صءب

صُؤَابٌ ذ , (S, K,) vulgarly pronounced صُوَابَة, without., (MF, TA,) A nit; i. e. an egg of a louse; (S, K;) and an egg of a flea; (K;) but accord. to some, not applied to the latter unless tropically: (MF, TA:) accord. to IDrst, a young louse: (TA:) or the eggs of the flea and of the louse; as also ↓ صُؤَابٌ: (M:) [or,] accord. to the S and K, ↓ صُؤَابٌ and صِئْبَانٌ, (TA,) the latter of which is vulgarly pronounced صِيبَان, without ء, (MF, TA,) are pls. of صُؤَابَةٌ; but the former of them is a coll. gen. n., of which صُؤَابَةٌ is the n. un.: (TA:) Yaakoob has erroneously asserted that one should not say صِئْبَانٌ. (M, TA.) ― -b2- ↓ صُؤَابٌ is also sometimes applied to (assumed tropical:) The small pieces of gold that are taken forth from the dust, or earth, of the mine. (IDrst, TA.) In the following verse, cited by IAar, حَيَّا ↓ يَا رَبِّ أَوْجِدْنِى صُؤَابًا فَمَا أَرَى الطَّيَّارَ يُغْنِى شَيَّا the poet means, [ O my Lord, ] cause me to find gold like صُؤَاب [or nits ], whole, or sound, not broken into minute parts; [ for I see not the طَيَّار to stand in any stead; شَيَّا being for شَيْئًا;] by the طيّار meaning the minutest pieces of gold that the wind blows away. (M, L, TA.) ― -b3- And [the pl.] صِئْبَانٌ signifies [also] (assumed tropical:) Hoar-frost formed into grains like small pearls. (A'Obeyd, L, TA.) [And drops of fine rain are said to be likened to صِئْبَان: see Ham p. 796. See also صَبِىٌّ (in art. صبو), last sentence.]