صَبَأَ
Root: صبأ
Form: 1
Full Definition
صَبَأَI
, Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun صُبُوْءٌ, (S, M, K, [in the last of which it is implied that this verb in all its senses except the last has صَبْءٌ also for an Verbal.Noun, and likewise صَبُؤَ as a syn. form, but this I do not find authorized by any other lexicon,]) said of the tush of a camel and of a cloven-hoofed animal and of a solid-hoofed animal, and said of a cloven hoof, (K, [but this, I doubt not, is a mistake, for in the place of صَبَأَ الظِّلْفُ والنَّابُ, the reading in the K, I find in the M صَبَأَ نَابُ الظِّلْفِ
وَالخُفِّ وَالحَافِرِ, and the like in the L,]) It grew forth; or its point, or extremity, grew forth: and accord. to the K, it appears that
signifies the same; but this is not the case. And صَبَأَت said of the ثَنِيَّة [i. e. a central incisor] of a boy, It grew forth.
2 Also, said of a star, and of the moon, It rose; and so : or تَصْبَأَ النُّجُومُ the stars come forth from their places of rising: or صَبَأَتِ النُّجُومُ the stars appeared: and النَّجْمُ the Pleiades [antonomastically called النجم] rose.
3 [Hence,] صَبَأَ, or صَبَأَ مِنْ دِينِهِ إِلَى دِينٍ آخَرَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun صُبُوْءٌ and صَبْءٌ; and صَبُؤَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun صُبُوْءَةٌ;
4 And صَبَأَ عَلَيْهِمْ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun صَبْءٌ and صُبُوْءٌ, He came forth upon them; as also : and accord. to IAar, صَبَأَ عَلَيْهِ he came forth, or went forth, upon him, or against him: and he inclined against him with enmity: or he came, or came forth, upon him unexpectedly: whence, he says, the word صُبًّا in the saying of the Prophet, لَتَعُودُونَّ فِيهَا أَسَاوِدَ صُبًّا, [which see in art. صب,] the said word being of the measure فُعَّلًا, [originally صُبَّأً,] and the ء being suppressed: (L in art. صب:) and signifies he came upon them suddenly, not having knowledge of their place.
def.2 One says also, صَبَأَ عَلَيْهِمُ العَدُوَّ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun صَبْءٌ; as also صَبَعَ; He guided to them the enemy: mentioned by IAar, from AZ.
2 And إِلَيْهِ طَعَامٌ فَمَا صَبَأَ وَلَا قُدِّمَ Food was presented to him, and he did not put his hand or his finger (إِصْبَعَهُ K) into it, or upon it: K: [see also صَبَعَ:]) mentioned by IAar. And صَبَأَ فِى الطَّعَامِ, Present.T ـُ He [app. a camel] put his head into the food: as also صَبَغَ. (O in art. صبغ.) And صَبَأَتْ فِيهَا رَأْسَهَا [or فِيهِ, She put her head into it]; like صَبَغَتْ.
2 Also, said of a star, and of the moon, It rose; and so : or تَصْبَأَ النُّجُومُ the stars come forth from their places of rising: or صَبَأَتِ النُّجُومُ the stars appeared: and النَّجْمُ the Pleiades [antonomastically called النجم] rose.
3 [Hence,] صَبَأَ, or صَبَأَ مِنْ دِينِهِ إِلَى دِينٍ آخَرَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun صُبُوْءٌ and صَبْءٌ; and صَبُؤَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun صُبُوْءَةٌ;
4 And صَبَأَ عَلَيْهِمْ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun صَبْءٌ and صُبُوْءٌ, He came forth upon them; as also : and accord. to IAar, صَبَأَ عَلَيْهِ he came forth, or went forth, upon him, or against him: and he inclined against him with enmity: or he came, or came forth, upon him unexpectedly: whence, he says, the word صُبًّا in the saying of the Prophet, لَتَعُودُونَّ فِيهَا أَسَاوِدَ صُبًّا, [which see in art. صب,] the said word being of the measure فُعَّلًا, [originally صُبَّأً,] and the ء being suppressed: (L in art. صب:) and signifies he came upon them suddenly, not having knowledge of their place.
def.2 One says also, صَبَأَ عَلَيْهِمُ العَدُوَّ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun صَبْءٌ; as also صَبَعَ; He guided to them the enemy: mentioned by IAar, from AZ.
2 And إِلَيْهِ طَعَامٌ فَمَا صَبَأَ وَلَا قُدِّمَ Food was presented to him, and he did not put his hand or his finger (إِصْبَعَهُ K) into it, or upon it: K: [see also صَبَعَ:]) mentioned by IAar. And صَبَأَ فِى الطَّعَامِ, Present.T ـُ He [app. a camel] put his head into the food: as also صَبَغَ. (O in art. صبغ.) And صَبَأَتْ فِيهَا رَأْسَهَا [or فِيهِ, She put her head into it]; like صَبَغَتْ.
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