طبب

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns knowledge, skill, and expertise, particularly in the realm of medicine. It extends to encompass mastery, cunning, and even deception or enchantment. The root also describes physical attributes like texture, shape, and sound.

Derived headwords

الطَّبِيبnoun

1.
doctor, physicianboth
A person who is knowledgeable in the science of medicine.
2.
expert, skilled personclassical
Generally, anyone who is highly skilled or adept in any field.

ما كنت طبيبا ولقد طببت — I was not a physician, but I have practiced medicine.

أَطِبَّةnoun

1.
plural for a small numberboth
plural for a small number

أَطِبَّاءnoun

1.
plural for a large numberboth
plural for a large number

طَبَّبَverb

1.
to practice medicineclassical
To engage in the practice of medicine, as a physician.
2.
to be skilledclassical
To be expert or highly skilled in something.

ولقد طببت — but I have practiced medicine.

المُتَطَبِّبnoun

1.
one who practices medicineclassical
Someone who engages in the study or practice of medicine, often implying an amateur or pretender.

المتطبب: الذي يتعاطى علم الطب — One who practices medicine: he who engages in the science of medicine.

الطِّبّnoun

1.
medicine (science)both
The science or practice of medicine.
2.
skill, expertiseclassical
A high degree of skill or knowledge in a particular field.
3.
magic, sorceryclassical
Enchantment or sorcery.
4.
habit, custom, natureclassical
One's inherent disposition, habit, or way of life.

والطب والطب لغتان في الطب — And 'tibb' and 'tubb' are two linguistic variants for 'medicine'.

طَبّnoun

1.
two pronunciations for 'medicine'both
two pronunciations for 'medicine'

إن كنت ذا طب فطب لعينيك — If you possess skill, then apply it to your eyes.

طَبَّverb

1.
two pronunciations for 'medicine'both
two pronunciations for 'medicine'

فطب لعينيك — then apply it to your eyes.

مَطْبُوبadjective

1.
bewitched, enchantedclassical
Affected by magic or sorcery.

طب الرجل فهو مطبوب — The man practiced magic, so he is bewitched.

طَبّadjective

1.
two pronunciations for 'medicine'both
two pronunciations for 'medicine'

ورجل طب بالفتح، أي عالم — And a man 'tubb' (with fatha) means knowledgeable.

طَبّadjective

1.
two pronunciations for 'medicine'both
two pronunciations for 'medicine'

وفحل طب، أي ماهر بالضراب — And a stallion 'tubb', meaning skilled in mating.

الطِّبَابَةnoun

1.
leather covering for a saddleclassical
A piece of leather covering the pommel or cantle of a saddle, shaped like a bent finger.
2.
strip of sand or cloudclassical
A long, narrow strip of sand or a formation of clouds.

الطبابة: الجلدة التي يغطى بها الخرز — The 'tibabah': the piece of leather with which the pommel is covered.

الطَّبَابnoun

1.
leather coverings (plural)classical
The plural of 'الطِّبَابَة', referring to the leather coverings for saddles.

والجمع الطباب — and the plural is 'al-tibab'.

طَبَّبَverb

1.
to cover (saddle)classical
To cover the pommel or cantle of a saddle with leather.
2.
to mend (waterskin)classical
To mend or patch a waterskin, often repeatedly.

طببت السقاء أطبه، وطببته أيضا، شدد للكثرة — I mended the waterskin, I mend it, and I mended it intensely, with doubling for abundance.

المُطَبِّبnoun

1.
mender (waterskin)classical
One who mends or patches waterskins.

لم يفرهن المطبب — which the mender did not leave intact.

الطِّبَابَةnoun

1.
method, wayclassical
A particular method or manner of doing something.

الطَّبَّةnoun

1.
strip of clothclassical
A long, narrow strip cut from a piece of cloth.
2.
strip of sunlightclassical
The streaks or patterns of sunlight seen when the sun rises.

والجمع الطبب — and the plural is 'al-tabab'.

التَّطْبِيبnoun

1.
churning milkclassical
The act of churning milk by hanging a waterskin from a tent pole and agitating it.

