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طَيِّب

good

AdjectiveRoot ط-ي-ب

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Also written طيب: طِيب (goodness)

Highlights

Feminine
طَيِّبَة
Masculine plural
طَيِّبُون
Feminine plural
طَيِّبَات
Elative
أَطْيَب
more / most …

Most common words from the same root

Noun
طِيب
goodness
Verb · Form I
طَابَ
to seem suitable
Adjective
أَطْيَب
elative degree of طَيِّب

طَيِّب in English

Adjective

  1. good, wholesome, nice, fine (for example, beneficial, favorable, advantageous; moral, pure, clean; nutritious, nourishing, healthy; tasty, delicious, pleasant, etc.)
    كُلُوا مِن طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ وَلا تَطْغَوْا فِيهِ فَيَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبِي وَمَن يَحْلِلْ عَلَيْهِ غَضَبِي فَقَدْ هَوَىُO Children of Israel! Eat from the good and wholesome things of what We have allotted to you, and do not transgress with it, so My wrath does not come down upon you. Whomever My wrath comes down upon has lapsed.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:81
  2. charming, pleasant, agreeable
  3. enjoyable
  4. tasty, palatable

Word origin

From Proto-Semitic *ṭāb- (“good, pleasant”), with levelling to the typical Arabic adjective pattern CayyiC of hollow roots. Cognate with Akkadian 𒁕𒁍𒌝 (ṭābum) and Biblical Hebrew טוֹב (ṭoḇ).

Words from the root ط-ي-ب

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

طَابَ · present يَطِيبُ
Form I · The plain action

to seem suitable, to remit, to do well

طِيب
Verbal noun
goodness
طِيبَة
Verbal noun
طَائِب
Active participle
مَطِيب
Passive participle
طَيَّبَ · present يُطَيِّبُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to season, to spice (food); to make pleasant, to make sweet; to perfume, to aromatise

تَطْيِيب
Verbal noun
مُطَيِّب
Active participle
مُطَيَّب
Passive participle
اِسْتَطَابَ · present يَسْتَطِيبُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to deem good, pleasant

اِسْتِطَابَة
Verbal noun
مُسْتَطِيب
Active participle
مُسْتَطَاب
Passive participle
طَيِّب
Adjective
good
أَطْيَب
Adjective
elative degree of طَيِّب

طَيِّب: plural and other forms

Singularطَيِّب
Feminineطَيِّبَة
Masculine pluralطَيِّبُون
Feminine pluralطَيِّبَات
Elative (more / most)أَطْيَب

طَيِّب in a sentence

Dictionary examples

good

كُلُوا مِن طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ وَلا تَطْغَوْا فِيهِ فَيَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبِي وَمَن يَحْلِلْ عَلَيْهِ غَضَبِي فَقَدْ هَوَىُO Children of Israel! Eat from the good and wholesome things of what We have allotted to you, and do not transgress with it, so My wrath does not come down upon you. Whomever My wrath comes down upon has lapsed.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:81

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