ثَيِّبٌ
Root: ثوب
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ثَيِّبٌ
, [like سَيِّدٌ; originally ثَوِيبٌ, or ثَيْوِبٌ; i. e.] of the measure فَعِيلٌ, or فَيْعِلٌ; A woman who has become separated from her husband in any manner: or a woman whose husband has died, or who has been divorced, and has then returned to the marriage-state: or one that is not a virgin: or a woman to whom a man has gone in; and a man who has gone in to a woman: or a person who has married: applied to a man and to a woman; like بِكْرٌ and أَيِّمٌ: from ثَابَ; because they generally return time after time to the marriage-state: but mostly applied to a woman; because she returns to her family in a manner different from the first [state]; or because the suitors return to her time after time: or it is not applied to a man except in the dual form, as when one says وَلَدُ الثَّيِّبَيْنِ: and a woman is also termed
مُثَيِّبٌ ; or
, like مُعَظَمٌ: the pl. of ثَيِبٌ applied to a woman is ثَيِّبَاتٌ, and the post-classical writers say ثُيَّبٌ, which has not been heard as genuine Arabic: its pl. if applied to a man is ثُيِّبُونَ. It is said in a trad., الثَّيِّبَانِ يُرْجَمَانِ وَالبِكْرَانِ يُجْلَدَانِ وَيُغَرَّبَانِ [The two persons of whom each has previously had carnal intercourse in marriage with one of the other sex shall be stoned if they commit adultery together; and the two who have previously had no connubial intercourse with others shall be flogged and banished if they commit fornication together].
2 It is also applied to
3 This word is mentioned in the K [and M] in art. ثيب; and its mention in art. ثوب is said by the author of the K to be wrong: but IAth and many others decisively assert that it is from ثَابَ, Present.T يَثُوبُ, “ he returned. ”
2 It is also applied to
3 This word is mentioned in the K [and M] in art. ثيب; and its mention in art. ثوب is said by the author of the K to be wrong: but IAth and many others decisively assert that it is from ثَابَ, Present.T يَثُوبُ, “ he returned. ”
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