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تَبّ
to perish /ˈtab.ba/
verbA1#339 most common
Also: to be ruined or destroyed, to suffer loss, to be doomed
Example sentences
تَبَّ الرَّجُلُ الظّالِمُ.
The unjust man perished.
تَبَّتْ يَداهُ.
His hands are ruined.
سَيَتِبُّ كُلُّ خائِنٍ.
Every traitor will perish.
مَنْ ظَلَمَ النّاسَ تَبَّ وَخَسِرَ كُلَّ شَيْءٍ.
Whoever wrongs people perishes and loses everything.
قالَ الخَطيبُ: «تَبَّتْ أيْدي الطُّغاةِ الَّذينَ سَفَكوا دِماءَ الأبْرِياءِ.»
The preacher said: 'Ruined are the hands of the tyrants who shed the blood of the innocent.'
«تَبَّتْ يَدا أبي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ» آيَةٌ تَفْتَتِحُ سورَةَ المَسَدِ بِالدُّعاءِ عَلى عَدُوِّ الدَّعْوَةِ.
'Perish the hands of Abu Lahab, and perish he' is a verse that opens Surah al-Masad with a curse on the enemy of the message.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَتِبُّ | تَبَبْتُ | سَأَتِبُّ |
| 2sg | تَتِبُّ | تَبَبْتَ | سَتَتِبُّ |
| 3sg | يَتِبُّ | تَبَّ | سَيَتِبُّ |
| 1pl | نَتِبُّ | تَبَبْنَا | سَنَتِبُّ |
| 2pl | تَتِبُّونَ | تَبَبْتُمْ | سَتَتِبُّونَ |
| 3pl | يَتِبُّونَ | تَبُّوا | سَيَتِبُّونَ |
Word family
تَبَابruin, loss, destruction
تَبَّبَto ruin, to destroy (form II)
تَتْبِيبruination, the act of destroying
تَبًّاperdition to...! may he perish! (curse)
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic triliteral root t-b-b, which carries the sense of loss and ruin. Classical lexicographers gloss تَبَّ as 'he perished' or 'he suffered loss.' The word owes its fame to Surah al-Masad in the Quran, which opens by cursing Abu Lahab. The related verbal noun تَبَاب means ruin or destruction.
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