better, best

, aor. يَطِيبُ, (S, Msb, K, &c.,) inf. n. طِيبٌ (S [but there mentioned app. as a subst.], O, Mgh, Msb, K) and طِيبَةٌ (S, O, K) and طَابٌ (K) and طُوبَى [q. v. infrà] (Ksh and Bd in xiii. 28) and تَطْيَابٌ, (S, K,) [the last of which is of a measure denoting intensiveness, and is said in the TA to be with fet-h because it is unsound, whereas the inf. n. of a sound verb, if of the measure تفعال, is with kesr, but this is a strange mistake, (see 2 in art. بين,)] It was, or became, the contr. of خَبِيث, (S, Mgh,) in two senses: (Mgh:) [i. e.] it was, or became, [good,] pleasant, delightful, delicious, sweet, or savoury; syn. لَذَّ; (A, K;) or كَانَ لَذِيذًا; (Msb;) or it was esteemed [good,] pleasant, delightful, delicious, sweet, or savoury, in taste, and in odour: (Mgh:) and it was, or became, pure, (Mgh, K,) or clean. (Mgh.) [See also طَيِّبٌ.] ― -b2- [Hence,] طَابَتْ نَفْسُهُ (assumed tropical:) His mind [or he himself] was, or became, [cheerful, happy, pleased,] dilated, or free from straitness. (Msb.) And طِبْتُ بِهِ نَفْسًا i. q. طَابَتْ بِهِ نَفْسِى (assumed tropical:) [i. e. I, or my mind, was, or became, cheerful, happy, pleased, or dilated, by means of it; agreeably with what next precedes: or pleased, content, or willing, to grant, concede, give, or do, it]: (S, O, K:) [for] طَابَتْ نَفْسُهُ بِالشَّىْءِ [often] signifies (tropical:) He granted, conceded, or gave, the thing, liberally, [willingly, or of his own good pleasure,] without constraint, and without anger. (TA.) And فَعَلْتُ ذٰلِكَ بِطِيبَةِنَفْسٍ (assumed tropical:) I did that [of my own free will; willingly;] not being constrained by any one. (S, O.) And طَابَتْ نَفْسِى عَلَيْهِ (assumed tropical:) [My mind was agreeable to it]; said when a thing is agreeable, or suitable, to one's mind; and [in like manner] طِبْتُ نَفْسًا عَلَيْهِ. (TA.) And طَابَتْ نَفْسُهُ لِلْعَمَلِ وَغَيْرِهِ [He was cheerful, happy, pleased, or willing, to do work &c.]. (K in art. نشط.) And طَابَتْ نَفْسِى عَنْ ذٰلِكَ تَرْكًا (assumed tropical:) [I was pleased, willing, or content, to leave, give up, relinquish, or be without, that]; and [in like manner] طِبْتُ نَفْسًا عَنْهُ: whence, in the Kur [iv. 3], فَإِنْ طِبْنَ لَكُمْ عَنْ شَىْءٍ مِنْهُ نَفْسًا (assumed tropical:) [But if they be pleased, or willing, or content, to give up, or relinquish, or remit, unto you somewhat thereof]. (TA.) ― -b3- And طاب, (A, O, Msb, TA,) inf. n. طِيبٌ (Msb, K) and طِيبَةٌ, (K,) (tropical:) It was, or became, lawful, allowable, or free. (A, O, Msb, K, * TA.) [In the K, الطِّيبُ and الطِّيبَةُ are expl. as meaning الحِلُّ, which Golius has supposed to mean in this case “ quod licitum, legitimum; ” and which Freytag has in like manner expl. as meaning “ res licita, ” and “ licitum: ” but it is here an inf. n., of حَلَّ; not syn. with the epithet الحَلَالُ, which is given as an explanation of الطَّيِّبُ.] You say, طَابَ لِى كَذَا (tropical:) Such a thing became, or has become, lawful, &c., to me. (A.) Hence the saying of Aboo-Hureyreh, اَلْآنَ طَابَ الضِّرَابُ, (TA,) or طَابَ ٱمْضَرْبُ, (O, TA,) as some relate it, accord. to the dial. of Himyer, (TA,) meaning طَاب ٱلضَّرْبُ, i. e. (assumed tropical:) Now fighting has become lawful. (O, TA.) فَٱنْكِحُوا مَا طَابَ لَكُمْ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ, in the Kur [iv. 3], means (assumed tropical:) [Then take ye in marriage] such as are lawful to you [of women]. (Mgh.) ― -b4- And طَابَتِ الأَرْضُ, (K, TA,) inf. n. طِيبٌ, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) The land became abundant in herbage. (K, TA.) -A2- See also 2, in two places: ― -b2- and see 10.

