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سيب

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 سَابَ ذ , (S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K,) aor. يَسِيبُ, (S, A,) inf. n. سَيْبٌ, (S, M, A, K,) It ran; (S, M, A, * Mgh, Msb, K;) said of water: (S, M, A, Msb:) and ↓ انساب, likewise said of water, it ran of itself. (Msb.) ― -b2- [Hence,] سابت الحَيَّةُ, (M,) aor. as above; (M, A;) and ↓ انسابت; (S, M, A, Msb;) (tropical:) The serpent ran: (S, A, * Msb:) or went along (M, TA) in a uniform, or continuous, course, (M,) or quickly. (TA.) ساب and ↓ انساب both signify (assumed tropical:) He, or it, walked, or went along, quickly: (K, TA:) [or] so the former verb. (M.) It is said in a trad., respecting a man who drank from the mouth of a skin, فِى بَطْنِهِ حَيَّةٌ ↓ اِنْسَابَتْ (tropical:) A serpent entered and ran into his belly with the running of the water: wherefore it was forbidden to drink from the mouth of a skin. (TA.) El-Hareeree, in [his first Makámeh, entitled] the San'áneeyeh, [p. 20,] uses the phrase, فِيهَا عَلَى غَرَارَةٍ ↓ انساب, meaning He entered into it as the serpent enters into its lurking place. (TA.) And you say of a viper, ساب and ↓ انساب, meaning (tropical:) It came forth from its lurkingplace. (TA.) And نَحْوَكُمْ ↓ انساب (assumed tropical:) He returned towards you. (S.) ― -b3- ساب, (Mgh, Msb,) aor. as above, inf. n. سَيَبَانٌ, said of a horse and the like, (assumed tropical:) He went away at random: (Msb:) or (assumed tropical:) he [app. a horse or the like] went any, or every, way: (Mgh:) or سابت الدَّابَّةُ (tropical:) The beast was left alone, or by itself, to pasture, without a pastor. (S, * A, TA.) ― -b4- And ساب فِى مَنْطِقِهِ (tropical:) He took every way [or roved at large ] in his speech: (TA:) or he dilated, or was profuse, without consideration, in his speech. (A, TA.) And ساب فِى الكَلَامِ (tropical:) He entered into talk, or discourse, with loquacity, or irrationality. (TA.) It is said in a trad., اـِنَّ الحِيلَةَ بِالمَنْطِقِ أَبْلَغُ مِنَ السُّيُوبِ فِى الكَلِمِ, meaning (tropical:) [ Verily art, or skill, in speech is more eloquent, or effective, ] than what is loose, or unrestrained, [or rambling, ] in words; i. e. elegance of speech, with paucity, [ is more eloquent, or effective, ] than profusion. (L, TA. [السُّيُوب is here an inf. n.])

Derived headwords

سَابَverb
  1. 1.
سابت الحَيَّةُ
فِى بَطْنِهِ حَيَّةٌ
فِيهَا عَلَى غَرَارَةٍ
سابت الدَّابَّةُ
ساب فِى مَنْطِقِهِ
ساب فِى الكَلَامِ
اـِنَّ الحِيلَةَ بِالمَنْطِقِ أَبْلَغُ مِنَ السُّيُوبِ فِى