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تبه

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to the concept of a chest, box, or coffin, specifically a variant spelling or pronunciation of the word 'tabut'. It is noted as a linguistic variation, possibly an error in pronunciation or transcription.

Derived headwords

التَّابُوهnoun
  1. 1.
    coffin, arkclassical

    A variant pronunciation or spelling of 'al-tabut', referring to a chest, ark, or coffin.

التَّابُوتnoun
  1. 1.
    coffin, ark, chestboth

    A chest, ark, or coffin, particularly the Ark of the Covenant in religious contexts.

Parallel reading

لغة في التابوت، أنصارية.
A linguistic variant of 'al-tabut', attributed to the Ansar.
وقد قرئ بها
And it has been recited with it.
وأراهم غلطوا بالتاء الأصلية
And I think they made a mistake with the original 'ta'.
فإنه سمع بعضهم يقول قعدنا على الفراه، يريدون على الفرات.
For some of them were heard saying 'We sat on al-Furaah', meaning 'on al-Furaat'.