ثوب

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

The root ثوب (th-w-b) primarily relates to returning, coming back, and gathering. This core meaning extends to concepts of returning to a place, reunion, and the reward or recompense for actions, often implying a return of well-being or a just outcome.

Derived headwords

الثَّوْبnoun

1.
garmentboth
The singular unit of clothing, also referred to collectively as 'athwab' and 'thiyab'.

أَثْوَبnoun

1.
garments (plural)classical
A plural form of 'thawb' used for a small number of garments, with a dialectal variation using a hamza for ease of pronunciation.

لكل دهر قد لبست أثؤبا * حتى اكتسى الرأس قناعا أشيبا — For every age I have worn garments, until the head was covered with a grey veil.

ثَوَّابnoun

1.
owner of clothesclassical
A person who possesses or deals in clothes.
2.
rewardboth
The recompense or reward for obedience or good deeds.

ثَابَverb

1.
he returnedboth
he returned

ثَوْبًاnoun

1.
returnboth
The act of returning or coming back.

ثُوبَانًاnoun

1.
returnclassical
The act of returning or coming back.

المَثَابnoun

1.
middle of a basinclassical
The central part of a basin or pool where water collects.
2.
resting placeclassical
The place where a person drawing water rests at the well's edge.

وما لمثابات العروش بقية * إذا استل من تحت العروش الدعائم — And the resting places of the well-heads have no permanence if the supports are pulled out from beneath them.

المَثَابَةnoun

1.
the place to which one returns repeatedlyboth
the place to which one returns repeatedly

وإذ جعلنا البيت مثابة للناس — And [mention] when We made the House a resort for the people.

المَثَابَة (جمع)noun

1.
resorts (plural)both
The plural form of 'mathabah', referring to places of return or resorts.

المَثُوبَةnoun

1.
a variant of 'muṣībah' (calamity)both
a variant of 'muṣībah' (calamity)
2.
reward for obedienceboth
reward for obedience

لمثوبة من عند الله خير — A reward from Allah is better.

أَثَابَverb

1.
to rewardboth
To give a reward or recompense.
2.
to restoreboth
To restore one's body and health.

استَثَابَهُverb

1.
to ask for rewardboth
To request that one be rewarded or recompensed.

ثَوَّبَverb

1.
meaning he was rewardedboth
meaning he was rewarded

هل ثوب الكفار ما كانوا يفعلون — Have the disbelievers been recompensed for what they used to do?

التَّثْوِيبnoun

1.
in the call to prayerboth
in the call to prayer

ثَوَابname

1.
Thawabclassical
The name of a man known for his obedience.

وكنت الدهر لست أطيع أنثى * فصرت اليوم أطوع من ثواب — And I used to never obey a woman my whole life, but today I am more obedient than Thawab.

الثَّائِبadjective

1.
strong windclassical
A strong wind that blows at the beginning of the rain.

ثَيِّبadjective

1.
A man who has had sexual intercourse.both
A man who has had sexual intercourse.
2.
A woman who has had sexual intercourse.both
A woman who has had sexual intercourse.

ثُيِّبَتverb

1.
to be marriedboth
The passive form indicating a woman has been married or had relations.

قد ثيبت المرأة — The woman has been married.

Parallel reading

واحد الأثواب والثياب

The singular of 'athwab' and 'thiyab'.

ويجمع في القلة على أثوب

And it is pluralized for a small quantity as 'athwub'.

ويقول: أثوب فيهمز، لان الضمة على الواو تستثقل والهمزة أقوى على احتمالها.

And some Arabs say: 'ath'ub' with a hamza, because the vowel 'dammah' on the 'waw' is heavy, and the hamza is stronger to bear it.

وكذلك دار وأدور وساق وأسوق وجميع ما جاء على هذا المثال.

And similarly for 'dar' and 'adwar', 'saq' and 'aswuq', and all that comes in this pattern.

يقال لصاحب الثياب ثواب.

The owner of clothes is called 'thawwab'.

وثاب الرجل يثوب ثوبا وثوبانا: رجع بعد ذهابه.

And a man returned, he returns a return ('thawban' and 'thawaban'): he came back after he had gone.

وثاب الناس: اجتمعوا وجاءوا.

And people returned: they gathered and came.

وكذلك الماء إذا اجتمع في الحوض.

And likewise water when it gathers in a basin.

ومثاب الحوض: وسطه الذي يثوب إليه الماء إذا استفرغ.

And the 'mathab' of the basin: its middle, to which the water returns when it is emptied.

وهو الثبة أيضا، والهاء عوض عن الواو الذاهبة من عين الفعل، كما عوضوا في قولهم أقام إقامة، وأصله إقواما.

And it is also 'ath-thabbah', and the 'ha' is a substitute for the lost 'waw' from the root's middle letter, just as they substituted in their saying 'aqama' for 'iqwama'.

والمثابة: الموضع الذي يثاب إليه، أي يرجع إليه مرة بعد أخرى.

And the 'mathabah': the place to which one returns, meaning returns to it time after time.

وإنما قيل للمنزل مثابة لأن أهله يتصرفون في أمورهم ثم يثوبون إليه، والجمع المثاب.

And the home is called a 'mathabah' because its people go about their affairs and then return to it, and its plural is 'al-mathab'.

وربما قالوا لموضع حبالة الصائد مثابة، قال الراجز:

And sometimes they call the place of the hunter's snare a 'mathabah', and the poet said:

حتى متى (1) تطلع المثابا * لعل شيخا مهترا مصابا

Until when will the snare-place appear? Perhaps an old, afflicted wild goat.

والمثاب: مقام المستقي على فم البئر عند العرش.

And the 'mathab': the place where the water-drawer stands at the mouth of the well near the frame.

والثواب: جزاء الطاعة، وكذلك المثوبة.

And 'ath-thawab': the reward for obedience, and likewise 'al-mathubah'.

وأثاب الرجل، أي رجع إليه جسمه وصلح بدنه.

And a man recovered ('athaba'), meaning his body returned to him and his health improved.

واستثابه: سأله أن يثيبه.

And 'istathabahu': he asked him to reward him.

والتثويب في أذان الفجر أن يقول: الصلاة خير من النوم.

And 'ath-thawwab' in the dawn call to prayer is to say: 'Prayer is better than sleep'.

وقولهم في المثل " أطلوع من ثواب " هو اسم رجل كان يوصف بالطواعية.

And their saying in the proverb 'A rise from Thawab' is the name of a man who was described as obedient.

والثائب: الريح الشديدة تكون في أول المطر.

And 'ath-tha'ib': the strong wind that occurs at the beginning of the rain.

ورجل ثيب (2) وامرأة ثيب، الذكر والانثى فيه سواء.

And a man is 'thayyib' and a woman is 'thayyib', the masculine and feminine are the same in this regard.

قال ابن السكيت: وذلك إذا كانت المرأة قد دخل بها، أو كان الرجل قد دخل بامرأته.

Ibn al-Sikkit said: That is when the woman has been entered into (married), or the man has entered his wife.

تقول منه: قد ثيبت المرأة.

You say from it: 'The woman has been married' ('thuyyibat').