Dictionary of The Holy Quran — Page 121
ثيب ثيب stranger who keeps to a town. It also means a man remaining in his grave. وَمَا كُنْتَ ثَاوِيًا فِي أَهْلِ مَدْيَنَ : And thou wast not a dweller among the people of Midian (28:46). ثَيَّبَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ زَوْجَهَا ثَيَّبَ : The woman became separated from her husband on account of his death and by divorce. ثَيِّبٌ )plural تَيَّبَاتُ( : A woman who has been separated from her husband in any manner; or a woman whose husband has died; or a woman who has been divorced; or one that is not a virgin; or a woman to whom a man has gone in; a man who has gone into a woman; or a person who has married. (Applied to a man and a woman). It is also applied to a woman who has attained the age of puberty, though a virgin. بنُرٌ ثَيْبٌ : A well in which water collects. سَائِحَاتٍ ثَيِّبَاتٍ وَّ أَبْكَارًا : Given to fasting, widows and virgins (66:6). 121