍ مُحْكَمٍ قَبْلَ السَّفَرِ.
I tied my bag with a tight strap before traveling.
تَرْبِطُ هذِهِ الِاتِّفاقِيَّةُ الدَّوْلَتَيْنِ بِعَلاقاتٍ اقْتِصادِيَّةٍ وَثيقَةٍ.
This agreement binds the two countries in close economic relations.
لا يَنْبَغي أَنْ نَرْبِطَ دائِماً بَيْنَ النَّجاحِ المادّيِّ وَالسَّعادَةِ الحَقيقِيَّةِ.
We should not always link material success and true happiness.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَرْبِطُ | رَبَطْتُ | سَأَرْبِطُ |
| 2sg | تَرْبِطُ | رَبَطْتَ | سَتَرْبِطُ |
| 3sg | يَرْبِطُ | رَبَطَ | سَيَرْبِطُ |
| 1pl | نَرْبِطُ | رَبَطْنا | سَنَرْبِطُ |
| 2pl | تَرْبِطونَ | رَبَطْتُمْ | سَتَرْبِطونَ |
| 3pl | يَرْبِطونَ | رَبَطوا | سَيَرْبِطونَ |
Word family
رِباطbond, tie, band; frontier post
ارْتِباطconnection, link, relation
رابِطةbond, league, association
مَرْبوطtied, bound
رابِطlink, connector
Etymology
رَبَط comes from the Semitic triliteral root ر-ب-ط (r-b-ṭ), which carries the core sense of binding or fastening across Arabic's derived forms. It is a native Arabic root, not borrowed. Classical dictionaries already list it with both the literal sense of tying an object and the extended sense of linking ideas or people.
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