طيب

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

The root 'ط-ي-ب' primarily relates to goodness, pleasantness, and agreeableness. It extends to concepts of being wholesome, pure, delicious, and morally upright. Derived meanings also encompass places, specific times, and actions related to purification and well-being.

Derived headwords

طَابَverb

1.
to be goodboth
To be pleasant, agreeable, or wholesome. This is the primary meaning, applicable to things, tastes, and general states.
2.
to be fertileclassical
Specifically used for land, meaning it has become fertile and abundant with vegetation.
3.
to be suitableboth
To be appropriate or fitting for a particular situation, often implying a readiness for action.

طاب الشيء يطيب طابا وطيبا — The thing became good, pleasant, or wholesome.

طَابَ الشيءُverb

1.
to be good/pleasantboth
The basic meaning of the verb, indicating something is good, pleasant, or agreeable.

طاب الشيء الشيء يطيب طابا وطيبا — The thing became good, pleasant, or wholesome.

طَابَتِ الأرضُverb

1.
land became fertileclassical
Used specifically for land that has become fertile and abundant with vegetation.

طابت الأرضُ طيبا: أخصبت وأكلأت — The land became fertile, abundant with pasture.

الطَّابُnoun

1.
the good/pleasantclassical
Refers to something that is good, pleasant, or wholesome.

والطاب: الطيب — And al-ṭāb: the good/pleasant.

طَيَّبَverb

1.
to make good/pleasantboth
To make something good, pleasant, or agreeable; to perfume or make fragrant.
2.
to make permissibleboth
To declare something lawful or permissible.
3.
to comfortboth
To console or comfort someone.
4.
to make fertileclassical
To make land fertile.

وطيب فلان فلانا بالطيب — And so-and-so perfumed so-and-so with perfume.

وطيب صبيه إذا قاربه وناغاه بكلام يوافقه — And he comforted his child when he approached him and spoke to him with agreeable words.

طَيَّابٌadjective

1.
very good/pleasantclassical
Intensely good, pleasant, or fragrant. Used for water or other things.

ماء طياب أي طيب وشيء طياب، بالضم، أي طيب جدا — Good water, meaning pleasant, and a thing ṭiyāb, with damma, meaning very good.

طَابَةname

1.
a place nameclassical
A place name, specifically mentioned as a location in Bahrain and also as a river in Persia.

وطابة: ة بالبحرين — And Ṭābah: a place in Bahrain.

الطُّوبَىnoun

1.
goodness/blessednessboth
Goodness, blessedness, or a good outcome. Often used as a form of congratulation or good wish.
2.
tree in paradiseboth
A specific tree in Paradise, considered a proper noun.
3.
Paradiseclassical
Sometimes used to refer to Paradise itself.

طوبى لهم وحسن مئاب — Blessedness/goodness to them and excellent is the returning place.

طوبى شجرة في الجنة — Ṭūbā: a tree in Paradise.

الطَّيِّبُnoun

1.
perfume/fragranceboth
Something used for perfuming or making fragrant; a pleasant scent.
2.
goodness/wholesomenessboth
The quality of being good, pure, or wholesome.
3.
lawful gainboth
Permissible or lawful earnings or provisions.
4.
best partboth
The best or choicest part of something.

وطيب فلان فلانا بالطيب — And so-and-so perfumed so-and-so with perfume.

والطيب: الحل كالطيبة — And al-ṭayyib: what is permissible, like al-ṭībah.

الطَّيِّبَةُnoun

1.
goodness/pleasantnessboth
The state or quality of being good, pleasant, or wholesome.
2.
permissibleboth
That which is permissible or lawful.
3.
The City (Medina)both
A proper name for the city of Medina.

وفعلت ذلك بطيبة نفسي — And I did that with a willing heart/good disposition.

وطيبة: علم على المدينة النبوية — And al-Ṭaybah: a proper name for the Prophetic City (Medina).

الأَطْيَبَانِnoun

1.
food and sexclassical
The two most desirable things: food and sexual intercourse.
2.
sleep and sexclassical
Another interpretation: sleep and sexual intercourse.

والأطيبان: الأكل والنكاح — And al-aṭyabān: eating and sexual intercourse.

المَطَايِبُnoun

1.
choice partsclassical
The best or choicest parts of something, especially food.

والمطايب: الخيار من الشيء — And al-maṭāyib: the choicest of a thing.

الأَطَايِبُnoun

1.
choice partsboth
The best or choicest parts of something, especially food.

وأطايبه كاللحم وغيره لا يفرد — And its choicest parts like meat and other things; it is not used in the singular.

مُطَيِّبٌparticiple

1.
one who purifiesclassical
One who purifies oneself, particularly from bodily impurities.

