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تَبڤبَ

Root: تب

Form: 1

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تَبڤبَI [تَبَّ, Present.T تَبِبَ Verbal.Noun تَبٌّ, and perhaps تَبَبٌ and تَبَابٌ and تَبِيبٌ , He, or it, suffered loss, or diminution; or became lost: and perished, or died: as also تبّب , Verbal.Noun تَتْبِيبٌ: and app. تُبَّ also.] تَبٌّ and تَتْبِيبٌ [as inf. ns.] signify The suffering loss, or diminution; or being lost: and perishing, or dying: or [used as substs.] loss, or diminution; or the state of being lost: and perdition, or death: and so تَبَابٌ , [said to be] a subst. from تَبَّبَهُ, with teshdeed, and تَبَبٌ and تَبِيبٌ : or the last three signify [simply] perdition, or death: and تَتْبِيبٌ is explained as signifying loss, or diminution, that brings, or leads, to perdition or death; and so تَبَابٌ ; and the causing to perish. Hence you say, تَبَّ [meaning, in an emphatic manner, May he suffer loss, or be lost, or perish]. And تَبًّا لَهُ May God decree to him loss, or perdition; or cause loss, or perdition, to cleave to him: تَبًّا being in the accus. case as an Verbal.Noun governed by a verb understood. And تَبًّا , [in the CK تَتْبِيبًا,] meaning the same in an intensive, or emphatic, manner: and تَبًّا . And تَبَّتْ يَدَاهُ, and تَبَّتْ يَدُهُ, Present.T تَبِبَ Verbal.Noun تَبٌّ and تَبَابٌ , but IDrd says that the former of these seems to be the Verbal.Noun, and the latter the simple subst., May his arms, or hands, and his arm, or hand, suffer loss, or be lost, or perish: or may he himself suffer loss, &c., i. e., his whole person: or his good in the present life and that in the life to come.
2 [Hence,] تَبَّ and تَبْتَبَ He became an old man: the loss of youth being likened to تَبَابَ.

def.2 تَبَّ, [Present.T, accord. to rule, تَبُبَ ] He cut, or cut off, a thing. And تُبَّ It was cut, or cut off.
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