سنه

1 سَنِهَ see 5, in two places.3 سانههُ, inf. n. مُسَانَهَةٌ and سِنَاهٌ; and سَاناهُ, inf. n. مُسَانَاةٌ; (K;) or عَامَلَهُ مُسُانَهَةً, and مُسَانَاةً; (Msb;) He made an engagement, or a contract, with him for work or the like, by the year: (K:) and اِسْتَأْجَرْتُهُ مُسَانَهَةً, and مُسَانَاةً, [I hired him by the year:] (S:) مُسَانَهَةٌ and مُسَانَاةٌ from السَّنَةُ are like مُعَاوَمَةٌ from العَامُ, and مُشَاهَرَةٌ from الشَّهْرُ, and مُرَابَعَةٌ from الرَّبِيعُ, &c. (TA in art. ربع.) b2: سانهت النَّخْلَةُ The palm-tree bore one year and not another; (As, K;) as also عَاوَمَت. (As, TA.) 4 أَسْنَهَ In this form of the verb, the final radical letter is changed into ت, so that they say أَسْنَتُوا, meaning They experienced drought, or barrenness. (TA. [See also art. سنت.]) 5 تَسَنَّهْتُ عِنْدَهُ, (S,) and تَسَنَّيْتُ عنده, (S, Msb,) I remained, stayed, dwelt, or abode, with him, or at his abode, a year: (Msb:) both signify the same. (TA.) [See also 5 in art. سنو and سنى.]

b2: تسنّهت النَّخْلَةُ (assumed tropical:) The palm-tree underwent the lapse of years; (S, Msb;) as also ↓ سَنِهَت: (S:) and in like manner one says of other things. (Msb.) b3: تسنّه said of food and of beverage, (Fr, S, TA,) (assumed tropical:) It became altered [for the worse]; as also ↓ سَنِهَ, aor. ـَ inf. n. سَنَهٌ: (TA:) or it became altered [for the worse] by the lapse of years: (Fr, S, TA:) and التَّسَنُّهُ in relation to bread and beverage &c. means the becoming mouldy, or musty, or spoiled. (S: and so in some copies of the K and in the TA: in other copies of the K, السَّنِهُ, like كَتِف, is put in the place of التَّسَنُّهُ; and المُتَكَرِّجُ in the place of the explanation التَّكَرُّجُ.) فَانْظُرْ إِلَى طَعَامِكَ وَشَرَابِكَ لَمْ يَتَسَنَّهْ, in the Kur [ii. 261], means (assumed tropical:) [But look at thy food and thy beverage,] it has not become altered [for the worse] by the lapse of years: (Fr, S, TA:) Az says that this is the right way of reading, by pronouncing the ه in يتسنّه in pausing after it and in continuing without pausing: Ks used to suppress the ه in the latter case and to pronounce it in the former: and Aboo-'Amr EshSheybánee says that the original form [of يَتَسَنَّ] is يَتَسَنَّنْ; the like change being made in it as is made in تَظَنَّيْتُ [for تَظَنَّنْتُ] and in قَصَّيَتُ أَظْفَارِى

