صُوبَةٌ

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صُوبَةٌ A collection, (جَمَاعَةٌ, M, or مُجْتَمَعٌ, K,) or a collection, or heap, not measured nor weighed, (صُبْرَةٌ, A) of wheat: a heap of wheat, and of dates, and of other things: a quantity collected together of dust or earth: or anything collected together: a place in which dates are collected and dried is thus called by the people of El-Felj. One says, دَخَلْتُ عَلَى فُلَانٍ فَإِذَا الدَّنَانِيرُ صُوبَةٌ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ i. e. [I went in to such a one, and lo, the deenárs were] a heap poured out without measure before him: or, as some relate the saying, الدِّينَارُ, which is thus used as a gen. n.

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