لــصب

1 لَــصِبَ السَّيْفُ فِى الغِمْدِ, aor. ـَ (inf. n. لَــصْبٌ, as in a copy of the S, perhaps a mistake for لَــصَبٌ,) The sword stuck in the scabbard, (S, K,) and would not come forth. (S.) See also لَسِبَ and لَزَبَ. b2: لَــصِبَ الجِلْدُ بِاللَّحْمِ (K) or simply لــصب الجلد, (S,) The skin stuck to the flesh, by reason of emaciation. (S, K.) b3: لَــصِبَ الخَاتَمُ فِى الإِــصْبَــعِ The ring stuck fast upon the finger: contr. of قَلِقَ. (S, K.) 8 التــصب It became narrow. (TA.) لِــصْبٌ A small ravine, or gap, (شِعْبٌ صَغِيرٌ,) in a mountain, (S, K,) narrower than a لِهْب, and wider than a شِعْب: (K:) or a cleft (شَقٌّ) in a mountain, narrower than a لهب, and wider than a شعب: (Es-Sukkaree:) or the narrow part of a valley: (K:) and any narrow place in a mountain: (S:) pl. لِصَابٌ and لُصُوبٌ. (K.) [In two copies of the S, these two pls., app. by the careless omission of the word الجَمْعُ, are made syn. with لِــصْبٌ in the last of the senses explained above.]

لَــصِبٌ Skin sticking to the flesh, by reason of emaciation. (TA.) b2: A species of [the kind of barley called] سُلْت, (K,) difficult to clear [from the husks]: some of it is trodden, and the rest requires [machines, such as are called] مَنَاجِينُ [pl. of مَنْجَنُونٌ]. (TA.) b3: Avaricious, tenacious or niggardly, and of difficult disposition. (K.) b4: فُلَانٌ لَحِزٌ لَــصِبٌ Such a one [is a niggard, who] hardly gives anything. (S) لَوَاصِبُ [pl.], (in the poetry of Kutheiyir, S,) Narrow and deep wells. (S, K.) مِلْصَابٌ A sword that sticks much in the scabbard; (K;) scarcely coming out from it. (TA.) مُلْتَــصِبٌ A narrow road. (K)