وِثَابٌ
Root: وثب
Full Definition
وِثَابٌ
A throne, or couch; syn. سَرِيرٌ; accord. to some, that is always occupied by the king; or that the king does not cease to occupy: [app. of the dial. of Himyer].
2 A bed; or what is spread to lie or recline upon: ex. وَتَّبْتُهُ وِثَابًا I spread for him a bed, or the like: or places where persons sit; syn. مَقَاعِدُ: in which case it is a pl., as some have expressly affirmed it to be: accord. to IF and others, of the dial. of Himyer. Applied to heaven (السَّمَاءُ) as being the sittingplaces of the angels.
2 A bed; or what is spread to lie or recline upon: ex. وَتَّبْتُهُ وِثَابًا I spread for him a bed, or the like: or places where persons sit; syn. مَقَاعِدُ: in which case it is a pl., as some have expressly affirmed it to be: accord. to IF and others, of the dial. of Himyer. Applied to heaven (السَّمَاءُ) as being the sittingplaces of the angels.
Lane's Lexicon
+
Hans Wehr
+
Mufradat
Three dictionaries. One search.
"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."
47,000+ classical entries
Root-based navigation
Full text search
Hyperlinked definitions
Try Now
Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more