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ثءب

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to trees, specifically a type of thorny tree, and its associated properties. It also extends to a metaphorical meaning of being slow or sluggish, derived from the tree's nature.

Derived headwords

الاثأبnoun
  1. 1.
    thorny treeclassical

    A type of tree, often thorny. The singular form is also used.

أثابةnoun
  1. 1.
    the singularboth

    the singular

  2. 2.
    he rewarded himboth

    he rewarded him

الثؤباءnoun
  1. 1.
    like al-ruqabāʾ (a type of yawn)both

    like al-ruqabāʾ (a type of yawn)

تثاءبتverb
  1. 1.
    with madd (long vowel)both

    with madd (long vowel)

Parallel reading

الاثأب: شجر، الواحدة أثابة.
Al-Ath'ab: trees, the singular is Athabah.
وغادرنا المقاول في مكر * كخشب الاثأب المتغطر سينا
And we left the contractors in cunning * like the arrogant wood of Al-Ath'ab.
والثؤباء ممدود.
And Ath-tha'baa' (slowness) is extended.
وفى المثل " أعدى من الثوباء ".
And in the proverb, 'More contagious than Ath-tha'baa'' (slowness).
تقول منه تثاءبت، على تفاعلت، ولا تقل تثاوبت.
You say from it 'tathaa'abtu' (I was slow), following the pattern 'tafaa'alta', and do not say 'tathaa'abtu'.