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تب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

تَابٌّ أبى تأب تاب (tropical:) An old man; (AZ, T, M, A, K;) fem. with ة: (AZ, T, M, A:) and (assumed tropical:) weak: pl. أَتْبَابٌ: of the dial. of Hudheyl; and extr. [with respect to analogy]. (M.) You say, كُنْتُ شَابًّا فَصِرْتُ تَابًّا [ I was a young man, and I have become an old man ]. (A.) And أَشَابَّةٌ أَنْتِ أَمْ تَابَّةٌ [ Art thou a young woman or an old woman? ] (A.) ― -b2- Also, (T, K,) or تَابُّ الظَّهْرِ, (T,) (assumed tropical:) An ass, and a camel, having galls, or sores, on his back: (T, K:) pl. as above. (K.) ― -b3- [See also بَاتٌّ.]

Derived headwords

تَابٌّ
  1. 1.
كُنْتُ شَابًّا فَصِرْتُ تَابًّا
أَشَابَّةٌ أَنْتِ أَمْ تَابَّةٌ
تَابُّ الظَّهْرِ