المطيب والمستطيب: المستنجي مشتق من الطيب، سمي استطابة لأنه يطيب جسده بذلك مما عليه من الخبث — Al-muṭayyib and al-mustaṭīb: one who purifies oneself, derived from 'ṭīb', so named because one makes one's body pleasant by removing impurity.

مُسْتَطَابَverb

1.
to purify oneselfclassical
To cleanse oneself, especially from bodily waste; to perform istinja.
2.
to find goodboth
To find something to be good, pleasant, or agreeable.
3.
to ask for fresh waterclassical
To ask a group of people for fresh, drinkable water.

استطاب نفسه فهو مستطيب أي استنجى وأزال الأذى — He purified himself, so he is mustaṭīb, meaning he performed istinja and removed impurity.

استطاب الشيء وجده طيبا — He found the thing to be good.

طَيِّبَةُ نَفْسٍphrase

1.
willinglyboth
With a good heart, willingly, or without coercion.

وفعلت ذلك بطيبة نفسي — And I did that with a willing heart/good disposition.

المُطَيِّبَةُname

1.
The City (Medina)both
A proper name for the city of Medina, signifying its purity.

وطيبة: علم على المدينة النبوية — And al-Ṭaybah: a proper name for the Prophetic City (Medina).

طَابَ الضِّرَابُphrase

1.
fighting is permissibleclassical
The time for fighting has arrived; it has become permissible or appropriate.

الآن طاب الضراب — Now the fighting is permissible/appropriate.

طَابَكname

1.
a form of 'ṭūbā'classical
A variant form of 'ṭūbā', used in a prayer or wish, though considered less standard by some grammarians.

طوباك يا ليتنا إياك طوباك — May you be well, oh bird, would that we were you!

Parallel reading

طاب الشيء يطيب طابا وطيبا بالكسر وطيبة بزيادة الهاء وتطيابا بالفتح لكونه معتلا وأما من الصحيح فبالكسر كتذكار وتطلاب وتضراب ونحوها، صرح به أئمة الصرف: (لذ وزكا)

The thing became good, pleasant, or wholesome, verb form 'yaṭību' with masdar 'ṭābā' and 'ṭībā' (with kasra), and 'ṭībah' (with ha'), and 'taṭyābā' (with fatha) because it is defective, but from a sound root it is with kasra like 'tadhkār' and 'tuṭallāb' and 'tuḍarrāb' and similar, the imams of morphology stated: (it became delicious and grew well).

وطابت الأرضُ طيبا: أخصبت و(أكلأت)

And the land became fertile with 'ṭībā': it became abundant with pasture and grew vegetation.

والطاب: الطيب

And al-ṭāb: the good/pleasant.

شيء طاب أي طيب

A thing is ṭāb, meaning good/pleasant.

ماء طياب أي طيب وشيء طياب، بالضم، أي طيب جدا قال الشاعر: نحن أجدنا دونها الضرابا إنا وجدنا ماءها طيابا

Good water, meaning pleasant, and a thing ṭiyāb, with damma, meaning very good. The poet said: We fought fiercely for it; indeed, we found its water to be very good.

وطاب: ة بالبحرين

And Ṭābah: a place in Bahrain.

وكفرطاب: موضع بدمشق

And Kufr Ṭābah: a place in Damascus.

وطاب: نهر بفارس

And Ṭābah: a river in Persia.

والطوبى بالضم: الطيب، عن السيرافي وجمع الطيبة عن كراع

And al-ṭūbā, with damma: the good/pleasant, according to al-Sīrāfī, and the plural of al-ṭībah, according to Kra'a.

عندي في كل ذلك أنه تأنيث الأطيب والأضيق والأكيس؛ لأن فعلى ليست من أبنية الجموع

In my opinion, all of that is the feminine of al-aṭyab, al-aḍyaq, and al-akys; because 'faʿlā' is not among the patterns of plurals.

طوبى لهم وحسن مئاب

Ṭūbā for them, and excellent is the returning place.

أي (الحسنى) لهم، قاله عكرمة

Meaning (the best outcome) for them, said 'Ikrimah.

طوبى: شجرة في الجنة

Ṭūbā: a tree in Paradise.

وهو علم عليها لا تدخلها الألف اللام

And it is a proper noun for it, not admitting the definite article 'al-'.

وطوبى فعلى من الطيب، والمعنى العيش الدائم لهم

And ṭūbā is 'faʿlā' from al-ṭayyib, and the meaning is lasting life for them.

أو طوبى اسم الجنة بالهندية معرب عن توبى

Or ṭūbā is the name of Paradise in Hindi, Arabized from 'tūbā'.

وروي عن سعيد بن جبير أن طوبى: اسم الجنة بالحبشية

And it is narrated from Sa'īd ibn Jubayr that ṭūbā: is the name of Paradise in Abyssinian.

