تَصَابَبْتُ

Root: صب

Form: 6

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تَصَابَبْتُVI I drank what remained of the water in a vessel: [or] you say, تصابّ الصُّبَابَةَ and and [he drank what remained of the water, or of the milk, in a vessel]; all signifying the same.
2 And [hence,] تَصَابَّ فُلَانٌ المَعِيشَةَ بَعْدَ فُلانٍ [lit. Such a one drank the remains of life after such a one], meaning such a one outlived such a one: and تَصَابَبْتُهُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ إِلَّا وَاحِدًا [I outlived them all except one]. Esh-Shemmákh says, or ElAkhtal, لَقَوْمٌ تَصَابَبْتُ المَعِيشَةَ بَعْدَهُمْ أَعَزُّ عَلَىَّ مِنْ عِفَآءٍ تَغَيَّرَا [Verily the loss of a people whom I have outlived is more severe to me than abundant and long hair that has become altered in colour]: he means, the loss of those with whom I was in a state of ease and plenty is more severe to me than my hair's becoming white: Az says, he likens what remained of his life to the remains of beverage that he was sipping up.

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