سحب
1 سَحَبَهُ, (
S,
A,
Msb,
K,)
aor. ـَ (
Msb,
K,)
inf. n. سَحْبٌ, (
Msb,
TA,) He dragged it, or drew it along, (
S,
A,
Msb,
K,) namely, his ذَيْل [or skirt], (
S,) or a thing, such as a garment &c., (
TA,) upon the ground. (
Msb,
K,
TA.) One says of a woman, تَسْحَبُ ذَيْلَهَا [She drags, or draws along, her skirt upon the ground]. (
TA.) And سَحَبَتِ الرِيحُ التُّرَابَ [The wind drew along the dust upon the ground]. (
TA.)
b2: [Hence,] سَحَبَتِ الرِّيَاحُ أَذْيَالَهَا (
tropical:) [The winds dragged their skirts upon the ground; i. e., blew so as to efface the traces upon the ground]. (A: in the
TA, الرِّيحُ.) And اِسْحَبْ ذَيْلَكَ عَلَى مَا كَانَ مِنِّى (
tropical:) [Drag thy skirt over that which has proceeded from me; i. e. efface what has proceeded from me, as when a person dragging his skirt effaces the traces upon the sand or dust over which he walks]. (
A,
TA.) And مَا اسْتَبْقَى رَجُلٌ وُدَّ صَاحِبِهِ بِمِثْلِ مَا سَحَبَ الذَّيْلَ عَلَى مَعَايِبِهِ (
tropical:) [A man has not preserved, or kept alive, the love, or affection, of his companion with anything that is in its effect like his dragging the skirt over his vices, or faults]. (
A,
TA.)
b3: [Hence like wise, as will be shown by what next follows,] سَحَبَ,
aor. ـَ (
K,
TA,)
inf. n. as above, (
S,
TA,) means also (
tropical:) He ate and drank vehemently. (
S,
K,
TA.) 4 أَسْحَبْتُ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَ الشَّرَابِ (
tropical:) I took, or ate and drank, much of the food and beverage; as also ↓ تَسَحَّبْتُ: because it is the habit of the glutton to draw and appropriate to himself the victuals [and beverages]. (
A,
TA.) 5 تَسَحَّبَ see 4.
b2: تسحّب عَلَيْهِ (assumed
tropical:) He acted, or behaved, towards him with boldness, or presumptuousness; or did so confiding in his love, or affection: (
Az,
S,
MA,
TA:) or with coquettishness, and feigned opposition. (
Az, *
MA,
TA. *)
b3: تَسَحَّبَتْ فِى حَقِّهِ, occurring in a
trad. of Sa'eed and [a woman named] Arwà, means (assumed
tropical:) She took his right, or rightful property, by force, and annexed it to her own, and to her land. (
TA.) 7 انسحب It was, or became, dragged, or drawn along, (
S,
A,
Msb,
K,) upon the ground: (
Msb,
K:) said of one's skirt, (
S,) or of a thing, such as a garment &c. (
TA.)
b2: [Hence,] اِنْسَحَبَتْ فِيهَا ذَلَاذِلُ الرِّيحِ (
tropical:) [The skirts of the wind were, or became, dragged upon it, i. e., upon the ground (الأَرْض), so as to efface the traces upon it]. (
A,
TA.) سُحْبَةٌ
i. q. غِشَاوَةٌ [
app. as meaning particularly A covering, or film, upon the eye:
expl. by Freytag, from the Deewán el-Hudhaleeyeen, as meaning oculorum caligo]. (
K.)
b2: And Remains of water in a pool left by a torrent; as also ↓ سُحَابَةٌ: (
K,
TA:)
dim. of the former ↓ سُحَيْبَةٌ. (
TA.) رَجُلٌ سَحْبَانُ A man who takes, or carries, or sweeps, away everything by which he passes. (
K.)
b2: [Golius explains سَحْبَانٌ, as on the authority of
Meyd, as meaning A portion of water remaining in a skin or other thing: but I think that this is a mistranscription for سُحْبَةٌ.]
سَحَابٌ [termed in the
S and
K pl. of سَحَابَةٌ, as also سُحُبٌ and سَحَائِبُ,] is,
accord. to
As, [correctly,] a
coll. gen. n., used alike as
masc. and
fem. and
sing. and
pl.; (
MF,
TA;) and سَحَابَةٌ is its
n. un.; (
MF,
Msb, *
TA;) and سُحُبٌ is
pl. of سَحَابٌ or of سَحَابَةٌ; (
L,
Msb, *
MF,
TA;) it may be
pl. of either of these; (
L,
MF,
TA;) and سَحَائِبُ is
pl. of سَحَابَةٌ absolutely, and of سَحَابٌ when used as
fem.: (
MF,
TA:) it signifies Clouds [or a collection of clouds]; (
S,
K,
KL,
TA, &c.;) and [clouds] from which the rain comes: (
TA:) so called because drawn along in the air; (
Msb,
TA;) or because they draw along one another; or because the winds draw them along; (
TA;) or because they draw along their fringes. (
TA in art. حبو.) One says, مَطَرَتْهُمُ السَّحَابَةُ [The cloud rained upon them]. (
A.)
b2: [Hence,] أَقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ سَحَابَةَ نَهَارِى (
tropical:) I remained at his abode the whole of my day: originally said in relation to a cloudy day; and then proverbially used in relation to any day. (
A,
TA.) And مَا زِلْتُ أَفْعَلُهُ سَحَابَةَ يَوْمِى (
tropical:) I ceased not to do it the whole of my day. (
K, *
TA.)
b3: مَآءُ السَّحَابِ [properly The water of the clouds] is a term for (assumed
tropical:) wine. (
TA in art. جفن.)
b4: السَّحَابُ is a name of (assumed
tropical:) The Prophet's turban; (
Mgh,
TA:) it was thus called as being likened to the سحاب of the rain because of its being drawn along in the air. (
TA.)
b5: Also the name of A sword of Dirar Ibn-El-Khattáb. (
K.) سَحَابَةٌ
n. un. of سَحَابٌ [
q. v.]. (
As,
Msb, &c.) سُحَابَةٌ: see سُحْبَةٌ.
سُحَيْبَةٌ
dim. of سُحْبَةٌ,
q. v. (
TA.) أُسْحُوبٌ (
tropical:) A man who eats and drinks much, (
S,
A,) or vehemently: (
K:)
Az says that the word known to him in the former sense is أُسْحُوتٌ, with ت; but that perhaps اسحوب is allowable. (
L,
TA.) مَسْحَبٌ A place of dragging, or drawing along, of a skirt, or garment, &c., upon the ground:
pl. مَسَاحِبُ: see
Har p. 78.]
