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ثرب

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

The root ثرب (th-r-b) primarily relates to fat, specifically the thin fat covering internal organs like the stomach and intestines. It extends metaphorically to concepts of blame, reproach, and criticism, as well as to a specific city name and related geographical terms.

Derived headwords

الثَّرْبnoun
  1. 1.
    visceral fatboth

    Thin fat that covers the stomach and intestines.

  2. 2.
    spread fatclassical

    Fat spread out over the intestines and bowels.

ثَرُوبnoun
  1. 1.
    visceral fat (pl.)both

    Plural of ثَرَب (th-r-b), referring to the thin fat covering the stomach and intestines.

ثَرْبَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    fatty (ewe)classical

    An ewe that is large with visceral fat.

أَثْرَبnoun
  1. 1.
    visceral fat (pl.)classical

    A collective plural for ثَرَب (th-r-b), referring to the thin fat covering the stomach and intestines.

الأَثَارِبnoun
  1. 1.
    visceral fat (pl. of pl.)classical

    A plural of the plural (أَثْرَب), referring to the thin fat covering the stomach and intestines.

التَّثْرِيبnoun
  1. 1.
    blame, reproachboth

    Reproaching, finding fault, and scrutinizing someone in blame.

  2. 2.
    corruption, mixingclassical

    Corruption and mixing, often in a negative sense.

ثَرَّبَverb
  1. 1.
    to blame, reproachboth

    To blame, reproach, or criticize someone for their fault, mentioning it to them.

  2. 2.
    to corrupt, mixclassical

    To corrupt or mix things up.

يُثَرِّبُverb
  1. 1.
    to blame, reproachboth

    Present tense of ثَرَّبَ (tharraba), meaning to blame or reproach.

ثَرِّبْverb
  1. 1.
    blame! reproach!both

    Imperative form of ثَرَّبَ (tharraba), commanding someone to blame or reproach.

مُثَرِّبadjective
  1. 1.
    blaming, reproachingboth

    One who blames or reproaches.

  2. 2.
    stingy, withholdingclassical

    One who gives little and withholds what they give; stingy.

  3. 3.
    corrupting, spoilingclassical

    One who mixes or corrupts.

الثَّارِبadjective
  1. 1.
    blaming, reproachingclassical

    One who blames or reproaches; a detractor.

يَثْرِبname
  1. 1.
    Medinaboth

    The city of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), formerly known by this name.

يَثْرِبِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    from Medinaboth

    Relating to or originating from the city of Yathrib (Medina).

أَثْرَبِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    from Medinaclassical

    Relating to or originating from the city of Yathrib (Medina).

نَصْل يَثْرِبِيّother
  1. 1.
    Medinan bladeclassical

    A blade or sword made in or attributed to Medina.

أَثَارِبname
  1. 1.
    a place nameclassical

    A place name mentioned in the text.

الثَّرْبnoun
  1. 1.
    land with white stonesclassical

    Land whose stones are like those of the lava fields (حَرَّة), but white.

