ثُئِبَ
Root: ثأب
Form: 1
Full Definition
ثُئِبَI
, like عُنِىَ, and ثَئِبَ, Verbal.Noun ثَأْبٌ, or ثَأَبٌ, He became relaxed and sluggish; said of a man: or he became affected with sluggishness and languor; as also
: or he became affected with sluggishness and languor like the languor of drowsiness; as also
and
تثأّب ; which last is approved by IDrd and Thábit Es-Sara- kustee, who disallow
, though this is the form commonly known and approved, and is the most chaste form: or he became affected with languor like the heaviness of drowsiness, in consequence of something that he had eaten or drunk, without becoming insensible; as also
: or ↓ this last signifies he yawned, or opened his mouth, by reason, or on the occasion, of languor like the heaviness of drowsiness; or he yawned, or opened his mouth, and stretched himself, on being affected by sluggishness or drowsiness or anxiety; or he yawned, or opened his mouth, and emitted wind from his stomach, by reason of some affection thereof: التَّثَاؤُبُ is from الثُّؤَبَآءُ; and is on the occasion of one's stretching himself, and being languid: one should not say تَثَاوَبَ; [for] this is vulgar. Hence, إِذَا أَحَدُكُمْ فَلْيُغَطِّ فَاهُ [When any one of you yawns, he should cover his mouth with the back of his left hand; for it is believed that the devil leaps into the uncovered yawning mouth].
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