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صُهَابِىٌّ

Root: صهب

Full Definition

صُهَابِىٌّ , applied to a camel, i. q. أَصْهَبُ [q. v.]; and its fem., with ة, is syn. with صَهْبَآءُ [fem. of أَصْهَبُ]: or a camel of which the origin is referred to a certain stallion, or a place, named صُهَابٌ: or, if not used as a prefixed noun, it means sprung from a stallion named صُهَابٌ: Tarafeh uses the fem. as a prefixed noun in the phrase صُهَابِيَّةُ العُثْنُونِ [A she-camel of the colour termed صُهْبَة in the long hairs beneath the lower jaw]: but Himyán [without using it as a prefixed noun] says, يُطِيرُ عَنْهَا الوَبَرَ الصُّهَابِجَا [Making to fly from her, or it makes to fly from her, the fur of the colour termed صُهْبَة]; meaning الصُّهَابِىَّ; contracting it, and changing the ى into ج: and El-'Ajjáj applies صُهَابِىّ in a similar manner, as an epithet, to a camel's lip.
2 Also Full, or complete, without lack or defect.
3 And applied to camels (نَعَمٌ) as meaning From which the poor-rate has not been taken; they being left complete, without lack or deficiency.
4 And, applied to a man, Low, ignoble, or mean; for whom, or to whom, there is no دِيوَان [or register of the names of pensioners or the like].
5 And Hard, strong, vehement, or violent. Hence, مَوْتٌ صُهَابِىٌّ A hard, or violent, death; like مَوْتٌ أَحْمَرُ.
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