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ثَوْب
garment /θawb/
nounB1#1530 most common
Also: robe, dress, piece of clothing
Example sentences
هٰذا ثَوْبٌ جَميلٌ.
This is a beautiful garment.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ ثَوْبًا جَديدًا.
I bought a new robe.
تَلْبَسُ البِنْتُ ثَوْبًا أَبْيَضَ في العيدِ.
The girl wears a white dress on the holiday.
غَسَلَتْ أُمّي الثَّوْبَ ثُمَّ عَلَّقَتْهُ في الشَّمْسِ.
My mother washed the garment and then hung it in the sun.
كانَ الثَّوْبُ الَّذي يَرْتَديهِ الشَّيْخُ مَصْنوعًا مِنَ الصّوفِ الثَّقيلِ.
The robe the old man was wearing was made of heavy wool.
خَرَجَ المُتَّهَمُ مِنَ المَحْكَمَةِ وَقَدْ بَرَّأَهُ القاضي، فَعادَ إلى أَهْلِهِ في ثَوْبِ البَراءَةِ.
The accused left the court after the judge acquitted him, returning to his family in the garment of innocence.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ثَوْبٌ | ثِيابٌ / أَثْوابٌ |
| Genitive | ثَوْبٍ | ثِيابٍ / أَثْوابٍ |
| Accusative | ثَوْبًا | ثِيابًا / أَثْوابًا |
| Vocative | يا ثَوْبُ | يا ثِيابُ |
Word family
ثِيابclothes (plural)
ثَوابٌreward, recompense
مَثابَةٌplace of resort, status
أَثابَto reward, requite
Etymology
The word derives from the Semitic root th-w-b, which carries the sense of returning or restoring. A garment was seen as something one returns to and puts back on. The same root gives words for reward and for repentance, both ideas of return.
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