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صُحْبَةٌ ذ an inf. n. of صَحِبَهُ [q. v.]. (S, A, Msb, K, &c.) ― -b2- [As a simple subst., Companionship. Hence, لَهُ صُحْبَةٌ, often occurring in biographies as meaning He had companionship with the Prophet; i. e. he was one of the Companions of the Prophet. And خَرَجْتُ صُحْبَةَ الرَّسُولِ, frequently occurring in trads., meaning I went forth in the companionship of the Apostle, or in company with the Apostle. Hence also] one says, حَمَلْتُ الكِتَابَ صُحْبَتِى (assumed tropical:) [I carried the book with me]. (Msb.) صُحْبَةُ السَّفِينَةِ [The companionship of the ship] is a post-classical phrase, denoting, by way of comparison, that which has no permanence. (Har p. 258.) ― -b3- See also صَاحِبٌ, of which it is a quasipl. n.

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