ثءب

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of yawning, often associated with sleepiness, laziness, or boredom. It also encompasses related concepts like stretching, opening the mouth, and a feeling of lethargy. Additionally, the root has secondary meanings referring to a specific type of tree and a desert location.

Derived headwords

ثَئِبَverb

1.
to yawnboth
To open one's mouth wide and inhale deeply, typically due to sleepiness or boredom.

تَثَاءَبَverb

1.
to yawnclassical
The standard and most eloquent form of the verb meaning to yawn, characterized by the hamza (ء).
2.
to yawnclassical
A common pronunciation of the verb 'to yawn', often using a 'waw' (و) instead of the hamza, though considered incorrect by some grammarians.

إذا تثاءب أحدكم فليطبق فاه — If one of you yawns, let him close his mouth.

تَثَاوَبَverb

1.
to yawnclassical
A variant pronunciation of the verb 'to yawn', using a 'waw' (و) instead of the hamza (ء), which is considered incorrect by many.

تَثَأَّبَverb

1.
to yawnclassical
A less common form of the verb 'to yawn', with a doubled hamza (ء), indicating intensity or repetition.

وإن حداه الحين أو تذأبا أبصر هلقاما إذا تثأبا — And if time drives him or he yawns, he sees a gaping mouth when he yawns.

تَثْأَبُverb

1.
to yawnclassical
A form of the verb 'to yawn', possibly related to the noun 'thuba' (ثؤباء).

تثأب يتثأب تثؤبا — He yawns, he yawns, a yawning.

مُتَثَؤِّبparticiple

1.
yawningclassical
One who is yawning.

الثُؤْبَاءnoun

1.
yawningclassical
The act of yawning, characterized by opening the mouth and stretching, often associated with sleepiness or laziness.
2.
lethargyclassical
A state of sluggishness, sleepiness, and a feeling of heaviness.
3.
mouth openingclassical
The opening of the mouth, especially when yawning or stretching.

وهي الثؤاباء — And it is the thuba'a (yawning/lethargy).

هي ما يصيب الإنسان عند الكسل والنعاس والهم من فتح الفم والتمطي — It is what afflicts a person during laziness, drowsiness, and worry, involving opening the mouth and stretching.

الثؤباء من التثاؤب كالمطواء من التمطي — The thuba'a is from yawning like the mutwi' is from stretching.

الثُؤَابnoun

1.
yawningclassical
A variant spelling or pronunciation of 'thuba'a' (ثؤباء), referring to yawning or lethargy.

الثُؤْبَةnoun

1.
yawningclassical
A less common form referring to the act of yawning.

الثَأْبname

1.
Th'abclassical
The name of a desert plain (falah) in the Yamama region.

والثأب، محركة جاء في شعر الأغلب، اسم فلاة باليمامة — And Al-Tha'b, vocalized with harakat, appeared in the poetry of Al-Aghlab, the name of a plain in Yamama.

الأَثْأَبnoun

1.
a type of treeclassical
A tree that grows in the valleys of the desert, resembling a fig tree, with soft leaves and edible fruit.
2.
a large treeclassical
A large, spreading tree that provides shade, with leaves and fruit similar to a walnut tree.

وخشب الأثأب المتغطرسينا — And the arrogant wood of the Ath'ab.

في سلم أو أثأب وغرقد — In a lote tree, or an Ath'ab, and a thorny shrub.

أَثْأَبَةnoun

1.
a type of treeclassical
The singular form of 'Ath'ab' (الأثأب), referring to a specific tree species.

الأَثْأَبَاتname

1.
Al-Ath'abatclassical
A desert plain located in the Yamama region, possibly a plural or variant of 'Th'ab' (ثأب).

تَثَأَّبَ الخبرَverb

1.
to spy on newsclassical
To investigate or inquire secretly about news or information.

وتثأب الخبر إذا تجسسه — And he investigates the news when he spies on it.

Parallel reading

وثئب أيضا، كفرح

And he yawned, like 'faraha'.

وتثاءب على تفاعل بالهمز، هي اللغة الفصحى التي اقتصر عليها في الفصيح وغيره

And he yawned according to the pattern 'tafa'ala' with a hamza, which is the eloquent language he confined himself to in Al-Fasih and elsewhere.

ومنعه أن تبدل همزته واوا

And they prevented its hamza from being changed to a waw.

قال في المصباح إنها لغة العامة

He said in Al-Misbah that it is the language of the common people.

وصرح في المغرب بأنها غلط

And he stated in Al-Maghrib that it is a mistake.

وتثأب بتشديد الهمزة، على تفعل

And he yawned with a doubled hamza, according to the pattern 'tafa'ala'.

قال رؤبة: وإن حداه الحين أو تذأبا أبصر هلقاما إذا تثأبا

Ru'bah said: And if time drives him or he yawns, he sees a gaping mouth when he yawns.

وفي الحديث: (إذا تثاءب أحدكم فليطبق فاه)

And in the Hadith: (If one of you yawns, let him close his mouth).

تثاوب في أصل السماع بالواو، وفي بعض الروايات بالهمز والمد، وهي رواية الصيرفي

Tathawaba in the original transmission is with a waw, and in some narrations with a hamza and madd, which is the narration of Al-Sairafi.

وقد أنكر الجوهري والجمهور كونه بالواو

And Al-Jawhari and the majority denied it being with a waw.

وقال ابن دريد وثابت السرقسطي في (غريب الحديث): لا يقال تثاءب المد مخففا بل تثأب بالهمز مشددا

And Ibn Duraid and Thabit Al-Sarqastī said in (Gharib Al-Hadith): It is not said 'tathā'aba' with a lengthened madd and lightened, but rather 'tath'aba' with a hamza and doubled.

