How to say "wet, moist" in Arabic
CognateMeaningwet, moist
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
رَطْب
raṭbרטב
رطب
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
רטוב
ratuvرَاتُوڤ
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
ر-ط-بHebrew root
ר-ט-בSame root as Hebrew ratuv (רטוב), 'wet' — rāʾ, ṭāʾ, and bāʾ all correspond exactly. In Arabic the same root also names the ripe, moist stage of a date — a raṭb — just before it dries into tamr.
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
مَبْلُول
mablūlמבלולCairo's wet is mablūl.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
فَازگ
fāzegפאזגDarija's wet is fāzeg, with a hard g.
In a phrase
أَرْض رَطْبَة
arḍ raṭbaארצ' רטבהwet ground
Feminine
رَطْبَة
raṭbaרטבה