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سَابِقَةٌ

Root: سبق

Full Definition

سَابِقَةٌ [fem. of سَابِقٌ, q. v.: and also a subst. formed from the latter by the affix ة, signifying Priority, or precedence]. One says, لَهُ سَابِقَةٌ فِى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ [To him belongs priority, or precedence, in this affair,] when he has preceded the [other] people [in betaking, or applying, himself] to the affair: like as you say, لَهُ سَبْقٌ [mentioned above: see 1].
2 [Also, as used by physicians, A predisposition to disease.]
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