[for قَصَّصْتُ اظفارى]. (TA. [See also 5 in art. سنو and سنى, last sentence.]) سَنَةٌ a word of which the final radical letter is rejected, (S, Msb,) and of which there are two dial. vars., (Msb,) being, accord. to some, originally سَنْهَةٌ, (S, Msb,) like جَبْهَةٌ (S) or سَجْدَةٌ, (Msb,) and accord to others, سَنْوةٌ, (S, * Msb,) like شَهْوَةٌ, and upon each of these originals are founded modifications of the word, (Msb,) therefore it is mentioned in the K [and S and other lexicons] in the present art. and again in art. سنو, (TA,) A year; syn. حَوْلٌ; (Msb;) or عَامٌ: (M, K:) or, as Suh says, in the R, the سَنَة is longer than the عَام; the latter word being applied to the [twelve] Arabian months [collectively], and thus differing from the former word: (TA:) with the Arabs it consists of four seasons, mentioned before [in art. زمن, voce زَمَنٌ]: but sometimes it is tropically applied to (tropical:) a single فَصْل [or quarter]; as in the saying, دَامَ المَطَرُ السَّنَةَ كُلَّهَا, meaning [The rain continued] during the فَصْل [or quarter, all of it]: (Msb:) [see more in art. سنو and سنى:] the dim. is ↓ سُنَيْهَةُ (S, Msb) accord. to those who make the original of سَنَةٌ to be سَنْهَةٌ, (Msb,) and ↓ سُنَيَّةٌ (S, Msb) accord. to those who make the original of سَنَةٌ to be سَنْوَةٌ; (Msb;) and some say سُنَيْنَةٌ, but this is rare: (TA:) the pl. is سَنَهَاتٌ (Msb, K) accord. to those who make the original of سَنَةٌ to be سَنْهةٌ, (Msb,) and سَنَوَاتٌ (Msb, K) accord. to those who make the original of سَنَةٌ to be سَنْوَةٌ; (Msb;) and سِنُونَ also, (S, Msb, K,) like the masc. perfect pl., (Msb,) [agreeably with a rule applying to other cases of this kind,] with kesr, to the س, (S, TA,) and سِنِينَ [in the accus. and gen. cases], (Msb, TA,) so that one says, هٰذِهِ سِنُونَ [These are years], and رَأَيْتُ سِنِينَ [I saw years], (TA,) and the ن is elided when it is prefixed to another noun, governing the latter in the gen. case, (Msb,) and some say سُنُونَ, with damm to the س; (S, TA;) and in one dial., the ى is retained in all the cases, and the ن is made a letter of declinability, with tenween when the word is indeterminate, [so that one says سِنِينٌ,] and is not elided when the word is prefixed to another noun, governing the latter in the gen. case, because it is [regarded as] one of the radical letters of the word; and of this dial. is the saying of the Prophet, اَللّٰهُمَّ اجْعَلْهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سِنِينًا كَسِنِينِ يُوسُفَ [O God, make them to be to them years like the years of Joseph]; (Msb; [but in my copy of the Mgh, I find كَسِنِى يُوسُفَ;]) or with respect to سِنِينٌ, like مِئِينٌ, with refa [and tenween], there are two opinions; one is, that it is of the measure فِعْلِينٌ, like غِسْلِينٌ, with a rejection [of one letter], though this is an anomalous pl., for there sometimes occurs among pls. that which has no parallel, as عِدًى, and this is the opinion of Akh; the other is, that it is of the measure فَعِيلٌ, changed to فِعِيلٌ because of the kesreh of the second letter; the pl. being in some instances of the measure فَعِيلٌ, like كَلِيبٌ and عَبِيدٌ; but he who holds this opinion makes its final ن to be a substitute for و, and that of مِائَةٌ a substitute for ى: (S:) you may also suppress the tenween in سِنِينٌ; [in which