, (S, M, A, MA, O, Msb, K,) inf. n. تَطْيِيبٌ; (KL;) and ↓ اطابهُ; (S, O, K;) and ↓ طَابَهُ; (IAar, M, K;) He, or it, made it, or rendered it, good, pleasant, delightful, delicious, sweet, or savoury: perfumed, or rendered fragrant, him, or it: (S, MA, O, * K, * KL:) [and made it or rendered it, pure, or clean: (see 1, first sentence:)] you say, طيّب جُلَسَآءَهُ He perfumed his companions with whom he was sitting: (A:) and طيّب الثَّوْبَ and ↓ طَابَهُ [He perfumed the garment]: (IAar, M, TA:) or طَيَّبْتُهُ I daubed, or smeared, him, or it, with perfume, or some odoriferous or fragrant substance: (Msb:) and طَيَّبَهُ بِالطِّيبِ [He perfumed him, or daubed him, or smeared him, with some odoriferous or fragrant substance]. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] طيّب بِنَفْسِهِ [and طيّب نَفْسَهُ, which latter is a phrase of frequent occurrence, (assumed tropical:) He placated, or soothed, his mind;] he spoke to him pleasantly, sweetly, or blandly. (TA.) And طَيَّبْتَ نَفْسِى عَنْكَ (assumed tropical:) [Thou hast made me to be pleased, or happy, or content, without thee]. (S in art. سلو.) ― -b3- And طيّبهُ (assumed tropical:) He made it lawful, allowable, or free. (TA, from a trad.) [Hence,] طَيَّبَ لِغَرِيمِهِ نِصْفَ المَالِ (tropical:) He acquitted his debtor of the half of the property; gave up, resigned, or remitted, it to him. (A.) ― -b4- See also 10.

, (S, O, K,) inf. n. مُطَايَبَةٌ, (KL,) He jested, or joked, with him; (S, O, K;) indulged in pleasantry with him. (KL.)

see 2: ― -b2- and see also 10, in four places. -A2- اطاب signifies also He brought, brought forward, offered, or proffered, good, pleasant, delicious, or savoury, food. (O, K.) ― -b2- (assumed tropical:) He spoke good, pleasant, or sweet, words. (O, K.) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) He begat good children. (K.) ― -b4- And (assumed tropical:) He wedded lawfully. (O, K.) -A3- مَا أَطْيَبَهُ, and مَا أَيْطَبَهُ, the latter formed by transposition, (S, TA,) or a dial. var. of the former, (TA in art. يطب,) and أَطْيِبْ بِهِ, and أَيْطِبْ بِهِ, are all allowable [as meaning How good, pleasant, delightful, delicious, or sweet, is he, or it! or how pure, or clean, &c.!]. (TA.) ― -b2- And one says, مَا أَطْيَبَ نَفْسَهُ عَنْكَ [How pleased, or happy, or content is he to be without thee, or to give thee up, or to relinquish thee!]. (IAar, K in art. سفط.)

[quasi-pass. of 2, as such signifying It became, or was made or rendered, good, pleasant, &c.: and] he perfumed himself, or made himself fragrant, (A, Msb, TA,) بِالطِّيبِ [with perfume], (Msb,) or بِالشِّىْءِ [with the thing]. (TA.)

, (S, K,) and اِسْتَطْيَبَهُ, (Sb, Msb, K,) and ↓ اطابهُ, (TA,) and ↓ أَطْيَبَهُ, and ↓ طيّبهُ, (K,) and ↓ طَابَهُ, (TA, [but this last I think doubtful,]) He found it, (S, K,) or saw it, (Msb,) to be طَيِّب [i. e. good, pleasant, &c.]. (S, Msb, K.) One says, استطاب فُلَانٌ الدِّيمَةَ [Such a one found, or saw, to be good, or pleasant, the lasting and still rain]. (A.) ― -b2- And استطاب, (S, A, O, Msb, K,) or استطاب نَفْسَهُ, (TA,) and ↓ اطاب, (A, O, K,) or نَفْسَهُ ↓ اطاب, (TA,) i. q. اِسْتَنْجَى [i. e. He washed, or wiped with a stone, or a piece of dry clay, the place of exit of his excrement]. (S, A, O, Msb, K.) [This signification is said in the TA to be tropical; but it is not so accord. to the A.] ― -b3- And استطاب He shaved his pubes. (O, K, TA.) ― -b4- And He asked people for sweet water. (K.) Thus, accord. to IAar, the saying [of a poet] " فَلَمَّا ٱسْتَطَابُوا صُبَّ فِى الصَّحْنِ نِصْفُهُ " means And when they asked for sweet water [the half of it was poured forth into the bowl]: but it is also expl. agreeably with what here follows. (TA.) ― -b5- He (a man) drank طَابَة [i. e. wine]: so in the M. (TA.)

