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صُبَابَةٌ ذ and ↓ صُبَّةٌ A portion, (S, M, Msb, K,) or a small quantity, (Fr, A, and A 'Obeyd in explanation of the former,) of water, (Fr, S, M, Msb, K,) and of milk, (M, K,) or of wine, or beverage, (A 'Obeyd,) remaining (A 'Obeyd, S, M, Msb, K) in a vessel. (A 'Obeyd, S, M, Msb.) “ صُبَابَتِى تُرْوِى وَلَيْسَتْ غِيلَا
” My remaining portion of water in the vessel &c. satisfies thirst, though it is not water running [copiously] upon the surface of the earth, is a prov., applied to him who makes use of that which is bestowed though it be not much. (Meyd, TA. *) In the following verse, cited by IAar, “ وَلَيْلٍ هَدَيْتُ بِهِ فِتْيَةً
الكَرَى الأَغْيَدِ ↓ سُقُوا بِصُبَابِ
” (tropical:) [During many a night have I guided in the right way young men infused with the remains of drowsiness that made them to bend their necks from side to side], صُبَاب may be put for صُبَابَة; or it may be pl. of the latter, [or rather a coll. gen. n. of which صُبَابَة is the n. un.,] like as شَعِيرٌ is of شَعِيرَةٌ: the poet uses this word metaphorically, in relation to drowsiness, like as he has used the word سُقُوا. (M, L, TA.) One says also لَمْ أُدْرِكْ مِنَ العَيْشِ إِِلَّا صُبَابَةً and إِِلَّا صُبَابَاتٍ (tropical:) [I did not attain, or obtain, of life, save a small remainder and small remains]. (A, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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