توبة
Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed before Islam from Aramaic תְּתוּבְתָּא (tǝṯūḇtā) in the Judaic circle. Forms doublets of the forms under the Arabic root ث و ب (ṯ-w-b) related to returning.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
تَوْبَة • (tawba) f
- verbal noun of تَابَ (tāba) (form I)
- instance noun of تَابَ (tāba)
- Al-Nawawi
- ولو تاب عن الجميع توبة واحدة بعد جميعها صحت توبته
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- Al-Nawawi
- repentance
- Mark 1:4, Van Dyck version
- كان يوحنا يعمد في البرية ويكرز بمعمودية التوبة لمغفرة الخطايا.
- John baptized in the wilderness, and preached the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
- Mark 1:4, Van Dyck version
Declension edit
Declension of noun تَوْبَة (tawba)
Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | تَوْبَة tawba |
التَّوْبَة at-tawba |
تَوْبَة tawbat |
Nominative | تَوْبَةٌ tawbatun |
التَّوْبَةُ at-tawbatu |
تَوْبَةُ tawbatu |
Accusative | تَوْبَةً tawbatan |
التَّوْبَةَ at-tawbata |
تَوْبَةَ tawbata |
Genitive | تَوْبَةٍ tawbatin |
التَّوْبَةِ at-tawbati |
تَوْبَةِ tawbati |
Derived terms edit
- تَابَ (tāba, “to repent”)
- تَوَّبَ (tawwaba, “to make repentant”)
- اِسْتَتَابَ (istatāba, “to propose that he repent”)
- تَوَّاب (tawwāb, “repentant”)
Descendants edit
- → Armenian: թոբա (tʻoba), թեբա (tʻeba), թուբա (tʻuba)
- → Azerbaijani: tövbə
- → Hausa: tuba
- → Northern Kurdish: tobe
- → Ottoman Turkish: توبه (tevbe)
- → Persian: توبه
- → Swahili: toba, kitubio
- → Yoruba: túḿbá
- → Uzbek: tavba
References edit
- Ahrens, Karl (1930) “Christliches im Qoran. Eine Nachlese”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[1] (in German), volume 84, page 27
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis[2] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 22
Egyptian Arabic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
توبة • (tōba)
South Levantine Arabic edit
Root |
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ت و ب |
3 terms |
Alternative forms edit
- ثوبة (ṯōbe)
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
توبة • (tōbe) f (singulative, collective توب m (tōb), paucal أتواب (ʔatwāb), plural تياب (tyāb))
Noun edit
توبة • (tōbe) f (plural أتواب (ʔatwāb))
- thobe (an ankle-length robe with long sleeves traditionally worn by Palestinian women)