صَابَ
Root: صوب
Form: 1
Full Definition
which may mean, [And may] the descending of the rain called the ربيع [and continuous rain, or continuous and still rain, pouring forth, water thy districts, not injuring them]: or it may mean, [may] the rain of the season called the ربيع [&c.]: so says IHsh. And one says of a calamity (شِدَّة), on the occasion of its befalling, صَابَتْ بِقُرٍّ, meaning It became [or fell] in its قَرَار [or settled or fixed place, or in the place where it should remain]. (S, TA. [See also art. قر.])فَسَقَى دِيَارَكَ غَيْرَ مُفْسِدِهَا صَوْبُ الرَّبِيعِ وَدِيمَةٌ تَهْمِى
2 And صاب, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun صَوْبٌ, It, or he, came from a high place; descended from above; as also تصوّب : and it, or he, descended; went down, downwards, down a declivity, or from a higher to a lower place or position; or it
3 [Hence, app.,] صَابُوا بِهِمْ They fell upon them, or assaulted them: and agreeably with this meaning is expl. the saying of the Hudhalee,
meaning [They fell upon, or assaulted, six tents, or dwellings, and four; so that it was as though there were upon them] numerous locusts.صَابُوا بِسِتَّةِ أَبْيَاتٍ وَأَرْبَعَةٍ حَتَّى كَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ جَابِئًا لُبَدَا
def.2 صَوْبٌ [app. meaning صَوْبُ مَطَرٍ] signifies also The sky's bringing rain.
2 And The pouring forth of water [&c.]. One says, صاب المَآءَ He poured forth the water; as also صوّبهُ .
def.3 صاب as syn. with أَصَابَ: see the latter in eight places.
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