أصابه كسل وتوصيم، قاله ابن دريد

Laziness and drowsiness afflicted him, said Ibn Duraid.

وقال الأصمعي: أصابته فترة كفترة النعاس من غير غشي يغشى عليه من أكل شيء أو شربه

And Al-Asma'i said: He was afflicted with a weakness like the weakness of drowsiness, without fainting that overcomes him from eating or drinking something.

وهي الثؤاباء بضم المثلثة، وفتح الهمزة ممدودة

And it is Al-Thu'abaa, with a damma on the thaa, and a fatha on the hamza, lengthened.

وهو غريب

And it is strange.

هي ما يصيب الإنسان عند الكسل والنعاس والهم من فتح الفم والتمطي

It is what afflicts a person during laziness, drowsiness, and worry, involving opening the mouth and stretching.

هي انفتاح الفم بريح يخرج من المعدة لغرض من الأغراض يحدث فيها فيوجب ذلك

It is the opening of the mouth with a wind that comes out of the stomach for one of the purposes that occur in it, necessitating that.

الثؤباء من التثاؤب كالمطواء من التمطي

The thuba'a is from yawning like the mutwi' is from stretching.

وفي المثل (أعدى من الثؤباء)

And in the proverb (More contagious than thuba'a).

أي إذا تثاءب إنسان بحضرة قوم أصابهم مثل ما أصابه

Meaning, if a person yawns in the presence of a group, they are afflicted with something like what afflicted him.

الثؤباء في المثل يهمز ولا يهمز

Al-Thuba'a in the proverb is pronounced with a hamza and without a hamza.

عدم الهمز للعامة، وقال غيره: هو خطأ، انتهى

The absence of the hamza is for the common people, and others said: It is a mistake, ended.

وفي الحديث: (التثاؤب من الشيطان)

And in the Hadith: (Yawning is from Satan).

قيل: وإنما جعله من الشيطان كراهية له، وإنما يكون من ثقل البدن وميله إلى الكسل والنوم

It was said: And he made it from Satan out of dislike for it, and it is due to the heaviness of the body and its inclination towards laziness and sleep.

فأضافه إلى الشيطان لأنه الذي يدعو إلى إعطاء النفس شهوتها

So he attributed it to Satan because he is the one who calls to giving the soul its desires.

وأراد به التحذير من السبب الذي يتولد منه، وهو التوسع في المطعم والشبع فيثقل عن الطاعات ويكسل عن الخيرات

And he intended by it a warning from the cause from which it arises, which is indulging in eating and satiety, which makes one heavy from acts of worship and lazy from good deeds.

والأثأب على مثال أفعل: شجر ينبت في بطون الأودية بالبادية

And Al-Ath'ab, on the pattern of 'af'al': trees that grow in the valleys of the desert.

وهو على ضرب التين، ينبت ناعما، كأنه على شاطىء نهر

It is a type of fig tree, growing softly, as if on the bank of a river.

وهو بعيد من الماء

And it is far from water.

وواحدته: أثأبة (بهاء)

And its singular is: Ath'abah (with ta marbuta).

قال الكميت: وغادرنا المقاول في مكر كخشب الأثأب المتغطرسينا

Al-Kumait said: And we left the rivals in cunning like the arrogant wood of the Ath'ab.

قال الليث: هي شبيهة بشجرة يسميها العجم النشك، وأنشد: في سلم أو أثأب وغرقد

Al-Laith said: It is similar to a tree that the non-Arabs call Al-Nishk, and he recited: In a lote tree, or an Ath'ab, and a thorny shrub.

قال أبو حنيفة: الأثأبة: دوحة محلال واسعة يستظل تحتها الألوف من الناس تنبت نبات شجر الجوز، وورقها أيضا كنحو ورقه، ولها ثمر مثل التين الأبيض يؤكل، وفيه كراهة وله حب مثل حب التين، وزناده جيدة

Abu Hanifa said: Al-Ath'abah: a large, spacious tree under which thousands of people take shade, growing like a walnut tree, its leaves are also like its leaves, and it has fruit like white figs that are eaten, and there is dislike in it, and it has seeds like fig seeds, and its wood is good.

وقيل: الأثأب: شبه القصب له رؤوس كرؤوس القصب

And it was said: Al-Ath'ab: resembles reeds with heads like reed heads.

فأما قوله: قل لاءبي قيس خفيف الأثبه فعلى تخفيف الهمزة، إنما أراد الأثأبة

As for his saying: Say to my father Qais, light is its Ath'abah, it is by lightening the hamza, he only intended Al-Ath'abah.

وهذا الشاعر كأنه ليس من لغته الهمز، لأنه لو همز لانكسر البيت، وظنه قوم لغة وهو خطأ

And this poet, it is as if the hamza is not from his language, because if he had used the hamza, the verse would be broken, and some people thought it was a dialect, and it is a mistake.

وقال أبو حنيفة: قال بعضهم: الأثب، فاطرح الهمزة وأبقى الثاء على سكونها، وأنشد: ونحن من فلج بأعلى شعب مضطرب البان أثيث الأثب

And Abu Hanifa said: Some of them said: Al-Athb, so they dropped the hamza and kept the thaa with its sukūn, and recited: And we are from Falaj in the upper part of the valley, the Ban trees are disturbed, abundant Al-Athb.

وأثأب كأحمد: ع، لعله واحد الأثأبات، وهي فلاة بناحية اليمامة

And Ath'ab like Ahmad: a name of a place, perhaps it is a singular of Al-Ath'abat, and it is a desert plain in the direction of Yamama.

ويقال فيه: ثأب، أيضا، كذا في كتاب نصر

And it is also called: Tha'b, according to Nasr's book.

وتثأب الخبر إذا تجسسه

And he investigates the news when he spies on it.