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سَابِغٌ

Root: سبغ

Full Definition

سَابِغٌ , applied to a thing of any kind, Complete, full, ample, or without deficiency: [and] long. You say, دِرْعٌ سَابِغَةٌ A coat of mail that is wide, or ample, and long: or such that one drags it upon the ground, or [that falls] against one's ankles, by reason of length and ampleness: pl. سَوَابِغُ. And ذَنَبٌ سَابِغٌ A complete, a full, or an ample, tail. And دَلْوٌ سَابِغَةٌ A long دلو [or leathern bucket]. And نَاقَةٌ سَابِغَةُ الضَّرْعِ A she-camel full, or without lack or defect, in the udder: or سَابِغَةُ الضُّلُوعِ without lack or defect, and long, in the ribs. And عَجِيزَةٌ سَابِغَةٌ and أَلْيَةٌ سَابِغَةٌ signify in like manner, [or] A long buttock. And رَجُلٌ سَابِغُ الأَلْيَتَيْنِ A man large in the buttocks. And فَحْلٌ سَابِغٌ A stallion long in the veretrum: the contr. thereof is termed كَمِشٌ. And لِثَةٌ سَابِغَةٌ A foul, or an ugly, gum.
2 And مَطْرَةٌ سَابِغَةٌ A compious rain.
3 And نِعْمَةٌ سَابِغَةٌ A complete, a full, or an ample, benefit, or boon.
4 See also تَسْبِغَةٌ.
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