case it seems that one says سِنِينَ in the nom. case (assimilating it to سِنُونَ) as well as in the accus. and the gen.; like as one does in the instances of بُرِين and بِرِين, pls. of بُرَةٌ, accord. to the K, though, as I have shown in art. برو, there is some doubt on this point;] but the suppression of the tenween in سِنِينٌ is more rare than its pronunciation: (I' Ak p. 18:) and another pl. is سُنِىٌّ, [originally سُنُوٌّ,] of the measure فُعُولٌ. (Er-Rághib, TA in art. سنو.) The phrase ثَلٰثَ مِائَةٍ سِنِينَ, in the Kur [xviii. 24], is said by Akh to be for ثَلٰثَمِائَةٍ مِنَ السِّنِينَ [Three hundred of years]: and he says that if the سِنُون be an explicative of the مِائَة, it is in the gen. case [to agree with مِائَةٍ]; and if an explicative of the ثَلٰث, it is in the accus. case [to agree with ثَلٰثَ]. (S. [See also Bd on this phrase; and see De Sacy's Ar. Gr., 2nd ed., i. 423.]) [لِسَنَةٍ, relating to an animal or a plant or the like, means To the completion of a year: and لِسَنَتِهِ, to the completion of his, or its, year; i. e. in his, or its, first year.] And one says, ↓ لَقِيتُهُ مُنْذُ سُنَيَّاتٍ [I met him some years ago; three or more, to ten, years ago]: a phrase like لَقِيتُهُ ذَاتَ العُوَيْمِ. (Az, TA in art. عوم.) And ↓ سُنَيَّةٌ is a dim. of enhancement, of سَنَةٌ: one says سُنَيَّةٌ حَمْرَآءُ A severe year of drought or barrenness or dearth: (TA:) and البِيضِ ↓ وَقَعُوا فِى السُّنَيَّاتِ [They lapsed into the severe years of scantiness of herbage]: these were years that pressed hard upon the people of ElMedeeneh. (K, TA.) b2: سَنَةٌ [alone] also signifies (tropical:) Drought, or barrenness: (Msb, K, TA:) or vehement, or intense, drought: (TA in art. سنو:) an instance of a noun used especially in one of its senses, like دَابَّةٌ applied to “ a horse,” and مَالٌ applied to “ camels: ” pl., in this, as in the former, sense, سَنَهَاتٌ [and سَنَوَاتٌ] and سِنُونَ and سِنِينٌ. (TA.) One says of a land (أَرْضٌ), أَصَابَتْهَا السَّنَةُ (tropical:) Drought, or barrenness, befell it. (Msb.) And in like manner one says of people, أَصَابَتْهُمُ السَّنَهُ (tropical:) [Drought, &c., befell them]. (TA.) A seeker of herbage and of a place in which to alight was sent to a tract, and found it dried up by want of rain, and when he returned, being asked respecting it, he said, السَّنَةُ, meaning (tropical:) Drought, &c. [has befallen it]. (TA.) And it is said in a trad., اَللّٰهُمَّ أَعِنِّى عَلَى مُضَرَبِــالسَّنَةِ, i. e. (tropical:) [O God, aid me against Mudar] by drought &c. (TA.) A2: It is also [used as an epithet,] applied to land (أَرْضٌ), as meaning (tropical:) Affected with drought, or barrenness; (As, S, K;) as also ↓ سَنْهَآءُ and سَنْوَآءُ. (Msb.) One says likewise, هٰذِهِ بِلَادٌ سِنِينٌ (tropical:) These are countries, or tracts, affected with drought &c.: and Et-Tirimmáh says بِمُنْخَرَقٍ تَحِنُّ الرِّيحُ فِيهِ حَنِينَ الحُلْبِ فِى البَلَدِ السِّنِينِ (tropical:) [In a gusty tract, the wind moaning therein like the moaning of the milch ewes or goats (see حَلُوبٌ) in the country affected with drought, or the countries, &c., بَلَد being regarded as a coll. gen. n. and therefore qualified by a pl., like قَوْمٌ in the phrase قَوْمٌ كَافِرُونَ]. (TA.) سَنَهْ سَنَهْ, also pronounced with teshdeed to the ن: see سَنًا, in art. سنو and سنى, last sentence.

