طَبْع nature in Arabic
طَبْع is how you say “nature” in Arabic.
Root ط ب ع ṭ-b-ʿ. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar). ṭabʿ.
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Meaning of nature in Arabic
- innate nature, natural disposition, character the common sense — a quality impressed on a person by creation or habit
- sealing, stamping, imprinting the root's literal, original sense
- fashioning, shaping something (e.g. molding clay, striking coins)
Example sentence
فَإِنَّ الطِّبَاعَ تَحْمِلُ عَلَى خُصُومَةِ الأَعْدَاءِ
For nature inclines towards opposing enemies.
الطِّبَاعَ nature
al- = 'the'; tiba means 'natural dispositions, temperament'; the '-a' ending marks it as the subject of 'inna' ('for nature…').
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
Grows out of the literal sense of sealing or stamping: just as a seal fixes a permanent mark, one's ṭabʿ is the disposition "impressed" on the soul, whether by creation or habit — the same image behind the classical phrase "God sealed his heart" for a fixed, unchanging character.
Words from the same root
- طَبَعَ to seal, stamp, imprint
- طَبِيعَةٌ nature, natural disposition
- طَبِيعِىٌّ natural
- مَطْبَعَةٌ printing press
- طَابِعٌ a stamp, seal, mark
More example sentences
فَهِيَ تَتَنَاوَلُ مَا يَدْعُوهَا إِلَيْهِ الطَّبْعُ مِنَ الْغِذَاءِ إِذَا حَضَرَ
They consume what their nature calls them to when food is present.
الطَّبْعُ nature
The subject of 'calls', held back until after the verb — Arabic lets the verb come first and name its doer afterward. Nominative.
وَالآدَمِيُّ يَمْتَنِعُ عَنْ ذَلِكَ بِقَهْرِ عَقْلِهِ لِطَبْعِهِ
And the human refrains from that by subduing his nature with reason.
لِطَبْعِهِ his nature
The li- marks the target of the overpowering — what gets subdued is 'his nature'. So reason (the previous word) masters nature (this one); the two li-/genitive cues keep the roles straight.
ما تُطالِعُه وتُكرِّرُه يتراكمُ فيك حتى يُصبحَ طبعًا
What you read and repeat accumulates within you until it becomes second nature.
طَبْعًا second nature
'an ingrained nature / disposition,' in the -a form because 'becomes' forces its predicate there. The end-state: what you repeatedly take in eventually becomes your very TEMPERAMENT — hence guard what you feed your mind, as the next sentence urges.
Common questions
- How do you say "nature" in Arabic?
- طَبْع (ṭabʿ) — a person's innate nature or natural disposition.
- Why does the same root mean both "seal" and "nature"?
- Because sealing or stamping something fixes a permanent impression on it, and a person's ṭabʿ is likewise the character impressed on them by creation or habit.
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).