سب

سُبَّةٌ ذ A disgrace; a shame; a thing that occasions one's being reviled. (S, M, A, K.) One says, صَارَ هٰذَا الأَمْرُ سُبَّةً عَلَيْهِ This thing became a disgrace to him, occasioning his being reviled. (S.) And أَنْتَ سُبَّةٌ عَلَى قَوْمِكَ [ Thou art a disgrace to thy people ]. (A.) [And ↓ مَسَبَّةٌ, in like manner, (a word of the class of مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ, being originally مَسْبَبَةٌ,) signifies A cause of reviling, or of being reviled; as is shown by the saying of Tufeyl El-Ghanawee, cited in the TA in art. عقب, فَلَمْ يَجِدِ الأَقْوَامُ فِينَا مَسَبَّةً And the people did not find in us a cause of reviling, or of being reviled: pl. مَسَابُّ.] One says, ↓ اـِيَّاكَ وَالمَسَبَّةَ and المَسَابَّ [ Beware thou of, or avoid thou, the cause of reviling or of being reviled, and the causes thereof ]. (A.) ― -b2- Also One whom people revile (S, K) much. (K.) See also سُبَبَةٌ.