ثُؤَبَآءُ
Root: ثأب
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ثُؤَبَآءُ
, as also ثُؤْبَآء, accord. to Ibn-Mis-hal, but this is strange, is a subst. derived from التَّثَاؤُبُ, like مُطُوَآءُ from التَّمَطِّى; or from ثَئِبَ; and means A state of relaxation and sluggishness: or sluggishness and languor like the languor of drowsiness: or languor like the heaviness of drowsiness, in consequence of something that one has eaten or drunk, not attended by insensibility: or a yawning, or opening the mouth, by reason of languor like the heaviness of drowsiness: or a yawning, or opening the mouth, and stretching oneself, on being affected by sluggishness or drowsiness or anxiety: or a yawning, or opening the mouth, and emitting wind from the stomach, by reason of some affection thereof. Hence the prov., أَعْدَى مِنَ الثُّؤَبَآءِ, and [الثُّوَبَآءِ,] without ء, as some say; or the pronunciation without ء is vulgar, or erroneous; [More catching than yawning;] for when a man yawns (اذا تثاءب) in the presence of others, they become affected as he is.
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