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رَبَطَ

to tie up

VerbForm IRoot ر-ب-ط

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Present tense
يَرْبُطُ
Verbal noun
رَبْط
Active participle
رَابِط
Passive participle
مَرْبُوط

Most common words from the same root

Adjective
مُرْتَبِط
active participle of اِرْتَبَطَ
Noun
رَابِطَة
association
Noun
رَبْطَة
band
Verb · Form VIII
اِرْتَبَطَ
to be connected
Noun
رِبَاط
band
Noun
اِرْتِبَاط
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رَبَطَ in English

Verb · Form I

  1. to tie up, to bind
    رَبَطَ الرَّجُلُ حِذَاءَهُ بِإحكَامِ.The man tied his shoes tightly.
  2. to fasten, to attach
  3. to strengthen (used with the word for "heart" قَلْب (qalb))
    وَرَبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ إِذْ قَامُوا فَقَالُوا رَبُّنَا رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِAnd We strengthened their hearts when they stood up and declared, “Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:14
    لَوْلَا أَن رَّبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قَلْبِهَا لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَhad We not reassured her heart in order for her to have faith ˹in Allah’s promise˺.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:10

Words from the root ر-ب-ط

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رَبَطَ · present يَرْبُطُ
Form I · The plain action

to tie up, to bind; to fasten, to attach; to strengthen (used with the word for "heart" قَلْب (qalb))

رَبْط
Verbal noun
binding
رَابِط
Active participle
link
مَرْبُوط
Passive participle · Adjective
tied
رَابِطَة
Derived noun
association
رَبْطَة
Derived noun
band
مَرْبَط
Derived noun
place where you tie something
رَابَطَ · present يُرَابِطُ
Form III · Done to or with someone

to be lined up, posted, stationed (of troops); to line up, take up positions; to camp

رِبَاط
Verbal noun
band
مُرَابَطَة
Verbal noun
مُرَابِط
Active participle
marabout
مُرَابَط
Passive participle
تَرَابَطَ · present يَتَرَابَطُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to interlink, be closely tied together, stand in close relation; to conspire, take mutual obligations

تَرَابُط
Verbal noun
bond
مُتَرَابِط
Active participle
مُتَرَابَط
Passive participle
اِرْتَبَطَ · present يَرْتَبِطُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to be connected, associated with; to be committed, obligated; to bind oneself, to be engaged

اِرْتِبَاط
Verbal noun
link
مُرْتَبِط
Active participle · Adjective
active participle of اِرْتَبَطَ
مُرْتَبَط
Passive participle
تَاء مَرْبُوطَة
Noun · f.
The name of the Arabic letter ة

رَبَطَ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iرَبَطْتُأَرْبُطُأَرْبُطَأَرْبُطْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)رَبَطْتَتَرْبُطُتَرْبُطَتَرْبُطْاُرْبُطْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)رَبَطْتِتَرْبُطِينَتَرْبُطِيتَرْبُطِياُرْبُطِي
هُوَ heرَبَطَيَرْبُطُيَرْبُطَيَرْبُطْ—
هِيَ sheرَبَطَتْتَرْبُطُتَرْبُطَتَرْبُطْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoرَبَطْتُمَاتَرْبُطَانِتَرْبُطَاتَرْبُطَااُرْبُطَا
هُمَا they two (m.)رَبَطَايَرْبُطَانِيَرْبُطَايَرْبُطَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)رَبَطَتَاتَرْبُطَانِتَرْبُطَاتَرْبُطَا—
نَحْنُ weرَبَطْنَانَرْبُطُنَرْبُطَنَرْبُطْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)رَبَطْتُمْتَرْبُطُونَتَرْبُطُواتَرْبُطُوااُرْبُطُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)رَبَطْتُنَّتَرْبُطْنَتَرْبُطْنَتَرْبُطْنَاُرْبُطْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)رَبَطُوايَرْبُطُونَيَرْبُطُوايَرْبُطُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)رَبَطْنَيَرْبُطْنَيَرْبُطْنَيَرْبُطْنَ—
Verbal nounرَبْط
Active participleرَابِط
Passive participleمَرْبُوط

رَبَطَ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to tie up

رَبَطَ الرَّجُلُ حِذَاءَهُ بِإحكَامِ.The man tied his shoes tightly.

to strengthen

وَرَبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ إِذْ قَامُوا فَقَالُوا رَبُّنَا رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِAnd We strengthened their hearts when they stood up and declared, “Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:14

to strengthen

لَوْلَا أَن رَّبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قَلْبِهَا لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَhad We not reassured her heart in order for her to have faith ˹in Allah’s promise˺.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 28:10

From a fully vowelled text

الرَّبُّ صِدِّيقٌ. قَطَعَ رُبُطَ الأَشْرَارِ.The LORD is righteous: he hath cut asunder the cords of the wicked.Psalms 129:4, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
أَتَلْعَبُ مَعَهُ كَالْعُصْفُورِ، أَوْ تَرْبِطُهُ لأَجْلِ فَتَيَاتِكَ؟Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?Job 41:5, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
«مَنْ سَرَّحَ الْفَرَاءَ حُرًّا، وَمَنْ فَكَّ رُبُطَ حِمَارِ الْوَحْشِ؟Who hath sent out the wild ass free? or who hath loosed the bands of the wild ass?Job 39:5, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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