طَعَامٌ سَنِهٌ (assumed tropical:) [Food, or wheat,] that has undergone the lapse of years; (Az, K;) as also سَنٍ. (Az, TA.) b2: See also مُتَسَنِّهٌ.

نَخْلَةٌ سَنْهَآءُ (assumed tropical:) A palm-tree that bears one year and not another: (S, K:) or a palm-tree affected by a year of drought. (S.) And سَنَةٌ سَنْهَآءُ A year in which is no herbage nor rain. (TA.) b2: See also سَنَةٌ, last sentence but one.

سُنَيْهَةٌ and سُنَيَّةٌ (dims. of سَنَةٌ), and the pl. سُنَيَّات: see سَنَةٌ, in five places: and see also سُنَيَّةٌ in art. سنو and سنى.

مُتَسَنِّهٌ, applied to bread, (S, K,) and so ↓ سَنِهٌ applied to bread and to beverage &c., (CK, but see 5, third sentence,) (assumed tropical:) Mouldy, or musty, or spoiled. (S, K.)

صبو

1 صَبَا, (S, M, K,) aor. ـْ inf. n. صَبْوَةٌ, (S,) or صَبْوٌ, (M, K,) and صُبُوٌّ (S, M, K) and صِبًا [also written صِبًى, in the CK (erroneously) صَبًى,] and صَبَآءٌ, (M, K,) [app., in its primary acceptation, He was a youth, or boy, or child; agreeably with an explanation of a phrase in what follows, and with explanations of صِبًا and صَبَآءٌ which will be found below: b2: and hence,] He was, or became, youthfully ignorant, or foolish, or silly: (M, K:) [and, as seems to be indicated in the TA, he indulged in amorous dalliance; a sense in which the verb, more especially with صِبًا (q. v. infrà) for its inf. n., is very frequently used:] or he inclined to ignorant, or foolish, or silly, and youthful, conduct; and in like manner ↓ تصابى; from الصِّبَا, which is from الشَّوْق [i. e. “ desire ”]: (S: [see an ex. of the inf. n. of the latter verb in a verse cited voce شَابَ, in art. شيب:]) or صِبًا and صَبَآءٌ, as inf. ns., signify the inclining the heart to any one; and have other significations expl. in what follows: and ↓ تَصَابٍ signifies the manifesting passionate love, and desire: (KL:) [but صِبًا and صَبَآءٌ are often used in different senses: thus Et-Tebreezee says that] in the following hemistich of a poem by Dureyd Ibn-Es-Simmeh, صَبَا مَا صَبَا حَتَّى عَلَا الشَّيْبُ رَأْسَهُ the first صبا may be from الصِّبَى [or الصِّبَا], and the second صبا from الصَّبَآءُ signifying الفَتَآءُ; so that the meaning may be, He engaged in play, or sport, and الصِّبَى [or amorous dalliance, &c.], as long as he was a youth, [until hoariness came upon his head;] or the meaning may be, he engaged in الصِّبِى as long as he engaged therein, &c. (Ham p. 380.) And صَبِىَ, (S, M, K,) [aor. ـْ inf. n. صَبَآءٌ, (S,) or صِبًا, (M,) [or both, as will appear from what follows,] signifies He played, or sported, with the صِبْيَان [i. e. youths, or boys, or children]: (S:) or he acted in the manner of the صِبْيَان: (M, K: *) or both صِبًا and صَبَآءٌ, as inf. ns., signify the acting as a youth, or boy, or child; and the playing, or sporting, with youths, or boys, or children: (KL:) and ↓ تصبّى and ↓ تصابى, said of an old man, signify he acted in a youthful, boyish, or childish, manner. (TA.) b3: صَبَا, inf. n. صُبُوٌّ and صَبْوَةٌ, also signifies He inclined. (Msb.) You say, صَبَا إِلَيْهَا He inclined to her, namely, a woman; as also صَبِىَ: and in like manner, صَبَتْ إِلَيْهِ and صَبِيَتْ [She inclined to him]. (M. [See also صُبٌّ, in art. صب.]) And صَبَا إِلَيْهِ, (M,) or إِلَيْهَا, (K,) inf. n. صَبْوَةٌ (M, K) and صُبْوَةٌ (K) and صُبُوٌّ; (M, K;) and صَبِىَ; (K;) He yearned towards, longed for, or desired, (M, K,) him, (M,) or her: (K.) b4: [Hence, app.,] صَبَتِ النَّخْلَةُ, (M, K,) aor. ـْ (M,) The [female] palm-tree inclined, or leaned, towards the male palm-tree that was distant from it. (M.) b5: And صَبَتِ الرَّاعِيَةُ, (M, K,) aor. ـْ (M,) inf. n. صُبُوٌّ, The pasturing beast inclined its head and put it upon the pasturage. (M, K.) [See also 2.]

A2: صَبَتْ, (S, M, K,) aor. ـْ (S, M,) inf. n. صُبُوٌّ (S, M, K) and صَبًا, (M, K,) in [some of] the copies of the K صَبَاء, (TA,) said of the wind called الصَّبَا, (S, M, K,) It blew. (K.) b2: And صُبِىَ القَوْمُ, (M, K,) like عُنِىَ, (K,) The people, or party, were blown upon by the wind called الصَّبَا. (M, K.) 2 صبّى رَأْسَهُ, inf. n. تَصْبِيَةٌ, He inclined his head towards the ground. (TA.) [See also 1, near the end.]3 صابى رُمْحَهُ, (T, S, *, M, K, TA,) inf. n. مُصَابَاةٌ, (TA,) He inclined his spear, (M, K,) or he lowered the head of his spear towards the ground, (T, TA,) [or, as the context in the S seems to indicate, he inverted his spear,] to pierce, or thrust, (T, M, K,) with it. (M, TA.) b2: صابى السَّيْفَ He put the sword into its غِمْد [which generally means its scabbard] (S, M, K,) or into its قِرَاب [which generally means its case for enclosing it together with its scabbard,] (TA,) reversed, or inverted: (S, M, K, TA:) or, accord. to the A, صابى سَيْفَهُ, and سِكِّينَهُ, means he put his sword, and his knife, into its قِرَاب not in the right manner: and one says to one who hands a knife, صَابِ سِكِّينَكَ i. e. Reverse thy knife, putting the handle towards me. (TA.) b3: صابى بِنَآءَهُ He made his building to incline, or lean. (K.) b4: صابى مَشَافِرَهُ He (a camel) inverted his lips on the occasion of drinking. (K.) b5: صابى الشَّيْخَ He, or it, overturned the old man; and made him to incline. (TA.) b6: صابى البَيْتَ, (M, K,) i. e. البَيْتَ مِنَ الشِّعْرِ, (TA,) He recited the verse not rightly, or not regularly. (M, K, TA. [In the CK, صاباهُ البَيْتَ.]) and صابى الكَلَامَ He made the speech, or language, to deviate from its proper course, or tenour. (M, K.) b7: صَابَيْنَا عَنِ الحَمْضِ is a phrase mentioned by Az as meaning We turned away from the [plants called] حمض. (TA.) b8: And one says, الجَوَارِى يُصَابِينَ فِى السِّتْرِ, meaning يطلعن [i. e.