كطيبي بالكسر

Like ṭuybā (with kasra).

طوبى لك إن فعلت كذا وكذا

Blessedness to you if you do so-and-so.

وطابه أي الثوب ثلاثيا: طيبه عن ابن الأعرابي، كذا في المحكم

And ṭābahu, meaning the garment, in the triliteral form: ṭayyabahu, according to Ibn al-A'rābī, as stated in al-Muḥkam.

وطيب فلان فلانا بالطيب، وطيب صبيه إذا قاربه وناغاه بكلام يوافقه

And so-and-so perfumed so-and-so with perfume, and comforted his child when he approached him and spoke to him with agreeable words.

والطيب: الحل كالطيبة

And al-ṭayyib: what is permissible, like al-ṭībah.

الآن طاب الضراب أي حل القتال

Now the fighting is permissible, meaning the time for combat has arrived.

وفي رواية: (الآن طاب امضرب) يريد طاب الضرب، وهي لغة حميرية

And in another narration: (Now al-ḍarib is permissible), meaning al-ḍarb is permissible, and it is a Himyaritic dialect.

وفعلت ذلك بطيبة نفسي، إذا لم يكرهك أحد عليه

And I did that with a willing heart/good disposition, if no one coerced you into it.

ما به من الطيب، ولا تقل: من الطيبة

He has no objection to the good/pleasant, and do not say: from al-ṭībah.

والطيب: الإفضل من كل شيء

And al-ṭayyib: the best of everything.

وأطيب الطيبات الغنائم

And the best of good things are the spoils of war.

والطيب: بين واسط وتستر

And al-Ṭayyib: a place between Wāsiṭ and Tustar.

وبت أسري إلى الطيب، وأحتسب بالله على الخطيب

And I spent the night traveling towards al-Ṭayyib, seeking reward from God against the orator.

وسبي طيبة كعنبة أي طيب حل السباء، وهو سبي من يجوز حربه (بلا غدر و) نقض عهد

And 'saby ṭaybah' like 'ʿanabah', meaning permissible to capture, which is capturing those whose war is permissible (without treachery and) breach of covenant.

سبي طيبة أي سبي طيب يحل سبيه، لم يسبوا ولهم عهد أو ذمة

'Saby ṭaybah' means permissible capture, those whose capture is lawful, they were not captured while having a treaty or covenant.

والأطيبان: الأكل والنكاح

And al-aṭyabān: eating and sexual intercourse.

وبه فسر قولهم: وذهب أطيباه

And with this, they interpreted their saying: and his 'aṭyabāni' went away.

والمطايب: الخيار من الشيء

And al-maṭāyib: the choicest of a thing.

وأطيبه كاللحم وغيره لا يفرد

And its choicest parts like meat and other things; it is not used in the singular.

أطعمنا من مطايب الجزور

He fed us from the choice parts of the camel.

أطعمنا فلان من! أطايب الجزور، جمع أطيب

So-and-so fed us from the choicest parts of the camel, the plural of 'aṭyab'.

فقال: مطيب، وضحك الأعرابي من نفسه، كيف تكلف لهم ذلك من كلامه

He said: muṭayyab, and the Bedouin laughed at himself, how could he impose that from his speech for them.

يقال: مطايب وأطايب، فمن قال مطايب فهو على غير واحده المستعمل، ومن قال أطايب أجراه على واحده المستعمل

It is said: maṭāyib and aṭāyib; so whoever says maṭāyib, it is not based on its usual singular, and whoever says aṭāyib, he follows its usual singular.

وإذا رعت السائمة أطايب الكلإ رعيا خفيفا

And when the grazing animal eats the choice parts of the fodder, it grazes lightly.

استطاب نفسه فهو مستطيب أي استنجى وأزال الأذى

He purified himself, so he is mustaṭīb, meaning he performed istinja and removed impurity.

كأطاب نفسه فهو مطيب، عن ابن الأعرابي

Like aṭāba his soul, so he is muṭayyab, according to Ibn al-A'rābī.

يا رخما قاظ على مطلوب يعجل كف الخارىء المطيب والمطيب والمستطيب: المستنجي مشتق من الطيب، سمي استطابة لأنه يطيب جسده بذلك مما عليه من الخبث

O vulture perched on a sought-after spot, hastening the hand of the one who purifies, cleanses, and seeks purification, derived from 'ṭīb', so named because one makes one's body pleasant by removing impurity.

نهى أن يستطيب الرجل بيمينه

He forbade a man from purifying himself with his right hand.

ابغني حديدة أستطيب بها

Find me an iron tool with which I can purify myself.

يريد حلق العانة، لأنه تنظيف وإزالة أذى

Meaning shaving the pubic hair, because it is cleaning and removing impurity.

