تب

See also: بت‎, پت‎, بَٹ‎, and بٞٹ‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ت ب ب‎ (t-b-b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tab.ba/

Verb

تَبَّ • (tabba) I, non-past يَتِبُّ‎‎ (yatibbu)

1. to perish, to be ruined
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 111:1:

     ‏تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ وَتَبَّ‎‎

     tabbat yadā ʔabī lahabin watabba

     May the hands of The Father of The Fire be ruined, and ruined is he.

2. (transitive) to decimate, to annihilate, to destroy

Conjugation

Conjugation of

تَبَّ

(form-I geminate, verbal nouns تَبّ or تَبَب or تَبَاب)

verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر						تَبّ or تَبَب‎ or تَبَاب‎ tabb or tabab or tabāb
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						تَابّ‎ tābb
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَتْبُوب‎ matbūb
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	تَبَبْتُ‎ tababtu	تَبَبْتَ‎ tababta	تَبَّ tabba		تَبَبْتُمَا‎ tababtumā	تَبَّا‎ tabbā		تَبَبْنَا‎ tababnā	تَبَبْتُمْ‎ tababtum	تَبُّوا‎ tabbū
	f		تَبَبْتِ‎ tababti	تَبَّتْ‎ tabbat			تَبَّتَا‎ tabbatā			تَبَبْتُنَّ‎ tababtunna	تَبَبْنَ‎ tababna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَتِبُّ‎ ʔatibbu	تَتِبُّ‎ tatibbu	يَتِبُّ‎ yatibbu		تَتِبَّانِ‎ tatibbāni	يَتِبَّانِ‎ yatibbāni		نَتِبُّ‎ natibbu	تَتِبُّونَ‎ tatibbūna	يَتِبُّونَ‎ yatibbūna
	f		تَتِبِّينَ‎ tatibbīna	تَتِبُّ‎ tatibbu			تَتِبَّانِ‎ tatibbāni			تَتْبِبْنَ‎ tatbibna	يَتْبِبْنَ‎ yatbibna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَتِبَّ‎ ʔatibba	تَتِبَّ‎ tatibba	يَتِبَّ‎ yatibba		تَتِبَّا‎ tatibbā	يَتِبَّا‎ yatibbā		نَتِبَّ‎ natibba	تَتِبُّوا‎ tatibbū	يَتِبُّوا‎ yatibbū
	f		تَتِبِّي‎ tatibbī	تَتِبَّ‎ tatibba			تَتِبَّا‎ tatibbā			تَتْبِبْنَ‎ tatbibna	يَتْبِبْنَ‎ yatbibna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَتِبَّ‎ or أَتِبِّ‎ or أَتْبِبْ‎ ʔatibba or ʔatibbi or ʔatbib	تَتِبَّ‎ or تَتِبِّ‎ or تَتْبِبْ‎ tatibba or tatibbi or tatbib	يَتِبَّ‎ or يَتِبِّ‎ or يَتْبِبْ‎ yatibba or yatibbi or yatbib		تَتِبَّا‎ tatibbā	يَتِبَّا‎ yatibbā		نَتِبَّ‎ or نَتِبِّ‎ or نَتْبِبْ‎ natibba or natibbi or natbib	تَتِبُّوا‎ tatibbū	يَتِبُّوا‎ yatibbū
	f		تَتِبِّي‎ tatibbī	تَتِبَّ‎ or تَتِبِّ‎ or تَتْبِبْ‎ tatibba or tatibbi or tatbib			تَتِبَّا‎ tatibbā			تَتْبِبْنَ‎ tatbibna	يَتْبِبْنَ‎ yatbibna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		تِبَّ or تِبِّ or اِتْبِبْ‎ tibba or tibbi or itbib			تِبَّا‎ tibbā				تِبُّوا‎ tibbū
	f		تِبِّي‎ tibbī							اِتْبِبْنَ‎ itbibna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	تُبَّ tubba		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُتَبُّ‎ yutabbu		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُتَبَّ‎ yutabba		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُتَبَّ‎ or يُتَبِّ‎ or يُتْبَبْ‎ yutabba or yutabbi or yutbab		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—

Synonyms

• (to destroy): أَهْلَكَ‎ (ʔahlaka)
• (to perish, to be ruined): هَلَكَ‎ (halaka), فَنَى‎ (fanā), خَسِرَ‎ (ḵasira)

Etymology 2

Noun

تَبّ • (tabb) m

1. verbal noun of تَبَّ (tabba) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun تَبّ (tabb)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَبّ tabb	التَّبّ‎ at-tabb	تَبّ tabb
Nominative	تَبٌّ tabbun	التَّبُّ‎ at-tabbu	تَبُّ tabbu
Accusative	تَبًّا‎ tabban	التَّبَّ‎ at-tabba	تَبَّ tabba
Genitive	تَبٍّ tabbin	التَّبِّ‎ at-tabbi	تَبِّ tabbi

Derived terms

• تَبًّا‎ (tabban)
• تَبًّا لَكَ‎ (tabban laka)

Etymology 3

Verb

تُبْ • (tub) (form I)

1. second-person masculine singular active imperative of تَابَ‎ (tāba)

Persian

Etymology

From Middle Persian [Book Pahlavi needed] (tp /⁠tab⁠/, “fever”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tépos (“heat, warmth”). Related to Sanskrit तपस् (tapas), and Old Armenian տապ (tap, “heat”), an Iranian borrowing.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [taβ]

 

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäb]

• (Dari, formal/KBL) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäb]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäw]
  • (Hazaragi/approx.) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäw], [t̪ʰeːw]

• (Iran, formal/TEH) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰæb̥]

• (Tajik, formal/DUS) IPA^(key): [t̪ʰäb]

• Phonetic Persian:

Traditional: [تَڤ]‎, Dari: [تَب]‎

Iranian: [تَب]‎

Readings
Classical reading?	taḇ
Dari reading?	tab
Iranian reading?	tab
Tajik reading?	tab

Noun

تب • (tab)

1. fever

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1892), “تب”, in A Comprehensive Persian–English dictionary, London: Routledge & K. Paul

Urdu

Etymology

From Sanskrit त (ta, “this; that”) + एवम् एव (evam eva, “just so”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /t̪əb/

Adverb

تَب • (tab) (Hindi spelling तब)

1. then