Arabic word sheet
طَيِّبٌ
Good, pleasant
- Type
- adjective
- Root
- ط ي ب
Meaning and usage
Good, pleasant
Pleasing to the senses, above all to taste and smell: a savoury dish, a sweet scent. By extension, any good and pleasant thing.
خُبْزُ الْجَارَةِ طَيِّبٌ.
The neighbour's bread is good.
Pure, clean
Free from any mixture or dirt. Said of water, of air, of wholesome ground.
هَوَاءُ الْقَرْيَةِ طَيِّبٌ.
The village air is pure.
Permitted, legitimate
Figuratively, what the rule allows and one may take or do without blame. Said above all of earnings or property.
رِبْحُ التَّاجِرِ طَيِّبٌ.
The merchant's profit is legitimate.
Kind, good-hearted modern usage
In present-day use, said of a person who is good-hearted, kind and without malice.
جَارُنَا رَجُلٌ طَيِّبٌ.
Our neighbour is a kind man.
Word family
What the root means ط ي ب
The basic verb of the root means to be good, pleasant and agreeable to the taste or the smell, and also to be clean and pure. The adjective describes what has that quality, and the related nouns name pleasantness and good will.
to be good, to be pleasant
طَابَ
perfume; pleasantness, goodness
طِيبٌ
goodness, good will
طِيبَةٌ
Synonyms
delicious
لَذِيذٌ
Narrower: it speaks only of pleasure to the taste or the senses, with no idea of purity or of goodness.
Opposites
bad, foul
خَبِيثٌ
bad, of poor quality
رَدِيءٌ