التطبيب: أن تعلق السقاء من عمود البيت ثم تمخضه — 'Al-tatbib': to hang the waterskin from the tent pole and then churn it.

الطَّبْطَبَةnoun

1.
sound of liquidboth
The sound made by water or other liquids, especially when moving or sloshing.

والطبطبة: صوت الماء ونحوه — And 'al-tabtabah': the sound of water and the like.

تَطَبْطَبَverb

1.
to make a sloshing soundboth
To produce the sound of liquid moving or sloshing.

وقد تطبطب — and it makes a sloshing sound.

Parallel reading

الطبيب: العالم بالطب، وجمع القلة أطبة، والكثير أطباء.

The physician: the knowledgeable one in medicine, and the plural for a few is 'atibbah', and for many is 'atibba'.

تقول: ما كنت طبيبا ولقد طببت، بالكسر.

You say: I was not a physician, but I have practiced medicine (with kasra).

والمتطبب: الذي يتعاطى علم الطب.

And 'al-mutatabbib': he who engages in the science of medicine.

والطب والطب لغتان في الطب.

And 'al-tibb' and 'al-tubb' are two linguistic variants for 'medicine'.

وفي المثل: " إن كنت ذا طب فطب لعينيك " وطب، وطب (1) .

And in the proverb: 'If you possess skill, then apply it to your eyes,' and 'tubb', and 'tubb'.

وكل حاذق طبيب عند العرب.

And every skilled person is a physician among the Arabs.

يدين لمزرور إلى جنب حلقة * من الشبه سواها برفق طبيبها

Hands to a man with a ring on his side * whom the healer gently shaped from the resemblance.

وفلان يستطب لوجعه، أي يستوصف الدواء أيه يصلح لدائه.

And so-and-so seeks medical advice for his ailment, meaning he asks for the medicine that is suitable for his disease.

والطب: السحر، تقول منه: طب الرجل فهو مطبوب.

And 'al-tibb': sorcery. From this you say: the man practiced sorcery, so he is bewitched.

وما إن طبنا جبن ولكن * منايانا ودولة آخرينا

We were not naturally inclined to cowardice, but rather * our fates and the turn of fortune of others.

ورجل طب بالفتح، أي عالم.

And a man 'tubb' (with fatha), meaning knowledgeable.

وفحل طب، أي ماهر بالضراب.

And a stallion 'tubb', meaning skilled in mating.

الطبابة: الجلدة التي يغطى بها الخرز، وهي معترضة كالإصبع مثنية على موضع الخرز، والجمع الطباب.

The 'tibabah': the leather piece with which the pommel is covered, which is transverse like a finger bent over the place of the pommel, and the plural is 'al-tibab'.

بلى فارفض دمعك غير نزر * كما عينت بالسرب الطبابا

Yes, so let your tears flow abundantly * as you saw the strips of leather.

تقول منه: طببت السقاء أطبه، وطببته أيضا، شدد للكثرة.

From this you say: I mended the waterskin, I mend it, and I mended it intensely, with doubling for abundance.

أو الناطقات الصادقات إذا غدت * بأسقية لم يفرهن المطبب

Or the truthful speaking ones when they went out * with waterskins that the mender did not leave intact.

والطبابة أيضا: طريقة من رمل أو سحاب.

And 'al-tibabah' also: a strip of sand or cloud.

وكذلك الطبة بالكسر.

And likewise 'al-tabbah' (with kasra).

والطبة أيضا: الشقة المستطيلة من الثوب، والجمع الطبب.

And 'al-tabbah' also: the long strip of cloth, and the plural is 'al-tabab'.

وكذلك طبب شعاع الشمس، وهي الطرائق التي ترى فيها إذا طلعت.

And likewise the streaks of sunlight, which are the patterns you see in them when it rises.

والتطبيب: أن تعلق السقاء من عمود (1) البيت ثم تمخضه.

And 'al-tatbib': to hang the waterskin from the tent pole and then churn it.

والطبطبة: صوت الماء ونحوه، وقد تطبطب.

And 'al-tabtabah': the sound of water and the like, and it makes a sloshing sound.