سُبْرُوتٌ
Root: سبرت
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سُبْرُوتٌ
A desert, syn. قَفْرٌ, or a plain, syn. قَاعٌ, in which is no herbage: or weak land: and أَرْضٌ سُبْرُوتٌ and
سِبْرِيتٌ and
سِبْرَاتٌ Land in which is no herbage; or land in which is nothing: pl. سَبَارِيتُ and سَبَارٍ, the latter anomalous, mentioned by Lh: accord. to A'Obeyd, the pl. سَبَارِيتُ signifies deserts, or waterless deserts, (فَلَوَاتٌ,) in which is nothing: and accord. to As, land [or lands] in which nothing grows: and one says also أَرْضٌ سَبَارِيتُ, a phrase of the same class as ثَوْبٌ أَخْلَاقٌ, as though the sing. سُبْرُوتٌ or سِبْرِيتٌ were applied to every portion thereof.
2 Hence, applied to a man, Needy, in want, indigent, poor, possessing little, or, as some say, possessing nothing; and سِبْرِيتٌ signifies the same, as also سِبْرَاتٌ , and سُبْرُتٌ : also bankrupt, or insolvent; syn. مُفْلِسٌ: the epithet applied to a woman is سُبْرُوتَةٌ and ; the latter of which is applied to a man [app. in intensive sense, agreeably with analogy,] as well as to a woman: and the pl. is سَبَارِيتُ, applied to men and to women.
3 [Hence, also,] applied to a youth, or young man, Beardless; or having no hair upon the sides of his face. (M, K, TA. [In the K, this signification is immediately followed by the mention of the pls. سَبَارِيتُ and سَبَارٍ.])
4 And Little, or small, in quantity or number; paltry, or inconsiderable: applied to a thing, and to property, or cattle.
5 Also Tall, or long.
6 And A skilful, or an expert, guide, well acquainted with the lands. It is mentioned by Sb, who says that it is of measure فُعْلُولٌ, like زُنْبُورٌ and عُصْفُورٌ; and most hold him to be right: but some of the authors on inflection assert that it is of the measure فُعْلُوتٌ, from سَبَرْتُ الشَّىْءَ meaning “ I tried, proved, or tested, the thing, or proved it by experiment or experience; ” and that the ت is added to give intensiveness to the signification; which several deny: سُبْرُورٌ, however, is mentioned in the K, in art. سبر, as meaning “ poor, ” and land “ in which is no herbage. ”
2 Hence, applied to a man, Needy, in want, indigent, poor, possessing little, or, as some say, possessing nothing; and سِبْرِيتٌ signifies the same, as also سِبْرَاتٌ , and سُبْرُتٌ : also bankrupt, or insolvent; syn. مُفْلِسٌ: the epithet applied to a woman is سُبْرُوتَةٌ and ; the latter of which is applied to a man [app. in intensive sense, agreeably with analogy,] as well as to a woman: and the pl. is سَبَارِيتُ, applied to men and to women.
3 [Hence, also,] applied to a youth, or young man, Beardless; or having no hair upon the sides of his face. (M, K, TA. [In the K, this signification is immediately followed by the mention of the pls. سَبَارِيتُ and سَبَارٍ.])
4 And Little, or small, in quantity or number; paltry, or inconsiderable: applied to a thing, and to property, or cattle.
5 Also Tall, or long.
6 And A skilful, or an expert, guide, well acquainted with the lands. It is mentioned by Sb, who says that it is of measure فُعْلُولٌ, like زُنْبُورٌ and عُصْفُورٌ; and most hold him to be right: but some of the authors on inflection assert that it is of the measure فُعْلُوتٌ, from سَبَرْتُ الشَّىْءَ meaning “ I tried, proved, or tested, the thing, or proved it by experiment or experience; ” and that the ت is added to give intensiveness to the signification; which several deny: سُبْرُورٌ, however, is mentioned in the K, in art. سبر, as meaning “ poor, ” and land “ in which is no herbage. ”
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