تسبّب

Root: سب

Form: 5

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تسبّبV [as quasi-pass. of 2, It was, or became, made, or appointed, or prepared, as a means, or cause, of attaining, or accomplishing a thing, or an affair; followed by لِأَمْرٍ. And It was, or became, caused, or occasioned]. You say, تسبّب مَالُ الفَىْءِ [The property of the spoil, or acquisition, or tribute, termed فَىْء was caused, or occasioned, to accrue]: for that whereby the property is caused, or occasioned, [to be obtained, as the abandonment of their abodes by unbelievers, or their making peace with Muslim invaders on the condition of paying a poll-tax or the like,] is made a means, or cause, of the accruing of the property to those to whom it is due of the recipients of the فَىْء [See also 10.]
2 تسبّب بِهِ إِلَى شَىْءٍ He made use of it as a means, or cause, of attaining, or accomplishing, a thing. And أَتَسَبَّبُ بِفُلَانٍ إِلَيْكَ [I make use of such a one as a means of access to thee]. (TA in art. ذرع.)
3 [Hence, in the present day, تسبّب is used as meaning He trafficked; because trafficking is a using means to procure subsistence.]

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