ثُبَةٌ
Root: ثوب
Full Definition
ثُبَةٌ
The place where the water collects in a valley or low ground; so called because the water returns to it: and the middle of a watering-trough or tank, to which the water returns when it has been emptied, or to which what remains of the water returns; as also
مَثَابٌ : the ة is a substitute for the و, the medial radical, which is suppressed; the word being from ثَابَ, Present.T يَثُوبُ: Aboo-Is-hák infers that this is the case from its having for its dim.
ثُوَيْبَةٌ : but it may be from ثَبَّيْتُ “ I collected together: ” it is
2 Also A company of men; and so أُثْبِيَّةٌ: or a company of men in a state of separation or dispersion; a distinct body, or company, of people: and a troop of horsemen: pl. ثُبَاتٌ and ثُبُونَ and ثِبُونَ: (S and M in art. ثبى, and M in art. ثبو also:) accord. to some, from ثَابَ, being originally ثُوبَةٌ; and its dim. is ثُوَيْبَةٌ : accord. to others, it is originally ثُبْيَةٌ; and its pl. is ثُبًى. Hence, in the Kur [iv. 73], فَٱنْفِرُوا ثُبَاتٍ, i. e. [And go ye forth to to war against the unbelievers] in troops, or in distinct bodies. See, again, art. ثبو or ثبى.
2 Also A company of men; and so أُثْبِيَّةٌ: or a company of men in a state of separation or dispersion; a distinct body, or company, of people: and a troop of horsemen: pl. ثُبَاتٌ and ثُبُونَ and ثِبُونَ: (S and M in art. ثبى, and M in art. ثبو also:) accord. to some, from ثَابَ, being originally ثُوبَةٌ; and its dim. is ثُوَيْبَةٌ : accord. to others, it is originally ثُبْيَةٌ; and its pl. is ثُبًى. Hence, in the Kur [iv. 73], فَٱنْفِرُوا ثُبَاتٍ, i. e. [And go ye forth to to war against the unbelievers] in troops, or in distinct bodies. See, again, art. ثبو or ثبى.
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