سقب

سَاقِبٌ ذ [in the CK ثاقب] Near; (A, Msb, K;) and likewise with ص; (A;) as also ↓ سَقيتٌ (Msb) and ↓ سَقَبٌ, [likewise pronounced with ص,] (Mgh, K, * TA,) for ذُو سَقَبٍ, or it may be an inf. n. used as a subst. or an epithet, (Mgh,) and ↓ مُسْقِبٌ. (K, * TA.) You say مَكَانٌ سَاقِبٌ A near place: (A:) and ↓ مَنْزِلٌ سَقَبٌ and ↓ مُسْقِبٌ a near place of alighting or abode: (K, * TA:) and مِنْ دَارِهِ ↓ دَارِىسَقَبٌ My house is near his house. (Mgh.) ― -b2- Also Distant: (Msb, K:) this meaning is mentioned by some, as well as the former: (Msb:) thus it has two contr. meanings: (K:) the latter of these is mentioned in the Mj; and the following verse is cited as a proof thereof; تَرَكْتَ أَبَاكَ بِأَرْضِ الحِجَازِ وَرُحْتَ اـِلَى بَلَدٍ سَاقِبِ [ Thou leftest thy father in the land of El-Hijáz, and wentest to a distant country ]. (MF, TA.)