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اصطبّ

Root: صب

Form: 8

Full Definition

اصطبّVIII is expl. by Sb as signifying He took for himself the water; agreeably with general analogy: [but it is more properly rendered he poured out for himself the water:] one says, اِصْطَبَبْتُ لِنَفْسِى مَآءً مِنَ القِرْبَةِ لِأَشْرَبَهُ [I poured out for myself water from the skin that I might drink it]: and اِصْطَبَبْتُ لِنَفْسِى قَدَحًا [I poured out for myself a cup].
2 See also 6.
3 And see 7.
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