استطاب الشيء وأطابه وطابه، وقد تقدم: وجده طيبا كأطيبه بدون الإعل

He found the thing to be good, and aṭābahu and ṭābahu, as previously mentioned: he found it good, like aṭyabahu without elision.

والأخير حكاه سيبويه، وقال: جاء على الأصل كما جاء استحوذ، وكأن فعلهما قبل الزيادة كان صحيحا وإن لم يلفظ به قبلها إلا معتلا

And the latter was narrated by Sībawayh, who said: it came according to the original form as 'istaḥwadha' came, and it is as if their verb before the addition was sound, even if it was only pronounced with a weak letter before it.

ما أطيبه وما أيطبه، مقلوب منه، وأطيب به وأيطب به، كله حائز

Mā aṭyabahu and mā ayṭabahu, are inversions of it, and 'aṭyib bihi' and 'ayṭib bihi', all are permissible.

واستطاب القوم: سألهم ماء عذبا

And he asked the people for fresh water.

فلم استطابوا صب في الصحن نصفه فسره بذلك ابن الأعرابي

When they asked for fresh water, he poured half of it into the plate; Ibn al-A'rābī interpreted it this way.

والطابة: الخمر

And al-ṭābah: wine.

كأنها بمعنى طيبة والأصل طيبة

As if it means pleasant, and the origin is ṭayyibah.

سئل عن الطابة تطبخ على النصف

He was asked about al-ṭābah being cooked to half its volume.

والطابة: العصير، سمي به لطيبه، وإصلاحه على النصف: هو أن يغلى حتى يذهب نصفه

And al-ṭābah: the juice, named so for its pleasantness, and its preparation to half is to boil it until half of it evaporates.

واستطاب الرجل: شرب الطابة

And the man drank al-ṭābah.

وطيبتها بالكسر، والضمير إلى أقرب مذكور، وهو الطابة: أصفاها وأجمها، كما أن طيبة الكلإ أخصبه

And ṭayyabathā (with kasra), and the pronoun refers to the nearest mentioned, which is al-ṭābah: she clarified and concentrated it, just as the fertility of the pasture makes it abundant.

وطيبة: علم على المدينة النبوية على ساكنها أفضل الصلاة وأتم السلام

And al-Ṭaybah: a proper name for the Prophetic City, upon its inhabitant be the best and most complete peace.

وقد سماها النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بعدة أسماء كطابة والطيبة والمطيبة والجابرة والمجبورة والحبيبة والمحبوبة والموفية والمسكينة، وغيرها مما سردناها في غير هذا المحل

And the Prophet, peace be upon him, named it with several names such as Ṭābah, al-Ṭaybah, al-Muṭaybah, al-Jābirah, al-Majbūrah, al-Ḥabībah, al-Maḥbūbah, al-Mūfiyah, al-Miskinah, and others which we have listed elsewhere.

وأمر أن تسمى المدينة طيبة وطابة، وهما تأنيث طيب وطاب بمعنى الطيب، لأن المدينة كان اسمها يثرب، والثرب: الفساد، فنهى أن يسمى بها وسماها طابة وطيبة

And he commanded that the city be named Ṭayyibah and Ṭābah, and they are feminine forms of ṭayyib and ṭāb meaning 'good', because the city's name was Yathrib, and 'tharb' means corruption, so he forbade naming it thus and named it Ṭābah and Ṭayyibah.

وقيل: هو من الطيب الطاهر لخلوصها من الشرك وتطهيرها منه

And it was said: it is from pure goodness/fragrance due to its freedom from polytheism and its purification from it.

وجعلت لي الأرض طيبة طهورا أي نظيفة غير خبيثة

And the earth was made for me pure and clean, meaning clean and not corrupt.

والمطيبة في قول المصنف مضبوط بصيغة المفعول، وهو طاهر، ويحتمل بصيغة الفاعل، أي المطهرة الممحصة لذنوب نازليها

And al-Muṭaybah, in the author's statement, is vocalized as a passive participle, meaning purified, and it could be an active participle, meaning the one that purifies and refines the sins of its inhabitants.

وعذق ابن طاب: نخل بها أي بالمدينة المشرفة

And 'ʿidhq ibn Ṭāb': palm trees there, meaning in the noble city.

أو ابن طاب: ضرب من الرطبه هناك

Or Ibn Ṭāb: a type of date there.

تمر بالمدينة يقال له عذق ابن طاب، ورطب ابن طاب

Dates in Medina called 'ʿidhq ibn Ṭāb', and 'ruṭb ibn Ṭāb'.

وعذق ابن طاب، وعذق ابن زيد: ضربان من التمر

And 'ʿidhq ibn Ṭāb', and 'ʿidhq ibn Zayd': two types of dates.