ص
أب
1 صَئِبَ رَأْسُهُ His head abounded with صُؤَاب [or nits]; (
S,
M,
K;) as also ↓ اصأب. (
S,
K.) صَئِبَ مِنَ الشَّرَابِ, (
M,
K,)
aor. ـَ (
K,)
inf. n. صَأْبٌ, (
M,) He was, or became, satisfied, and filled, with drink: (
M,
K:) or صَئِبَ [alone] he drank much water. (
S.) 4 أَصْاَ^َ see the preceding paragraph.
صُؤْبَةٌ A granary, or granaries, (أَنْبَار,) of wheat (طَعَام). (
K.)
b2: And A place where dates are dried: so in the
dial. of the people of El-Felj. (
TA in art. حضر.) صُؤَابٌ: see the next paragraph, in three places.
صُؤَابٌ, (
S,
K,) vulgarly pronounced صُوَابَة, without., (
MF,
TA,) A nit; i. e. an egg of a louse; (
S,
K;) and an egg of a flea; (
K;) but
accord. to some, not applied to the latter unless tropically: (
MF,
TA:)
accord. to
IDrst, a young louse: (
TA:) or the eggs of the flea and of the louse; as also ↓ صُؤَابٌ: (
M:) [or,]
accord. to the
S and
K, ↓ صُؤَابٌ and صِئْبَانٌ, (
TA,) the latter of which is vulgarly pronounced صِيبَان, without ء, (
MF,
TA,) are pls. of صُؤَابَةٌ; but the former of them is a
coll. gen. n., of which صُؤَابَةٌ is the
n. un.: (
TA:) Yaakoob has erroneously asserted that one should not say صِئْبَانٌ. (
M,
TA.)
b2: ↓ صُؤَابٌ is also sometimes applied to (assumed
tropical:) The small pieces of gold that are taken forth from the dust, or earth, of the mine. (
IDrst,
TA.) In the following verse, cited by
IAar, حَيَّا ↓ يَا رَبِّ أَوْجِدْنِى صُؤَابًا فَمَا أَرَى الطَّيَّارَ يُغْنِى شَيَّا the poet means, [O my Lord,] cause me to find gold like صُؤَاب [or nits], whole, or sound, not broken into minute parts; [for I see not the طَيَّار to stand in any stead; شَيَّا being for شَيْئًا;] by the طيّار meaning the minutest pieces of gold that the wind blows away. (
M,
L,
TA.)
b3: And [the
pl.] صِئْبَانٌ signifies [also] (assumed
tropical:) Hoar-frost formed into grains like small pearls. (
A'Obeyd,
L,
TA.) [And drops of fine rain are said to be likened to صِئْبَان: see
Ham p. 796. See also صَبِىٌّ (in art. صبو), last sentence.]
مِصْأَبٌ A man who drinks much water: (
S:) or who satisfies and fills himself with drink. (
K.)
