Quranic root
ثبي
th · b · y
The supplied root analysis centers on دوام: continuing or remaining attached to something.
Classical usage develops this orientation into persistence, while also associating ثُبَة with a distinct company and with the center of a basin to which water returns. The relation of the basin term to this root is disputed; a derived ثَبَّى also denotes enumerative praise.
- Maqāyīs · row 996
- Mufradāt · row 195
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Forms in the Quran
The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.
ثُبَة
thubah
- Part of speech
- Noun · group noun
- Quran occurrences
- 1 occurrence
Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.
A separate group or detachment.
In the Quran, ثُبَاتٍ is the plural of ثُبَة and describes going forth in separate groups, contrasted with going forth all together.
- Mufradāt · row 195
Selected Quran examples
Quran 4:71word 7
“(in) groups”
Occurrences in the Quran
Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.
- 4:71ثُبَاتٍ(in) groups
Broader Classical Arabic meanings
Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.
Show 4 Classical meanings
ثَبَّى
To persist in or continue doing something.
Used with على for persistence in an undertaking or activity.
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ثَبَّى
To praise a person during his lifetime by recounting the person’s merits separately or one by one.
A derived Classical Arabic use involving the enumeration of distinct merits.
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- Mufradāt · row 195
ثُبَة
A company or band of horsemen.
A Classical specialization of the group noun; it is not asserted as a restriction on the Quranic use in 4:71.
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ثُبَة
The middle or central part of a basin, where the water returns.
The supplied Classical discussion treats this as a distinct lexical use but disputes its derivation: it may be connected with ثبي or with the ثاب/ثوب branch because of the omitted weak radical.
- Maqāyīs · row 996
- Mufradāt · row 195
Cautions
Points that affect how this root should be read.
The relation of the basin term ثُبَة to the canonical root ثبي is explicitly disputed in the supplied evidence.
The supplied Lane primary material is pointer-only, so the lexical senses rely on the supplied Mufradat and Maqayis evidence.
Unassigned or ambiguous evidence
The basin-center meaning is lexically attested, but its root assignment is unresolved: one analysis connects it with ثبي, while another derives it through ثاب/ثوب.