ترب

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns 'dust' and things associated with it, including poverty, touching or being covered by dust, and things that are dusty. It also extends to concepts of equality, young animals, and anatomical terms.

Derived headwords

التّرابnoun

1.
dustboth
The fine particles of earth or other matter. It is the primary meaning of the root.

تُرابnoun

1.
and al-tawārib, al-tawarrub, al-tayrab, al-tayrāb, and al-turbāʾ with fatḥ on the tāʾ in the four – and al-turb and al-turba with ḍamm on the tāʾ in both: all mean the sameboth
and al-tawārib, al-tawarrub, al-tayrab, al-tayrāb, and al-turbāʾ with fatḥ on the tāʾ in the four – and al-turb and al-turba with ḍamm on the tāʾ in both: all mean the same

تَوْرابnoun

1.
dustclassical
A variant spelling or pronunciation of 'dust'.

تَوْرِبnoun

1.
dustclassical
A variant spelling or pronunciation of 'dust'.

تِيرِبnoun

1.
dustclassical
A variant spelling or pronunciation of 'dust'.

تَرِبnoun

1.
he covered it with dust, so it became covered with dustboth
he covered it with dust, so it became covered with dust
2.
peer, contemporaryboth
peer, contemporary
3.
its plural is atrābboth
its plural is atrāb
4.
the thing: it was covered with dustboth
the thing: it was covered with dust

تُرْبَةnoun

1.
that which has fallen into the dust and become dusty, so the butcher shakes it offboth
that which has fallen into the dust and become dusty, so the butcher shakes it off

تُرْباءnoun

1.
dustclassical
A variant spelling or pronunciation of 'dust'.
2.
the groundclassical
The earth or ground itself.

تِيرابnoun

1.
dustclassical
A variant spelling or pronunciation of 'dust'.

تَرِيبnoun

1.
dustclassical
A variant spelling or pronunciation of 'dust'.

تَرِيبverb

1.
to be covered in dustclassical
To become covered or smudged with dust.

أَتْرِبَةnoun

1.
plural of turābboth
plural of turāb

تُرْبانnoun

1.
with kasra on the tāʾboth
with kasra on the tāʾ

تَرِبَverb

1.
he covered it with dust, so it became covered with dustboth
he covered it with dust, so it became covered with dust
2.
peer, contemporaryboth
peer, contemporary
3.
its plural is atrābboth
its plural is atrāb
4.
the thing: it was covered with dustboth
the thing: it was covered with dust

تَرِبَتْ يَدَاكَphrase

1.
may your hands not prosperclassical
An expression of ill-wishing, meaning 'may you not achieve good'.

تَرَّبَverb

1.
he covered it with dust, so it became covered with dustboth
he covered it with dust, so it became covered with dust
2.
peer, contemporaryboth
peer, contemporary
3.
its plural is atrābboth
its plural is atrāb
4.
the thing: it was covered with dustboth
the thing: it was covered with dust

تَتَرَّبَverb

1.
to be smudged with dustclassical
To become smudged or covered with dust.

أَتْرَبَverb

1.
the man: he became rich, as if he had wealth equal to dustboth
the man: he became rich, as if he had wealth equal to dust

مَتْرَبَةnoun

1.
poverty and destitutionboth
poverty and destitution

تَرَبَاتnoun

1.
fingertipsclassical
The tips of the fingers.

رِيحٌ تُرْبَةphrase

1.
dusty windclassical
A wind that carries dust.

تُرْبُوتnoun

1.
docile animalclassical
A tame or docile camel or other animal, male or female.

أَتْرَابnoun

1.
peersboth
Individuals of the same age or generation.

تَرِيبَةnoun

1.
one of the ribs, which are the bones of the chestboth
one of the ribs, which are the bones of the chest

يَتَرَّبname

1.
Yatribclassical
A place name, a location near Al-Yamamah.

Parallel reading

التراب فيه لغات، تراب وتوراب وتورب وتيرب وترب وتربة وترباء وتيراب وتريب وتريب

Dust has several pronunciations: turab, tawrab, tawrab, tirab, tarib, turbah, turba', tirab, tarib, and tarib.

وجمع التراب أتربة وتربان

And the plural of dust is atribah and tarban.

والترباء: الأرض نفسها

And al-turbā' is the earth itself.

وترب الشئ بالكسر: أصابه التراب

And tariba (with kasr) something means: dust touched it.

ومنهم تربت يداك!

And among them is 'May your hands be dusty!'

وهو على الدعاء، أي لا أصبت خيرا

And it is an invocation, meaning 'May you not achieve good.'

وتربت الشئ تتريبا فتترب

And tarriba something with tatriiban, so it becomes tatarrib.

أي تلطخ بالتراب

Meaning it became smudged with dust.

وأتربت الشئ: جعلت عليه التراب

And atarba something means: you placed dust upon it.

وفى الحديث: " أتربوا الكتاب فإنه أنجح للحاجة "

And in the hadith: 'Cover the document with dust, for it is more successful for the need.'

وأترب الرجل: استغنى، كأنه صار له من المال بقدر التراب

And ataraba the man means: he became rich, as if he had wealth equal to the dust.

والمتربة: المسكنة والفاقة

And al-matrabah is poverty and destitution.

ومسكين ذو متربة، أي لاصق بالتراب

And a poor person is one with matrabah, meaning clinging to the dust.

والتربات: الأنامل، الواحدة تربة

And al-tarbāt are the fingertips, the singular is turbah.

وريح تربة أيضا، إذا جاءت بالتراب

And a wind is also turbah, if it brings dust.

والتربة أيضا: نبت

And al-turbah is also a plant.

وتربة، مثال همزة: اسم واد

And Turbah, like humzah, is the name of a valley.

وجمل تربوت وناقة تربوت، أي ذلول وأصله من التراب، الذكر والأنثى فيه سواء

And a camel is tarbut and a she-camel is tarbut, meaning docile, and its origin is from dust; the masculine and feminine are the same in this regard.

وقولهم هذه ترب هذه أي لدتها، وهن أتراب

And their saying 'this one is the peer of this one' means she gave birth to her, and they are peers.

والتريبة: واحدة الترائب وهي عظام الصدر ما بين الترقوة إلى الثندؤة

And al-taribah is one of the tarā'ib, which are the bones of the chest from the collarbone to the nipple.

ويترب بفتح الراء: موضع قريب من اليمامة

And Yatrib, with a fatha on the ra, is a place near Al-Yamamah.

قال الاشجعى: وعدت وكان الخلف منك سجية * مواعيد عرقوب أخاه بيترب

Al-Ashja'i said: 'You promised, and breaking promises was your nature, like the promises of 'Urqub to his brother in Yatrib.'