يَطَّلِعْنَ, but I think that فِى is a mistranscription for مِن, and that the meaning is, The girls, or young women, look from within the curtain]. (TA.) 4 أَصْبَتْ She (a woman) had a child such as is termed صَبِىّ [i. e. a boy, or a young male child]; (S, M;) and a child, male or female. (S.) A2: أَصْبَتْهُ She (a woman, M, K, or a girl, or young woman, S) excited his desire, and invited him, (M, K,) or made him to incline, (S,) to ignorant, or foolish, or silly, and youthful, conduct, (S, M, K,) so that he yearned towards her; as also ↓ تَصَبَّتْهُ. (M, K.) And ↓ تَصَبَّاهَا He invited her to the like thereof. (M.) And ↓ تصبّاها also signifies He deceived, or beguiled, her, and captivated her heart; (M, K; [see also another rendering in an explanation of a verse cited voce إِصَارٌ;]) as also ↓ تصاباها. (K.) And اصبى عِرْسَ فُلَانٍ He endeavoured to cause the wife of such a one to incline [to him]. (TA.) A3: أَصْبَوْا They entered upon [a time in which blew] the wind called الصَّبَا. (M, K.) 5 تَصَبَّوَ see 1, latter half: A2: and see also 4, in three places.6 تَصَاْبَوَ see 1, in three places: A2: and see also 4.10 استصبى, as stated by Freytag, is expl. by Reiske as signifying Pueriliter se et proterve gessit: A2: and by Jac. Schultens as signifying Pro puero habuit. But the usage of this verb in any sense is app. post-classical.]

صَبًا [is of the fem. gender, and] is a subst. and an epithet, [so that one says رِيحٌ صَبًا, as well as صَبًا alone and رِيحُ الصَّبَا,] (M, TA,) [and signifies The east wind: or an easterly wind:] the wind that blows from the place of sunrise: (Msb:) or the wind of which the mean place whence it blows is the place where the sun rises when the night and day are equal; the opposite wind of which is the دَبُور: (S:) or the wind that faces the House [of God, i. e. the Kaabeh; app. meaning that blows from the point opposite to the corner, of the Kaabeh, that is between the Black Stone and the door]; as though yearning towards the House: (M, TA:) or, accord. to IAar, (M,) the wind of which the place whence it blows extends from the place of rising of الثُّرَيَّا [or the Pleiades] to [the place of] بَنَات نَعْش [meaning the tail of Ursa Major]: (M, K:) [it is often commended by poets as a gentle and pleasant gale, like the Zephyr with us:] the dual is صَبَوَانِ and صَبَيَانِ: (Lh, M, K:) and pl. صَبَوَاتٌ and أَصْبَآءٌ. (M, K.) صِبًا [also written صِبًى] and ↓ صَبَآءٌ, the former with kesr and the short alif, and the latter with fet-h and the long alif, (S, Msb,) [both mentioned before as inf. ns.,] Youth, or boyhood; the state of the صَبِىّ [q. v.]: (S:) or childhood. (Msb.) One says, كَانَ ذٰلِكَ فِى صِبَاهُ and صَبَائِهِ [That was in his youth or boyhood: or in his childhood]. (Msb.) [See also an ex. in a verse cited in the first paragraph of art. شفع.] b2: And the former [or each, as is shown in the first sentence of this art.,] has also a signification derived from الشَّوْقُ [or “ desire; ” i. e., each signifies also An inclining to ignorant, or foolish, or silly, and youthful, conduct; and amorous dalliance]: (S:) and ↓ صَبْوَةٌ signifies [the same, as is also shown in the first sentence of this art., or, like صِبًا and صَبَآءٌ,] the ignorance, or foolishness, or silliness, of youth; (Lth, M, K;) and amorous dalliance. (Lth, TA.) [See an ex. of the first in a verse cited in the first paragraph of art. ادى; and another in a verse cited voce عَارَضَ.]

صَبْوَةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.

صَبَآءٌ: see صَبًا.

صَبِىٌّ A youth, boy, or male child; syn. غُلَامٌ: (S:) or a young male child; (Mgh, Msb;) before he is called غُلَام: (Mgh:) or one that has not yet been weaned, (M, K,) so called from the time of his birth: (M:) and ↓ صَابٍ signifies the same as صَبِىٌّ; these two words being like قَادِرٌ and قَدِيرٌ: (TA:) the pl. of the former is صِبْيَةٌ [a pl. of pauc., in which the و is changed into ى because of the kesreh before it, like as is said in the M respecting another of the pls.,] (S, M, Msb, K, but not in the CK,) and صِبْوَةٌ (M, K, TA, in the CK صَبْوَةٌ,) and صُبْيَةٌ (M, K) and صَبْيَةٌ, (K, TA, but not in the CK,) [or rather the last two are quasi-pl. ns.,] and أَصْبٍ [another pl. of pauc.] (K) and أَصْبِيَةٌ [also a pl. of pauc.], (M, K,) but this last is said by J to have been unused, because the usage of صِبْيَةٌ rendered it needless, (TA,) and صِبْيَانٌ, (S, M, Msb, K, but not in the CK,) in which the و is changed into ى because of the kesreh before it, (M,) and صُبْيَانٌ, (M, K,) as some say, preserving the ى notwithstanding the dammeh, (M,) and صِبْوَانٌ (M, K, but not in the CK,) and صُبْوَانٌ: (M, K:) and [ISd says,] accord. to Sb, the dim. of صِبْيَةٌ is ↓ أُصَيْبِيَةٌ, and that of أَصْبِيَةٌ is ↓ صُبَيَّةٌ, each irreg.; but in my opinion, صُبَيَّةٌ is the dim. of صِبْيَةٌ, and أُصَيْبِيَةٌ is that of أَصْبِيَةٌ: (M:) [J says,] أُصَيْبِيَةٌ occurs in poetry as being the dim. of أَصْبِيَةٌ. (S.) ↓ صَبِيَّةٌ signifies A young woman, girl, or female child; (S, TA;) and so too, [sometimes,] صَبِىٌّ: (TA:) and the pl. is صَبَايَا. (S TA.) b2: أُمُّ الصِّبْيَانِ is a term applied to The flatus, or flatulence, (الرِّيحُ,) that is incident to children. (TA in art. ام.) [Golius, in that art., explains it as meaning Larva, terriculamentum puerorum; on the authority of Meyd.: and also as meaning Epilepsy; on the authority of Ibn-Beytár.] b3: صَبِىٌّ also signifies (assumed tropical:) The pupil of the eye: (M, K:) but Kr ascribes this meaning to the vulgar. (M.) b4: And (tropical:) The extremity of each of the jaw-bones: (K, TA:) i. e. (TA) الصَّبِيَّانِ signifies the two extremities of the two jaw-bones (S, M, TA) of the camel and of other animals: or, as some say, the two edges curving outwards from the middle of the two jaw-bones: (M, TA:) or, accord. to the A, the thin portions of the two extremities thereof: and it is [said to be] tropical. (TA.) And (assumed tropical:) A bone below the lobe, or lobule, of each of the two ears: (K:) or, as some say, the head of the bone that is below the lobe, or lobule, of each of the two ears by the space of about three fingers put together. (M.) b5: And (tropical:) The edge (حَدّ) of the sword: (M, K, TA:) or the ridge thereof, (M, TA, in the copies of the K أَوْ غَيْرِهِ is erroneously put for أَوْ عَيْرُهُ, TA,) which rises in [i. e. along] its middle; (M, K, TA;) and likewise of a spear-head: (M, TA:) or, accord. to the A, that part of a sword below, or exclusive of, (دُونَ,) its ظُبَة [q. v.]. (TA.) b6: And (assumed tropical:) The head of the human foot; (M, A, TA; in the copies of the K رَأْسُ القَوْمِ is erroneously put for رَأْسُ القَدَمِ; TA;) i. e. the part [thereof] between its حِمَارَة [q. v.] and the toes. (A, TA.) And الصَّبِيَّانِ signifies also (assumed tropical:) The two sides of the [camel's saddle called] رَحْل. (M.) b7: It is also said that صِبْيَانُ الجَلِيدِ signifies (tropical:) The grains of hoar-frost that resemble pearls: and صِبْيَانُ المَطَرِ (tropical:) the small drops of rain: but accord. to the author of the “ Khasáïl,” it is صِئْبَان [pl. of صُؤَابَةٌ, q. v.], with ء and then ب. (TA.) صَبِيَّةٌ fem. of صَبِىٌّ, q. v.

