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1 صَبَنَ ذ , (S, M, Msb, K,) aor. صَبِنَ , (S Msb, K,) inf. n. صَبْنٌ, (S,) He turned away a gift, (As, S, K, TA,) or an act of kindness or beneficence, (As, S, TA,) from his neighbours, and his acquaintances, to others; and in like manner, كَبَنَ and خَضَنَ; (As, TA;) or he withheld it; عَنّّا [from us]: (As, S, K:) and صَبَنَ الكَأْسَ, (M, Msb,) aor. as above, (Msb,) he (the cupbearer) turned away the cup of wine, (M, Msb,) مِمِّنْ هُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا [from him who was more, or most, entitled to it], (M,) or عَنْهُ [from him]. (Msb.) 'Amr Ibn-Kulthoom says, “ صَبَنْتِ الكَأْسَ عَنَّا أُمَّ عَمْرٍو
وَكَانَ الكَأْسُ مَجْرَاهَا اليَمِينَا
” [Thou hast turned away the cup of wine from us, O Umm-' Amr; when the proper course of the cup of wine was towards the right]. (S. [See EM p. 184.]) ― -b2- And He (a man) hid a thing in his hand, (M, TA,) such as a dirhem & c., without its being known. (TA.) ― -b3- And صَبَنَ الكَعْبَيْنِ, (S, K,) or القِدْحَيْنِ, aor. and inf. n. as above, (M,) He placed evenly, or suitably, in his hand, (S, M, K,) the pair of play-bones, or dice, (S, K,) or the pair of gaming-arrows, (M,) and then cast them: (S, M, K:) said of a player at a game of hazard. (S, K.) To him who does so one says, أَجِلْ وَلَا تَصْبِنْ [Shuffle thou, and do not pack]. (S.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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