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طاب
to be good, to be pleasant /ˈtˤaːb/
verbB1#2019 most common
Also: to be delicious, taste good, to be agreeable, feel pleasant, to recover, feel well
Example sentences
طابَ مَساؤُكَ.
Good evening. (May your evening be pleasant.)
طابَ يَومي في المَدرَسةِ.
My day at school was pleasant.
طابَ الطَّعامُ جِدًّا.
The food was very tasty.
طِبْتُ نَفْسًا بَعدَ الرَّاحةِ.
I felt content after the rest.
لَنْ يَطيبَ لي العَيشُ بَعيدًا عَن وَطَني.
Life will not be pleasant for me far from my homeland.
كُلَّما طابَ الهَواءُ، طابَتِ النُّفوسُ واستَراحَتِ القُلوبُ.
Whenever the air turns pleasant, spirits grow content and hearts find rest.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَطيبُ | طِبْتُ | سَأَطيبُ |
| 2sg | تَطيبُ | طِبْتَ | سَتَطيبُ |
| 3sg | يَطيبُ | طابَ | سَيَطيبُ |
| 1pl | نَطيبُ | طِبْنا | سَنَطيبُ |
| 2pl | تَطيبونَ | طِبْتُمْ | سَتَطيبونَ |
| 3pl | يَطيبونَ | طابوا | سَيَطيبونَ |
Word family
طَيِّبgood, kind, tasty
طِيبperfume, fragrance
أَطابَto make good, improve
طُوبىblessedness, beatitude
طَيِّباتgood things, pleasant things
Etymology
The verb comes from the common Semitic root ṭ-y-b, carrying the sense of goodness, sweetness, and pleasantness. The same root gives Arabic طَيِّب (good) and طِيب (perfume). Related forms appear across the Semitic languages with the shared meaning of being good or sweet.
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