سَقِبَ
Root: سقب
Form: 1
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سَقِبَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun سَقَبٌ, He, or it, was, or became, near. سَقَبٌ is syn. with قُرْبٌ. You say, سَقِبَتْ دَارُهُ, with kesr [to the ق], [Verbal.Noun as above;] or سَقَبَت, Verbal.Noun سَقْبٌ, or سُقُوبٌ; [but I believe the verb to be correctly سَقِبَت, like its syn. صَقِبَت, and the Verbal.Noun to be correctly سَقَبٌ, and perhaps سُقُوبٌ also;] His house was near; as also
. It is said in a trad., الجَارُ أَحَقُّ
بِسَقَبِهِ, meaning [The neighbour has a better, or the best, claim to pre-emption] by reason of his being near: or the ب is a connective of احقّ with its complement, not to denote a cause, and بِسَقَبِهِ is expl. as meaning بِالشُّفْعَةِ; i. e. the neighbour has a better, or the best, claim to
الشُّفْعَة [or pre-emption], when his house is contiguous: IAth says that it is adduced as an evidence that الشُّفْعَة belongs to the neighbour though not a sharer; i. e., that he has a better claim thereto than one who is not a neighbour: but some explain الجار as meaning the partner, or sharer: or the meaning of the trad. may be, the neighbour has a better, or the best, claim to kindness and assistance because of his being near. (L, TA. [See also another reading (بِصَقَبِهِ), and explanations thereof, in art. صقب.])
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