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صَقَبٌ ذ [is an inf. n., of صَقِبَ, as mentioned above: and, used as a simple subst.,] signifies Vicinity, or nearness. (M, A, &c.) Thus in the phrase هُوَ صَقَبَكَ [lit. He is in thy vicinity; meaning he is near thee]; mentioned by Sb among instances of adv. nouns which he classes apart because of their strangeness. (M.) And one says also, دَارِى مِنْ دَارِهِ بِصَقَبٍ [lit. My house is in a situation of nearness with respect to his house:] meaning, near [his house]. (TA.) ― -b2- It [is also used as an epithet, and as such] signifies Near: (M, K:) you say مَكَانٌ صَقَبٌ, and سَقَبٌ [q. v. voce سَاقِبٌ], A near place; (M;) and ↓ مَكَانٌ صَاقِبٌ and سَاقِبٌ: (A in art. سقب:) and دَارُهُ صَقَبٌ مِنِّى [His house is near me]. (A in the present art.) ― -b3- See also صَقْبٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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