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الطب

Root entry · 30 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the art and practice of medicine, encompassing healing, treatment, and the skills of a physician. It also extends to related concepts like skillfulness, deception, desire, habit, and specific physical or auditory phenomena.

Derived headwords

الطِّبّnoun
  1. 1.
    Medicineboth

    The art and science of healing the body and the soul; treatment of illness and injury.

  2. 2.
    Kindness, gentlenessclassical

    Acting with gentleness, leniency, or kindness towards someone.

  3. 3.
    Magic, sorceryclassical

    Deception or trickery, often associated with magic or sorcery.

يَطِبُّverb
  1. 1.
    To heal, to treatboth

    He healed or treated (the body or soul).

يُطِبُّverb
  1. 1.
    To heal, to treatboth

    He healed or treated (the body or soul).

الطِّبُّnoun
  1. 1.
    Desire, lustclassical

    Strong desire, longing, or lust.

  2. 2.
    Will, intentionclassical

    Purpose, intention, or will.

  3. 3.
    Affair, matterclassical

    A matter, affair, or situation.

  4. 4.
    Habit, customclassical

    A usual practice, habit, or custom.

الطَّبُّadjective
  1. 1.
    Skilled, expertboth

    Highly skilled and expert in one's work, like a physician.

الطَّبِيبُnoun
  1. 1.
    Physician, doctorboth

    A medical doctor; one who practices medicine.

الطَّبُّnoun
  1. 1.
    Camel's careful gaitclassical

    A camel that carefully tends to the place where its hoof is.

  2. 2.
    Expert stud stallionclassical

    A stallion that is skilled and expert at mating.

  3. 3.
    Covering beadsclassical

    Covering beads with a substance, similar to medical treatment.

الطِّبَابَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Treatment, healingboth

    The act of treating or healing; medical practice.

الطِّبَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Elongated thingclassical

    An elongated piece of land, cloth, cloud, or skin.

الطِّبَابnoun
  1. 1.
    Elongated thingsclassical

    Plural of طبة (ṭibbah), referring to elongated pieces of land, cloth, clouds, or skin.

الطِّبَبnoun
  1. 1.
    Elongated thingsclassical

    Plural of طبة (ṭibbah), referring to elongated pieces of land, cloth, clouds, or skin.

الطِّبَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Strap, thongclassical

    A strap or thong found at the bottom of a waterskin, between the two stitching points.

الطِّبَابَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Strap, thongclassical

    A strap or thong found at the bottom of a waterskin, between the two stitching points.

طَبَّبْتُverb
  1. 1.
    To practice medicineboth

    I practiced medicine or sought to heal.

أَطِبَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Physiciansboth

    Plural of طبيب (ṭabīb), meaning physicians or doctors.

أَطِبَّاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Physiciansboth

    Plural of طبيب (ṭabīb), meaning physicians or doctors.

المُتَطَبِّبُnoun
  1. 1.
    One who practices medicineclassical

    One who pretends to practice medicine or engages in the study of medicine.

طَبٍّnoun
  1. 1.
    Skill, expertiseclassical

    Skill, expertise, or knowledge, particularly in a practical matter.

طِبّnoun
  1. 1.
    Skill, expertiseclassical

    Skill, expertise, or knowledge, particularly in a practical matter.

يَسْتَطَبُّverb
  1. 1.
    To seek medical adviceclassical

    He sought to be treated for his pain; he asked for a remedy.

طَبَاطِبَاname
  1. 1.
    Ismail ibn Ibrahimclassical

    A name, specifically Ismail ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan ibn Ali, nicknamed for changing Qaf to Ta.

الطَّبْطَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Sound of waterclassical

    The sound of water, or the sound of a rushing torrent.

الطَّبْطَابَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Wooden plankclassical

    A wide wooden plank used for playing ball games.

قُرْبُ طَبٍّphrase
  1. 1.
    Near virginityclassical

    A phrase indicating closeness to being a virgin, used in a proverb.

