اصطبح
Root: صبح
Form: 8
Full Definition
def.2 And i. q. أَسْرَجَ [as meaning He lighted a lamp or wick, or himself or another with a lamp &c.]; and so اصبح [in the former sense], as in the phrase اصبح مِصْبَاحًا [he lighted a lamp or wick]; and اصبح alone has this meaning, i. e. أَسْرَجَ سِرَاجًا. [But it is used often in the latter sense:] one says, الشَّمْعُ مِمَّا يُصْطَبَحُ بِهِ Candles are of the things with which one lights [himself, or others]; syn. يُسْرَجُ: [and in like manner تصبّح ; for] one says, هُوَ يَتَصَبَّحُ بِالشُّمُوعِ [He lights himself, or others, with candles]: [and in like manner also ; for] one says, استصبح بِالمِصْبَاحِ He lighted [himself, or another,] with the lamp, or wick; syn. أَسْرَجَ; or اِسْتَسْرَجَ: [hence it appears that اصطبح بِهِ and به and تصبّح به may be aptly rendered he employed it as a means of light; and thus the second of these three verbs, is expl. in treatises on practical law:] one says also, بِالدُّهْنِ [He employed oil as a means of light; or] he made the lamp, or wick, to give light by means of oil: and it is said in a trad. respecting the several sorts of fat (شُحُوم) of carrion, بِهَا النَّاسُ The people [employ them as means of light; or] make their lamps, or wicks, to give light by means of them.
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