ربط

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رَبَطَ • (rabaṭa) I (non-past يَرْبُطُ (yarbuṭu), verbal noun رَبْط (rabṭ))

1. to tie up, to bind

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

2. to fasten, to attach
3. (Quran) to strengthen (used with the word for "heart" قَلْب (qalb))
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:14:

     وَرَبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمْ إِذْ قَامُوا فَقَالُوا رَبُّنَا رَبُّ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ

     warabaṭnā ʕalā qulūbihim ʔiḏ qāmū faqālū rabbunā rabbu s-samāwāti wālʔarḍi

     And 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, 28:10:

     لَوْلَا أَن رَّبَطْنَا عَلَىٰ قَلْبِهَا لِتَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ

     lawlā ʔan rrabaṭnā ʕalā qalbihā litakūna mina l-muʔminīna

     had We not reassured her heart in order for her to have faith ˹in Allah’s promise˺.

رَبْط • (rabṭ) m

1. verbal noun of رَبَطَ (rabaṭa) (form I)
2. binding
3. fastening
4. tying

• → Ottoman Turkish: ربط (rabt)
  • Turkish: rabıt

رُبَط • (rubaṭ) f pl

1. plural of رَبْطَة (rabṭa)

Borrowed from Arabic رَبْط (rabṭ, “binding, fastening”).

ربط • (rabt or rabıt) (definite accusative ربطی (rabtı, rabıtı), plural ربطلر (rabtlar, rabıtlar))

1. union, connection, conjunction, the act of joining, connecting, or binding, or the condition of being joined

   Synonym: ارتباط (irtibât)

2. (grammar) conjunction, a word used to join other words, phrases, or clauses together into sentences

   Synonym: عاطف (ʼatıf)

3. (grammar) construction, any syntactic string of words ranging from sentences to phrasal structures

• Turkish: rabıt

From Arabic رَبَطَ (rabaṭa).

• IPA^(key): /ra.batˤ/, [ˈrˤɑ.bɑtˤ]

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ربط • (rabaṭ) I (present بربط (borboṭ))

1. to tie

   Synonym: شدّ (šadd)