maṣdarأَوْبٌ إيَّابٌ مُتَأَوَّبٌ مَآبٌmuḍāriʿيَؤُوبُ تَؤُوبُ
Core sense — he returned to his place or family, he came at night, he repentedgenerated
1.1he (an absent person) returned to his place, or to a thing, or from his journey—أوّب
maṣdar أَوْبٌ, إِيَابٌ, أَوْبَةٌ, and أَيْبَةٌ, with ى taking the place of و and إِيبَةٌ and مَآبٌ [like مَآلٌ].
Its maṣdars are تَأْوِيبٌ, تَأْيِيبٌ, تأوّب, and ائتاب [written with the disjunctive alif اِيتَابَ].
he returned—أَيَّبَ
A quasi-quadriliteral radical verb, originally أَيْوَبَ, of the measure فَيْعَلَ, originally إيوَابٌ, of the measure فِيعَالٌ.
Accord. to Fr, إِيَّابٌ is incorrect, and the right word is إِيَابٌ. [If so, أَيَّبَ is perhaps changed from أَوَّبَ, as أَيْبَةٌ is from أَوْبَةٌ, and تَأْيِيبٌ is perhaps its maṣdar, changed from تَأْوِيبٌ.]
Or, as some say, إِيَابٌ means only returning to one's family at night.
he returned to his family at, or in, the night—تأوّب أَهْلَهُ
he returned to his family at, or in, the night—ائتاب اهله
This is also the meaning of آبَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ.
he came to them at night—آبَ إِلَيْهِمْ
Or آبَهُمْ, accord. to a copy of the A, where we find أُبْتُ بَنِي فُلَانٍ; muḍāriʿ as above.
he came to them at night—تَأَوَّبَهُمْ
he came to them at night—تَأَيَّبَهُمْ
With ى taking the place of و; maṣdar مُتَأَوَّبٌ and مُتَأَيَّبٌ, each in the form of a passive ism mafʿūl.
he came to the water, to drink, at night—آبَ المَآءَ
also ائتابهُ and تأوّبهُ.
I came in the beginning of the night—تَأَوَّبتُ
the sun returned from its place of rising, and set—آبَتِ الشَّمْسُ
Accord. to AZ.
maṣdar مَآبٌ or إِيَابٌ [in the CK اَياب] and أُيُوبٌ. Or simply: the sun set, as though it returned to the place where its course began. [Or] it is a dialectal variant of غَابَت.
people came to him from every direction, or quarter—آبَ إِلَيْهِ
a thin sword would have come to you—لَآبَكَ مُرْهَفٌ
The poet Sáideh Ibn-El-'Ajlán uses this expression; the verb may be transitive by itself, or the preposition إِلَى may be understood.
1.1.1he returned to God from his sin, or offence, and repented—آبَ إِلَى ٱللّٰهِ
He returned from disobedience to obedience; he repented.
1.1.2he made him return to him, or it—آبَ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ
Also اوّبهُ إلَيْهِ.
he put back his hand to his sword to draw it—آبَ يَدَهُ إِلَى سَيْفِهِ
Or بِيَدِهِ, as in a copy of the A, which is probably the more correct here.
he put back his hand [to his bow] to draw it—الى قَوْسِهِ
he put back his hand [to his arrow] to shoot it—الى سَهْمِهِ
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, aor. يَؤُوبُ , (T, S, &c.,) inf. n. أَوْبٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and إِيَابٌ and أَوْبَةٌ (T, S, M, K) and أَيْبَةٌ , (M, K,) ى taking the place of و , (M,) and إِيبَةٌ (Lh, M, K) and مَآبٌ [like مَآلٌ ], (Msb, TA,) He (an absent person, T) returned (T, S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K) to his place, (Sh,) or to a thing, (M,) or from his journey; (Msb;) as also أوّب , (M,) inf. n. تَأْوِيبٌ and تَأْيِيبٌ ; (K;) and تأوّب ; (M, K;) and ائتاب [written with the disjunctive alif اِيتَابَ ]; (S;) and أَيَّبَ , [a quasi-quadriliteralradical verb, originally أَيْوَبَ ,] of the measure فَيْعَلَ , (M,) inf. n. إيَّابٌ , (M, K,) originally إيوَابٌ , of the measure فِيعَالٌ , (M, TA,) or, accord. to Fr, إِيَّابٌ is incorrect, and the right word is إِيَابٌ : (TA:) [and if so, أَيَّبَ is perhaps changed from أَوَّبَ , like as أَيْبَةٌ is from أَوْبَةٌ ; and تَأْيِيبٌ is perhaps its inf. n., changed from تَأْوِيبٌ :] or, as some say, إِيَابٌ signifies only the returning to one's family at night: (M, TA:) and تأوّب أَهْلَهُ and ائتاب اهله [as well as آبَ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ ] signify he returned to his family at, or in, the night: (T, TA:) or آبَ إِلَيْهِمْ , (S,) [or آبَهُمْ , accord. to a copy of the A, where we find أُبْتُ بَنِي فُلَانٍ ,] aor. as above; (TA;) and تَأَوَّبَهُمْ (S, A, K) and ↓, تَأَيَّبَهُمْ , (K,) ى taking the place of و , (TA,) inf. n. مُتَأَوَّبٌ and مُتَأَيَّبٌ , (M, * [in which the two forms of the verb are also given, but with the sing. pronoun of the third pers. instead of the pl.,] and K,) each in the form of a pass. part. n.; (TA;) he came to them at night: (S, M, * A, K:) and آبَ المَآءَ , (M,) inf. n. أَوْبٌ , (K,) signifies he came to the water, to drink, at night; as also ائتابهُ ; (M, K;) and تأوّبهُ : (M:) or, accord. to AZ, تَأَوَّبتُ signifies I came in the beginning of the night. (S.) You say also, آبَتِ الشَّمْسُ , (T, S, &c.,) aor. تَؤُوبُ , (M,) inf. n. مَآبٌ , (T,) or إِيَابٌ [in the CK اَياب ] and أُيُوبٌ , (M, K,) The sun returned from its place of rising, and set: (Msb:) or the sun set; (T, S, M, A, K;) as though it returned to the place whence it commenced its course; (M;) [or] it is a dial. var. of غَابَت . (S.) And آبَ إِلَيْهِ People came to him from every direction, or quarter. (TA, from a trad.) The poet Sáideh Ibn-El-'Ajlán uses the expression, لَآبَكَ مُرْهَفٌ , meaning A thin sword would have come to thee; in which the verb may be trans. by itself, or the prep. إِلَى may be understood. (M, TA.) He returned from disobedience to obedience; he repented. (TA.) And آبَ إِلَى ٱللّٰهِ He returned unto God from his sin, or offence, and repented. (Msb.) آبَ بِهِ إِلَيْهِ He made him to return to him, or it; as also اوّبهُ إلَيْهِ . (M.) And آبَ يَدَهُ إِلَى سَيْفِهِ , (as in a copy of the T,) or بِيَدِهِ , (as in a copy of the A, [which is probably here the more correct],) He put back his hand to his sword to draw it: (Lth, T, A:) and الى قَوْسِهِ [to his bow] to draw it: and الى سَهْمِهِ [to his arrow] to shoot it. (A.) See also 2.