is an inf. n. of طَابَ, (K,) and syn. with طِيبٌ and also with طَيِّبٌ, q. v.: a poet says, praising 'Omar Ibn-'Abd-El-'Azeez, " مُقَابَلُ الإِعْرَاقِ فِى الطَّابِ الطَّابْ بَيْنَ أَبِى العَاصِى وَآلِ الخَطَّابْ " [i. e. Rooted by the father's and the mother's side in unsullied goodness, or the like, between Abu-l- 'Ásee on the one side and the family of ElKhattáb on the other: for it is evidently cited as an ex. of الطاب used as a subst. and as an epithet; so that by فى الطاب الطاب is meant فى الطِّيبِ الطَّيِّبِ: otherwise it might be supposed that the literal repetition is meant to denote simply corroboration, as appears to be the case in an instance which will be mentioned in what follows:] the object of praise being the son of 'Abd-El-'Azeez the son of Marwán the son of El-Hakam the son of Abu-l-'Ás [or 'Ásee], and his mother being Umm-'Ásim the daughter of 'Ásim the son of 'Omar the son of El-Khattáb. (S, O.) ― -b2- عَذْقُ ٱبْنِ طَابٍ is the name of A sort of palm-trees in El-Medeeneh [app. so called because of the sweetness of their fruit, or طاب may in this instance be for طَابَة, a name of ElMedeeneh]: (K:) or, as also رُطَبُ ٱبْنِ طَابٍ, a sort of dates of El-Medeeneh: (S, O:) or اِبْنُ طَابٍ is a name of a sort of fresh ripe dates: (K:) and عَذْقُ ٱبْنِ طَابٍ and عَذْقُ ٱبْنِ زَيْدٍ are two sorts of dates: (S:) accord. to IAth, رُطَبُ ٱبْنِ طَابٍ is the name of a sort of dates of El-Medeeneh so called in relation to Ibn-Táb, a man of its inhabitants. (TA.) ― -b3- طاب طاب is [asserted to be] One of the names of the Prophet in the Gospel; [but where said to occur, I know not;] the interpretation of مأذ مأذ; [app. a mistranscription for مَاذ مَاذ, meaning “ very good in disposition, ” &c.;] the second word corroborating, and denoting intensiveness of signification. (TA.)

, mentioned in this art. in the S and K, [as though it were originally طُيْبٌ,] see in art. طوب.

an inf. n. of طَابَ. (O, Mgh, * Msb, K.) [Used as a simple subst., Goodness, pleasantness, &c.] You say, مَا بِهِ مِنَ الطِّيبِ [There is not in him aught of goodness, &c.]: you should not say, من الطِّيبَةِ. (S, O.) [See also طَابٌ: and طُوبَى.] ― -b2- [Also] a word of well-known meaning; (K;) [A perfume; a fragrant, or an odoriferous, substance;] a substance with which one perfumes himself, (S, O, Msb,) of what is termed عِطْر. (Msb.) [The pl. accord. to Golius and Freytag is أَطْيَابٌ. Hence, جَوْزُ الطِّيبِ The nutmeg: see جوز.] ― -b3- Also The most excellent of any sort of thing. (K.) [See also أَطْيَبُ: and طَيِّبَةٌ.]

Wine: (S, O, K:) as though meaning طَيِّبَةٌ; and originally طَيَبَةٌ: (AM, TA:) or i. q. عَصِيرٌ [i. e. expressed juice]. (TA, from an explanation of a trad.) -A2- طَابَةُ: see what next follows.

a name of The city of the Prophet; (S, O, Msb, K;) as also ↓ طَابَةُ, (O, Msb, K,) and ↓ الطَّيِّبَةُ, and ↓ المُطَيَّبَةُ, (K,) which last may be also written ↓ المُطَيِّبَةُ. (TA.)

an inf. n. of طَابَ. (S, O, K.) ― -b2- Also The clearest of wine: (K:) and the choicest of herbage. (TA.) -A2- طِيبَةُ is a name of The well Zemzem. (O, K.)