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1 صَبَا ذ , (S, M, K,) aor. يَصْبُو, inf. n. صَبْوَةٌ, (S,) or صَبْوٌ, (M, K,) and صُبُوٌّ (S, M, K) and صِبًا [also written صِبًى, in the CK (erroneously) صَبًى,] and صَبَآءٌ, (M, K,) [app., in its primary acceptation, He was a youth, or boy, or child; agreeably with an explanation of a phrase in what follows, and with explanations of صِبًا and صَبَآءٌ which will be found below: ― -b2- and hence,] He was, or became, youthfully ignorant, or foolish, or silly: (M, K:) [and, as seems to be indicated in the TA, he indulged in amorous dalliance; a sense in which the verb, more especially with صِبًا (q. v. infrà) for its inf. n., is very frequently used:] or he inclined to ignorant, or foolish, or silly, and youthful, conduct; and in like manner ↓ تصابى ; from الصِّبَا, which is from الشَّوْق [i. e. “ desire ”]: (S: [see an ex. of the inf. n. of the latter verb in a verse cited voce شَابَ, in art. شيب:]) or صِبًا and صَبَآءٌ, as inf. ns., signify the inclining the heart to any one; and have other significations expl. in what follows: and ↓ تَصَابٍ signifies the manifesting passionate love, and desire: (KL:) [but صِبًا and صَبَآءٌ are often used in different senses: thus Et-Tebreezee says that] in the following hemistich of a poem by Dureyd Ibn-Es-Simmeh, “ صَبَا مَا صَبَا حَتَّى عَلَا الشَّيْبُ رَأْسَهُ
” the first صبا may be from الصِّبَى [or الصِّبَا], and the second صبا from الصَّبَآءُ signifying الفَتَآءُ; so that the meaning may be, He engaged in play, or sport, and الصِّبَى [or amorous dalliance, &c.], as long as he was a youth, [until hoariness came upon his head;] or the meaning may be, he engaged in الصِّبِى as long as he engaged therein, &c. (Ham p. 380.) And صَبِىَ, (S, M, K,) [aor. يَصْبَى,] inf. n. صَبَآءٌ, (S,) or صِبًا, (M,) [or both, as will appear from what follows,] signifies He played, or sported, with the صِبْيَان [i. e. youths, or boys, or children]: (S:) or he acted in the manner of the صِبْيَان: (M, K: *) or both صِبًا and صَبَآءٌ, as inf. ns., signify the acting as a youth, or boy, or child; and the playing, or sporting, with youths, or boys, or children: (KL:) and ↓ تصبّى and ↓ تصابى , said of an old man, signify he acted in a youthful, boyish, or childish, manner. (TA.) ― -b3- صَبَا, inf. n. صُبُوٌّ and صَبْوَةٌ, also signifies He inclined. (Msb.) You say, صَبَا إِِلَيْهَا He inclined to her, namely, a woman; as also صَبِىَ: and in like manner, صَبَتْ إِِلَيْهِ and صَبِيَتْ [She inclined to him]. (M. [See also صُبٌّ, in art. صب.]) And صَبَا إِِلَيْهِ, (M,) or إِِلَيْهَا, (K,) inf. n. صَبْوَةٌ (M, K) and صُبْوَةٌ (K) and صُبُوٌّ; (M, K;) and صَبِىَ; (K;) He yearned towards, longed for, or desired, (M, K,) him, (M,) or her: (K.) ― -b4- [Hence, app.,] صَبَتِ النَّخْلَةُ, (M, K,) aor. تَصْبُو, (M,) The [female] palm-tree inclined, or leaned, towards the male palm-tree that was distant from it. (M.) ― -b5- And صَبَتِ الرَّاعِيَةُ, (M, K,) aor. تَصْبُو, (M,) inf. n. صُبُوٌّ, The pasturing beast inclined its head and put it upon the pasturage. (M, K.) [See also 2.] -A2- صَبَتْ, (S, M, K,) aor. تَصْبُو, (S, M,) inf. n. صُبُوٌّ (S, M, K) and صَبًا, (M, K,) in [some of] the copies of the K صَبَاء, (TA,) said of the wind called الصَّبَا, (S, M, K,) It blew. (K.) ― -b2- And صُبِىَ القَوْمُ, (M, K,) like عُنِىَ, (K,) The people, or party, were blown upon by the wind called الصَّبَا. (M, K.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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