رَاتِبٌ
1.
(Msb) and
تُرْتُبٌ and
تُرْتَبٌ (M, K) and
تَرْتُبٌ (M) A thing constant, firm, steady, steadfast, stable, fixed, fast, settled, established, stationary, or motionless: (M, Msb, K: [the third of these words, in this sense, is mentioned in the T in article ترب: but see the next paragraph:]) and the first, standing erect, or upright; (T, TA;) applied to a thing, (T,) to a كَعْب [i. e. cockal-bone, or die], and to a man. (TA.) You say أَمْرٌ رَاتِبٌ
A thing, or an affair, continual, or uninterrupted, (دَارٌّ.) constant, firm, steady, &c.: and
أَمْرٌ تُرْتَبٌ, the latter word of the measure تُفْعَلٌ, with damm to the ت and fet-h to the ع, a thing, or an affair, constant, firm, steady, &c. (S.) And عِزٌّ رَاتِبٌ
Might, high rank or condition, or the like, constant, firm, &c. (A.) And عَيْشٌ
رَاتِبٌ
Constant, or continual, (M, TA,) fixed, settled, or established, (TA,) means of subsistence. (M, TA.) And مَا زِلْتُ عَلَى هٰذَا رَاتِبًا
I ceased not to be, or to do, thus constantly; as also رَاتِمًا; in which, IJ says, the م is apparently a substitute for ب, because we have not heard رَتَمَ used like رَتَبَ; but it may be radical, from الرَّتِيمَةُ. (M.)
2.
[رَاتِبٌ in the modern language, used as a subst., signifies A set pension, salary, and allowance; a ration; and any set office, or task: and so رَاتِبَةٌ; plural رَوَاتِبُ.]