قُرْبُ طَبًّاphrase
  1. 1.
    Near virginityclassical

    A phrase indicating closeness to being a virgin, used in a proverb (variant reading).

المُطَابَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Roundness, rollingclassical

    The act of making something round or rolling it.

التَّطْبِيبُnoun
  1. 1.
    Hanging and churningclassical

    Hanging a waterskin from a pole and churning its contents.

  2. 2.
    Widening fabricclassical

    Inserting something into silk fabric to widen it.

الطَّبْطَبِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Whip, riding cropclassical

    A whip or riding crop.

طَبْطَبَverb
  1. 1.
    To make a soundclassical

    It made a sound.

الطَّبْطَابُnoun
  1. 1.
    Bird with large earsclassical

    A type of bird known for having two large ears.

Parallel reading

الطب، مثلثة الطاء: علاج الجسم والنفس
Medicine, with a triply-voweled Ta: healing of the body and the soul.
والرفق، والسحر
And gentleness, and magic.
وبالكسر: الشهوة، والإرادة، والشأن، والعادة
And with a kasra: desire, will, affair, and habit.
وبالفتح: الماهر الحاذق بعمله، كالطبيب
And with a fatha: the skilled, expert in his work, like the physician.
والبعير يتعاهد موضع خفه
And the camel that tends to the place of its hoof.
والفحل الحاذق بالضراب
And the stallion expert at mating.
وتغطية الخرز بالطبابة، كالتطبيب
And covering beads with a substance, like medical treatment.
والطبة والطبابة، بكسرهما، والطبيبة: المستطيلة من الأرض والثوب والسحاب والجلد
And al-ṭibbah and al-ṭibābah, with a kasra for both, and al-ṭabībah: the elongated thing from the land, cloth, cloud, and skin.
وما كنت طبيبا، ولقد طببت، طببت بالكسر والفتح
And I was not a physician, and indeed I practiced medicine, practiced medicine with kasra and fatha.
والمتطبب: متعاطي علم الطب
And al-mutataṭabbib: one who engages in the science of medicine.
و"إن كنت ذا طب فطب لعينك"
And 'If you have skill, then apply it to your eye'.
و"من أحب طب": تأنى للأمور، وتلطف
And 'Whoever loves gentleness': he is patient with matters and is gentle.
وهو يستطب لوجعه: يستوصف
And he seeks treatment for his pain: he asks for a remedy.
وطبابة السماء، وطبابها: طرتها المستطيلة
And the elongation of the sky, and its elongation: its elongated shape.
والطبطبة: صوت الماء، وصوت تلاطم السيل
And al-ṭabṭabah: the sound of water, and the sound of a surging torrent.
والطبطابة: خشبة عريضة يلعب بها بالكرة
And al-ṭabṭābah: a wide plank with which one plays ball.
فقالت: "قرب طب"، ويروى طبا، فذهبت مثلا
So she said: 'Near virginity', and it is narrated 'ṭabbā', and it became a proverb.
والمطابة: المداورة
And al-muṭābah: making round or rolling.
والتطبيب: أن تعلق السقاء من عود ثم تمخضه، وأن تدخل في الديباج بنيقة توسعه بها
And al-taṭbīb: hanging a waterskin from a pole then churning it, and inserting something into silk fabric to widen it.
والطبطبية: الدرة
And al-ṭabṭabiyyah: the whip.
وطبطب: صوت
And ṭabṭaba: a sound.
وطباطبا: إسماعيل بن إبراهيم بن الحسن بن الحسن بن علي، لقب به لأنه كان يبدل القاف طاء، أو لأنه أعطي قباء فقال: طباطبا يريد قباقبا
And Ṭabṭabā: Ismail ibn Ibrahim ibn al-Hasan ibn al-Hasan ibn Ali, nicknamed because he used to change Qaf to Ta, or because he was given a Qaba' and said: Ṭabṭabā meaning Qabaqibā.
والطبطاب: طائر له أذنان كبيرتان
And al-ṭabṭāb: a bird with two large ears.