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raṭana

talk gibberish, speak unintelligibly

رَطَنَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

ر ط ن

Forms

Present
يَرْطُنُ
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ رَطَنَيَرْطُنُ—
she هِيَ رَطَنَتتَرْطُنُ—
they two (m.) هُما رَطَنايَرْطُنانِ—
they two (f.) هُما رَطَنَتاتَرْطُنانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ رَطَنُوايَرْطُنُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ رَطَنَّيَرْطُنَّ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ رَطَنْتَتَرْطُنُاُرْطُنْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ رَطَنْتِتَرْطُنِينَاُرْطُنِي
you two أَنْتُما رَطَنْتُماتَرْطُنانِاُرْطُنَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ رَطَنْتُمتَرْطُنُونَاُرْطُنُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ رَطَنْتُنَّتَرْطُنَّاُرْطُنْنَ
I أَنا رَطَنْتُأَرْطُنُ—
we نَحْنُ رَطَنّانَرْطُنُ—

From the same root

All words from ر ط ن →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries
  • رَطَنَ لَهُ Form I He spoke to him
    , (S, K,) aor. , (MS, JM,) inf. n. رَطَانَةٌ and رِطَانَةٌ; (S, * K, * MA, MS, JM, TA;) and ↓ راطنهُ, (S, K,) inf. n. مُرَاطَنَةٌ; (TK;) He spoke to him بِالأَعْجمِيَّةِ [i. e. with a barbarous, or vitious, speech]; (S, K;) or, correctly, accord. to Aboo-Zekereeyà, بِالعَجَمِيَّةِ [i. e. in a language foreign to the Arabs]: (TA: [and in like manner expl. in the MA and PS and TK:]) or, [as sometimes used,] in a language not generally understood, conventionally formed between two, or several, persons: (JM, TA:) [or he gibbered, or uttered gibberish or jargon, to him: (see R. Q. 1 in art زم:)] and ↓ تَرَاطَنُوا (S, K) فِيمَا بَيْنَهُمْ (S) They so spoke (&c.] (S, K) among themselves. (S.) A poet says, (S,) namely, Tarafeh, (TA,) " الفُرْسِ ↓ أَصْوَاتُهُمْ كَتَرَاطُنِ " [Their voices were like the barbarous, or vitious, or rather the foreign, speech, among themselves, of the Persians]. (S.) ― -b2- You say also, رَطَنَ بِشَىْءٍ, meaning He alluded to a thing, not mentioning its name explicitly, or unequivocally. (JM.)
  • رَاْطَنَ Form III Open entry
    see above, first sentence.
  • تَرَاْطَنَ Form VI Open entry
    see 1, in two places.
  • رَطُونٌ Open entry
    : see the next paragraph.
  • رَطَانَةٌ Camels when they are many
    , (so in my copies of the S, [like the former of the two inf. ns. of رَطَنَ,] and so in copies of the K,) or رَطَّانَةٌ, (so accord. to the TA, as from the K,) and ↓ رَطُونٌ, (S, K,) accord. to As, Camels when they are many, (TA,) or, accord. to Fr, camels when they are such as are termed رِفَاق [pl. of رُفْقَةٌ], and have their owners with them: (S, TA:) or camels when they are many, and are such as are termed رِفَاق, and have their owners with them: (K:) and accord. to As, they are also termed طَحَّانَةٌ and طَحُونٌ: by رِفَاق being meant those upon which people have gone forth to purvey for themselves wheat, or corn, or other provisions from the towns or villages; each, or every, company being a رُفْقَة. (TA.)
  • مَا رُطَيْنَاكَ What is that to which thou alludest, not mentioning it explicitly?
    and رُطَّيْنَاكَ means مَا الذَّى تَرْطُنُ بِهِ [i. e. What is that to which thou alludest, not mentioning it explicitly?]: (JM:) or مَا رُطَّيْنَاكَ هٰذِهِ, and sometimes without teshdeed, means What is [this] thy speech? (K.)

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