Parallel reading

الثَّرْب: شَحْمٌ رَقِيقٌ يَغْشَى الْكِرْشَ وَالْأَمْعَاءَ، وَجَمْعُهُ ثُرُوبٌ.
Al-tharb: thin fat that covers the stomach and intestines, and its plural is thurūb.
وَشَاةٌ ثَرْبَاءُ: عَظِيمَةُ الثَّرْبِ.
And a tharbā' ewe: large in visceral fat.
وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ: نَهَى عَنِ الصَّلَاةِ إِذَا صَارَتِ الشَّمْسُ كَالْأَثَارِبِ أَيْ إِذَا تَفَرَّقَتْ وَخَصَّتْ مَوْضِعًا دُونَ مَوْضِعٍ عِنْدَ الْمَغِيبِ.
And in the Hadith: He forbade prayer when the sun becomes like al-athārib, meaning when it disperses and singles out one place over another at sunset.
وَالتَّثْرِيبُ كَالتَّأْنِيبِ وَالتَّعْيِيرِ وَالِاسْتِقْصَاءِ فِي اللَّوْمِ.
And al-tathrīb is like al-ta'nīb (scolding), al-ta'yīr (reproaching), and meticulous blame.
وَالْآرِبُ: الْمُوبِخُ.
And al-thārib: the one who blames.
يُقَالُ ثَرَّبَ وَثَرَّبَ وَأَثْرَبَ إِذَا وَبَّخَ.
It is said tharraba, tharraba, and athraba if one has rebuked.
إِنِّي لَأَكْرَهُ مَا كَرِهْتُ مِنْ الَّذِي ... يُؤْذِيكَ سُوءُ ثَنَائِهِ لَمْ يُثَرَّبِ
Indeed, I dislike what you dislike of him... whose bad praise harms you, though he is not blamed.
أَلَا لَا يَغُرَّنَّ امْرَأً، مِنْ تِلَادِهِ، ... سَوَامُ أَخٍ، دَانِي الْوَسِيطَةِ، مُثْرِبُ
Beware, let not a man be deceived by his possessions, ... by the grazing of a brother, close to the middle, a stingy one.
وَثَرَّبَ عَلَيْهِ: لَامَهُ وَعَيَّرَهُ بِذَنْبِهِ، وَذَكَرَهُ بِهِ.
And he tharraba against him: he blamed him and reproached him for his sin, and reminded him of it.
لَا تَثْرِيبَ عَلَيْكُمُ الْيَوْمَ.
There is no blame upon you today.
وَثَرَّبْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَعَرَّبْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ، بِمَعْنًى، إِذَا قَبَّحْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ فِعْلَهُمْ.
And I tharrabtu against them and 'arrabtu against them, meaning, if you make their deed ugly to them.
وَالْمُثَرِّبُ: الْمُعَيِّرُ، وَقِيلَ: الْمُخَلِّطُ الْمُفْسِدُ.
And al-mutharrīb: the one who reproaches, and it is said: the mixer, the corrupter.
وَفِي الْحَدِيثِ: إِذَا زَنَتْ أَمَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَضْرِبْهَا الْحَدَّ وَلَا يُثَرِّبْ.
And in the Hadith: If one of you has a female slave who commits adultery, let him strike her with the prescribed punishment and not reproach her.
يَثْرِبُ: مَدِينَةُ سَيِّدِنَا رَسُولِ اللَّهِ، صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ.
Yathrib: the city of our master, the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him.
وَالنِّسْبَةُ إِلَيْهَا يَثْرِبِيٌّ وَيَثْرِبِيٌّ وَأَثْرَبِيٌّ وَأَثْرَبِيٌّ، فَتَحُوا الرَّاءَ اسْتِثْقَالًا لِتَوَالِي الْكَسَرَاتِ.
And the attribution to it is Yathribī, Yathribī, Athrabī, and Athrabī; they opened the 'rā' to avoid the heaviness of consecutive kasras.
وَسَمَّاهَا طَيِّبَةَ، كَأَنَّهُ كَرِهَ الثَّرْبَ، لِأَنَّهُ فَسَادٌ فِي كَلَامِ الْعَرَبِ.
And he named it Taybah, as if he disliked al-tharb, because it is a corruption in the speech of the Arabs.
وَنَصْلٌ يَثْرِبِيٌّ وَأَثْرَبِيٌّ، مَنْسُوبٌ إِلَى يَثْرِبَ.
And a Yathribī and Athrabī blade, attributed to Yathrib.
وَالثَّرْبُ: أَرْضٌ حِجَارَتُهَا كَحِجَارَةِ الْحَرَّةِ إِلَّا أَنَّهَا بِيضٌ.
And al-tharb: land whose stones are like the stones of the lava field (al-ḥarrah) except that they are white.