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ءيب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of returning or coming back. It is primarily used in classical texts to describe a person or thing that frequently returns, often in the context of a specific profession or characteristic.

Derived headwords

أَيَّابٌnoun
  1. 1.
    frequent returnerclassical

    A noun referring to one who returns frequently or habitually. In the context of the provided text, it describes a person with a specific characteristic of returning.

آبَverb
  1. 1.
    to returnboth

    The basic verb form meaning to return, to come back, or to go back. It signifies a movement from one place or state to another.

Parallel reading

ابن الأثير في حديث عكرمة، رضي الله عنه، قال: كان طالوت أيابا.
Ibn al-Athir, in the hadith of Ikrimah, may Allah be pleased with him, said: Talut was an ayyab.
قال الخطابي: جاء تفسيره في الحديث أنه السقاء
Al-Khattabi said: Its interpretation came in the hadith that he was the water-skin carrier.