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طَيِّب

good /ˈtˤajjib/

adjectiveA1#679 most common

Also: kind, delicious, okay

Example sentences

هَذا طَعامٌ طَيِّبٌ.
This is good food.
جَدَّتي امْرَأَةٌ طَيِّبَةٌ.
My grandmother is a kind woman.
طَيِّب، سَنَذْهَبُ غَداً.
Okay, we will go tomorrow.
رائِحَةُ الوَرْدِ طَيِّبَةٌ جِدّاً في الصَّباحِ.
The scent of roses is very pleasant in the morning.
النّاسُ الطَّيِّبونَ يَتْرُكونَ أَثَراً جَميلاً في حَياةِ الآخَرينَ.
Good people leave a beautiful mark on the lives of others.
كانَتْ كَلِماتُهُ الطَّيِّبَةُ بَلْسَماً لِقَلْبٍ أَنْهَكَهُ الحُزْنُ.
His kind words were a balm for a heart worn down by grief.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeطَيِّبٌطَيِّبونَ
Genitiveطَيِّبٍطَيِّبينَ
Accusativeطَيِّباًطَيِّبينَ
Vocativeيا طَيِّبُيا طَيِّبونَ

Word family

طابَto be good, to become pleasant
طِيبfragrance, perfume; goodness
أَطْيَبbetter, more delicious
طَيِّبَةgood, kind (feminine)
طُوبىbliss, blessedness

Etymology

طَيِّب comes from the Semitic root ṭ-y-b, which carries the sense of being good, pleasant, or sweet. The related verb طابَ (ṭāba) means to be or become good. The same root runs across the Semitic languages, where it again means good or sweet.

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