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ث ب ط

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of hindering, delaying, or stopping someone or something from proceeding. It also extends to meanings of slowness, weakness, foolishness, and being held back or prevented from action.

Derived headwords

ثَبَّطَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to hinder himboth

    To cause someone to be slow or delayed from an affair, by occupying them with something else.

  2. 2.
    to hold him backboth

    To prevent someone from doing something or to turn them away from what they intend.

تَثْبِيطnoun
  1. 1.
    hinderingboth

    The act of causing someone to be slow or delayed from an affair, by occupying them with something else.

  2. 2.
    deterrenceboth

    The act of preventing someone from doing something or turning them away from what they desire.

ثَبَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to delayclassical

    To make slow or delay someone regarding an affair.

  2. 2.
    to make firmclassical

    To make someone stand firm or hold steady on a matter.

ثَبَطًاnoun
  1. 1.
    slownessclassical

    A state of being slow or delayed.

  2. 2.
    swellingclassical

    Swelling of the lip.

تَثَبَّطَverb
  1. 1.
    to haltboth

    To stop or halt, to pause.

  2. 2.
    to be delayedboth

    To be held back or delayed from an action.

الثَّبِطadjective
  1. 1.
    foolishclassical

    Foolish in one's actions.

  2. 2.
    weakclassical

    Weak or slow.

  3. 3.
    slow-movingclassical

    Slow-moving, especially a horse that is slow to mount or a person who is slow to act.

ثَبِطَةadjective
  1. 1.
    slow-moving womanclassical

    A woman who is slow-moving or hesitant.

أَثْبَطَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to make him unable to recoverclassical

    To make someone ill to the point where they can barely recover or move.

ثَبِطَverb
  1. 1.
    to be slowclassical

    To be slow or hesitant, to be held back.

أَثْبَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    hindrancesclassical

    Plural of 'thabat', referring to hindrances or delays.

ثِبَاطnoun
  1. 1.
    hindrancesclassical

    Plural of 'thabat', referring to hindrances or delays.

اِثْبَأَطَّverb
  1. 1.
    to hold backclassical

    To hold back from an affair, leaving it behind.

Parallel reading

ثبطه عن الأمر: عوقه وبطأ به عنه
He hindered him from the affair: he obstructed him and made him slow to it.
ثبطه عن الأمر تثبيطا: شغله عنه
He occupied him with something else to hinder him from the affair, a hindering.
ثبطه عن الشيء
He hindered him from the thing.
إذا ريثه وثبته
If he made him slow and held him steady.
ولكن كره الله انبعاثهم فثبطهم
But Allah disliked their being sent forth, so He held them back.
التثبيط: ردك الإنسان عن الشيء يفعله
Deterrence: your turning a person away from something he does.
التثبيط: أن تحول بين الإنسان وبين ما يريده
Deterrence: that you place a barrier between a person and what he wants.
ثبطت شفته: ورمت
His lip swelled: it became swollen.
ثبطه على الأمر ثبطا
He made him firm on the matter, a firmness.
وقفه عليه، فتثبط، أي توقف
He stopped him on it, so he halted, meaning he stopped.
الأحمق في عمله، والضعيف
The foolish in his action, and the weak.
الثقيل البطيء منا
The heavy and slow among us.
الثقيل النزو على الحجر من الخيل
The heavy one who mounts a rock from the horses.
فرس ثبط
A slow horse.
رجل ثبط
A slow man.
وكانت امرأة ثبطة
And she was a slow-moving woman.
أثبطه المرض، إذا لم يكد يفارقه
Illness incapacitated him, if it could barely leave him.
رجل ثبط: لا يبرح
A man who is slow: he does not move.
اثبأططت عن الأمر: استأخرت تاركا له
I held back from the affair: I delayed, leaving it.
كاثبأججت
I lagged behind.