Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مَطْيَبَةٌ

Root: طيب

Full Definition

مَطْيَبَةٌ [A cause of pleasure or delight]. One says, هٰذَا شَرَابٌ مَطْيَبَةٌ لِلنَّفْسِ This is a beverage [which is a cause of pleasure to the soul, or] with which the soul is pleased when drinking it. And in like manner one says of food.


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