سبق

سَابِقَةٌ ذ [fem. of سَابِقٌ, q. v.: and also a subst. formed from the latter by the affix ة, signifying Priority, or precedence ]. One says, لَهُ سَابِقَةٌ فِى هٰذَا الأَمْرِ (tropical:) [ To him belongs priority, or precedence, in this affair, ] when he has preceded the [other] people [in betaking, or applying, himself] to the affair: (S, K, TA:) like as you say, لَهُ سَبْقٌ [mentioned above: see 1]. (TA.) ― -b2- [Also, as used by physicians, A predisposition to disease. ]