صُبَّةٌ

Root: صب

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صُبَّةٌ A quantity of wheat or food, &c., that is poured out or forth together, or collectedly; also sometimes termed صُبٌّ . See also 1, near the beginning.
2 And A سُفْرَة [or piece of skin in which the traveller puts his food; or the thing upon which one eats]; so called because the food is poured into it, or upon it: or a thing like the سُفْرَة: and صُنَّةٌ, with ن, signifies the same.
3 See also صُبَابَةٌ, with which it is syn.
4 Also A company of men: [app. tropical; but it is said that] this is the primary meaning, and it is used in relation to camels, and sheep or goats, and the like, tropically.
5 A detached number of horses, and of camels, and of sheep or goats, and of dirhems, or pieces of money: or from ten to forty: or from twenty to thirty and forty of camels and of sheep or goats: or less than a hundred of camels: or of camels i. q. صِرْمَةٌ: and from ten to forty of goats: or a flock of sheep or a herd of goats, as being likened to a company of men: or from twenty to forty of sheep and of goats; or peculiarly of goats: or about fifty: or from sixty to seventy: and of camels about five or six: and a collection of dirhems, or pieces of money, and of wheat, or food, &c.: and a piece of a thing: [or] a small quantity or portion of wealth or property.
6 And A part, or portion, of the night: so in the saying, مَضَتْ صُبَّةٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ [A part, or portion, of the night passed].

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