صَبَبٌ
Root: صب
Full Definition
2 And A declivity, declivous place, or ground sloping down; and so صَبِيبٌ , of which the pl. is أَصْبَابٌ; so too صَبُوبٌ and صُبُوبٌ , with fet-h and with damm; [i. e.] signifies that down which you descend, or have descended, (مَا ٱنْصَبَبْتَ فِيهِ,) and its pl. is صُبُبٌ [like عُمُدٌ pl. of عَمُودٌ]; [and so ;] or, as some say, , with fet-h, is a name for the water, &c., that is poured out upon a man, like طَهُورٌ and غَسُولٌ; and صُبُوبٌ , with damm, is pl. of صَبَبٌ: but AZ mentions his having heard the Arabs apply صَبُوبٌ to a declivity, or declivous place; and says that its pl. is صُبُبٌ: and الصَّبَبُ مِنَ الرَّمْلِ signifies what has poured out or forth or down, of sand: and the pl. of صَبَبٌ is أَصْبَابٌ.
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