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صَبْصَابٌ

Root: صب

Full Definition

صَبْصَابٌ : see what next precedes.
2 Also, applied to a [journey such as is termed] قَرَب, Hard, or severe: and, applied to a [journey such as is termed] خِمْس, i. q. بَصْبَاصٌ and حَصْحَاصٌ, i. e., in which is no delay, or intermission, nor any flagging.

def.2 And الصَّبْصَابُ also signifies What remains of the thing: or what is poured out from it; i. e., from the thing; by which is here said to be meant the water-skin or milk-skin.
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