ت و ب

استتابهُ استتابه استتابة ٱستتاب ٱستتابه He proposed to him that he should return [to obedience unto God], (T, A,) and repent of that which he had committed: (T:) he asked him to return from sin, or disobedience: (S, K:) or he asked him to desist from his sin. (Msb.)

تَابُوتٌ تابوت , originally تَوَبُوتٌ , the ت not being the characteristic of the fem. gender, (Z, MF, TA,) of the measure فَعَلُوتٌ , and meaning A chest, or box, from التَّوْبُ , because what is taken out from it continually returns to it: (AAF, IJ, Z, MF, TA:) or originally تَابُوَةٌ ; (S, K; [in the CK تَأْبُوَةٌ ;]) the و being made quiescent, and the ة changed into ت : (S, K:) [in Chald. ?: in Hebr. ?:] it signifies also the ribs, with what they contain, as the heart and the liver &c.; as being likened to a chest, or box; (IAth, TA in art. تبت ;) the chest, breast, or bosom: (A in that art.:) or [primarily] the ribs, with what they contain, as the heart &c.: and [hence] applied to a chest, or box: (Towsheeh, MF, TA:) also written تَبُوتٌ . (K in art. تبت .) [It is generally applied in the present day to a bier: a coffin: and an oblong case that is placed over a grave: the pl. is تَوَابِيتُ .] El-Kásim Ibn-Maan says that it is the only word in the Kur-án in respect of which the dialects of Kureysh and the Ansár differ; the former pronouncing it تَابُوتٌ ; (S;) and the latter, تَابُوهٌ . (S, K.) But IB denies that its last letter is originally ة , the fem. termination; asserting the final ت to be a radical letter, the measure of the word to be فَاعُولٌ , and its proper place in art. تبت : he says that the final ت is changed in a case of pause, but not generally, into ه , as is that of الفُرَات [the Euphrates], in which the ت is not the fem. termination. (L, TA.) You say, مَا أَوْدَعْتُ تَابُوتِى شَيْيءًا فَقَدْتُهُ , meaning I have not deposited in my bosom anything of knowledge, or science, that I have lost. (A in art. تبت .)

تَوَّابٌ تواب , applied to a man, [One who repents much or often;] returning from disobedience to obedience [to God] (M, K, TA) much or often. (TA.) ― -b2- And applied to God, One who returns [much or often] to forgiveness towards his servant who returns unto Him: (T:) or who [often] disposes, or adapts, to repentance, or returning from sin or disobedience; or reverts from severity to mildness; or returns with his favour or grace, &c.: (A, K: [see 1, last sentence:]) or who forgives much, and save from acts of disobedience. (Msb.)

تَايءِبٌ [Repenting of sin: (see 1:) originally,] returning from disobedience (M, K) to obedience to God. (M.)