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1 صَبَّ ذ , (S, M, Msb, K, &, c.,) aor. صَبُ3َ , inf. n. صَبٌّ, (M, Msb,) He poured out, or forth (S, M, Msb, K) water (S, M, Msb) and the like. (M.) One says, صَبَبْتُ لِفُلَانٍ مَآءً فِى القَدَحِ لِيَشْرَبَهُ [I poured out for such a one water into the drinkingcup that he might drink it]. (TA. [See also 8.]) ― -b2- Hence [(assumed tropical:) He paid down a price, or sum of money:] it is said in a trad., إِِنْ أَحَبَّ أَهْلُكَ أَنْ وَاحِدَةً ↓ أَصَبَّ لَهُمْ ثَمَنَكَ صُبَّةً , meaning [(assumed tropical:) If thy family like that I should pay down to them thy price] at once, or at one time. (L, TA.) ― -b3- And صَبَّ الحَبْلَ فِى البِئْرِ [(assumed tropical:) He lowered, or let down, the rope into the well] on the occasion of drawing water. (M in art. تل.) ― -b4- And لَمْ يَصُبَّ رَأْسَهُ (assumed tropical:) He did not bend down his head: occurring in a trad. relating to prayer. (T, TA.) ― -b5- And صُبَّ رِجْلَا فُلَانٍ فِى القَيْدِ (tropical:) The legs of such a one were [put into the shackles, or] shackled. (Z, L, TA.) ― -b6- And صَبَّ دِرْعَهُ (tropical:) He put on, or clad himself with, his coat of mail: (A, TA:) and صَبَبْتُهَا عَلَيْهِ (tropical:) [I put it on him]. (A.) ― -b7- And صَبَّ عَلَيْهِ نَفْسَهُ (tropical:) [He threw himself upon him]. (A.) ― -b8- And هُوَ يَصُبُّ إِِلَىَّ الخَيْرَ (tropical:) [He pours forth to me wealth]. (A, TA.) ― -b9- And صَبَّ ا@للّٰهُ عَلَيْهِمْ سَوْطَ عَذَابٍ (tropical:) [God poured upon them a portion, or a share, or vehemence, or severity, of punishment; or] God punished them. (A, * TA. [See also سَوْطٌ.]) And صَبَّ ا@للّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ صَاعِقَةً (tropical:) [God poured upon him a thunderbolt, or a destructive punishment, &c.]. (A, TA.) See also another ex. voce صَبٌّ. ― -b10- And صُبَّ, (K, TA,) in the pass. form, said of a man, and of a thing, (TA,) (assumed tropical:) He, or it, was annihilated, caused to pass away, or done away with. (K, TA. [See also R. Q. 2.]) -A2- See also 7, with which it is syn. in the first of the senses assigned to the latter below. ― -b2- [Hence, app.,] صَبَّ فِى الوَادِى (assumed tropical:) He descended into the valley. (M, K.) And قَدَمَاهُ فِى بَطْنِ ↓ اِنْصَبَّتْ الوَادِى, occurring in a trad., means (assumed tropical:) His feet descended [into the interior, or bottom, of the valley]: (TA:) or انْصَبَّتْ قَدَمَاهُ فِى الوَادِى means (assumed tropical:) his feet rested in the valley; from اِنْصَبَّ said of water. (Mgh.) ― -b3- And صَبَّتِ الحَيَّةُ عَلَى المَلْدُوغِ, (S, * TA,) or ↓ انصبّت , (A,) (tropical:) [The serpent darted down upon the person bitten by it], said of the serpent when it has raised itself desiring to bite. (Ez-Zuhree, S, TA. *) And البَازِى عَلَى الصَّيْدِ ↓ انصبّ (tropical:) [The hawk, or falcon, stooped upon the prey, or quarry]. (A, TA.) And صَبَّ ذُؤَالَةُ عَلَى غَنَمِ فُلَانٍ (A, * TA) (tropical:) The wolf [rushed upon or] made havock among the sheep, or goats, of such a one. (TA.) -A3- صَبَّ, (IAar, A, TA,) sec. pers. صَبِبْتَ, (S, M, * K,) aor. يَصَبُّ, (IAar, TA,) inf. n. صَبَابَةٌ, (IAar, S, * M, A, K, * TA,) He (a man) was, or became, affected with excessive love, or with attachment, or admiring love, (IAar, S, TA,) and desire: (S:) or with desire: (M, A, K:) or with tenderness of desire, (S, M, A, K,) and ardour thereof: (S:) or with tenderness of love. (M, K.) One says, صَبِبْتُ إِِلَيْهِ [I was, or became, affected with excessive love, &c., for him]. (M, A, * TA. *) And صَبَّ بِهَا and إِِلَيْهَا He was, or became, affected with desire, or vehement desire, [&c.,] of, or for, her. (MA.) ― -b2- Lh mentions, among what is said by the women of the Arabs of the desert on the occasion of fascinating by means of charms, فَا@صْبَبْ إِِلَيْهِ ↓ صَبٌّ , i. e. أَرِقٌ فَأْرَقْ إِِلَيْهِ [as though meaning May he be sleepless by reason of love, and I will be sleepless for him: but I incline to think that the explanation has been corrupted by a copyist from رَقَّ فَأَرِقَّ إِِلَيْهِ, or لَهُ, meaning may he be tender-hearted to me, and I will be tenderhearted to him]. (M, L, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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