سبط

سُبَاطٌ ذ (AA, S, M, K) and سُبَاطُ, being perfectly and imperfectly decl., (AA, K,) and also written with ش, (TA, and K in art. شبط, ) The name of a month in Greek; (S;) a certain month, [ next ] before اآذَارُ; (K;) the month that is between the winter and the spring; (M;) [ the fifth month of the Syrian year, corresponding with February O. S.; ] it is in the winter-quarters, and in it is the completion of the day whereof the fractions circulate in the years: when the said day is complete in that month, the people of Syria call that year عَامُ الكَبِيسِ; and when a child is born, or a person arrives from a country, in that year, they consider it fortunate. (Az, TA.) [See كَبِيسٌ.]