صُبَيَّةٌ: see صَبِىٌّ, former half.

صَابٍ: see صَبِىٌّ, first sentence. b2: Also i. q. صَاحِبُ صَبْوَةٍ [i. e. One who indulges in youthful folly, and amorous dalliance]. (TA.) b3: Kureysh, (M,) or the Jews, (TA,) used to call the Companions of the Prophet صُبَاةٌ. (M, TA. [See صَابِئٌ, in art. صبأ.]) And Náfi' read [in the Kur ii. 59 and xxii. 17] الصَّابِينَ instead of الصَّابِئِينَ; (TA;) and [in v. 73] الصَّابِيُونَ instead of الصَّابِئُونَ. (TA voce صَابِئٌ.) b4: صُبَّى, a pl. of صَابٍ, is expl. as meaning Those who incline to conflicts and factions, seditions, or the like, and love to be foremost therein. (TA. [See صُبٌّ, in art. صب.]) الصَّابِيَةُ The oblique wind (النُّكَيْبَآءُ, dim. of النَّكْبَآءُ,) that blows in a direction between that of the east or easterly wind (الصَّبَا) and that of the north or northerly wind (الشَّمَال): (S, K:) it is very cold, (S and TA voce نَكْبَآءُ,) and very boisterous, and unattended by rain or by any good. (TA ibid.) أُصَيْبِيَةٌ: see صَبِىٌّ.

مُصْبٍ, (Ks, Az, M,) or مُصْبِيَةٌ, (S, A,) or both, (K,) applied to a woman, (Ks, Az, S, M, A, K,) and the former also applied to a man, (Er-Rághib, TA,) Having صِبْيَة [i. e. children, or young children, or young unweaned children], (S, Er-Rághib, A, *) or having a child such as is termed صَبِىّ. (M, K.) b2: Hence the latter is metaphorically applied by El-Hareeree to (tropical:) Wine of which the sealed cover has been broken. (Har p. 450.) b3: [See also the verb, 4.]

مَصْبُوٌّ: see صَابِئٌ, in art. صبأ.

مُصَابِيَةٌ A calamity, or misfortune. (K.)

المَهْدِيّةُ:
بالفتح ثم السكون، في موضعين: إحداهما بإفريقية والأخرى اختطها عبد المؤمن بن عليّ قرب سلا، فأما المهديّ ففي اشتقاقه عندي أربعة أوجه:
أحدها أن يكون من المهدي، بفتح ميمه، ويعني أنه هو مهتد في نفسه لا أنه هداه غيره ولو كان ذلك لكان المهدي، بضم الميم، كقولك المرميّ والمكريّ والملقيّ، ولو كان يفعل ذلك بغيره لضمّت الميم، وليس الضم والفتح للتعدية وغير التعدية، فإن الأصمعي يقول: هداه يهديه في الدين هدى وهداه يهديه هداية إذا دلّه على الطريق، وهديت العروس فأنا أهديها هداء، وأهديت الهديّة إهداء وأهديت الهدي، هذان الأخيران بالألف والأول كما تراه ثلاثيّا متعدّيا فلا يفتقر إلى زيادة ألف التعدية فهو بمنزلة اسم الزمان والمكان وإن كان اسم رجل لأنك إذا قلت مضرب أو مشرب إنما المراد موضع
الضرب والشرب ومحلهما، فكذلك هذا المسمّى المراد أنه موضع الهدي ومحلّه، ويجوز أن يكون المهديّ منسوبا إلى اسم مكان الهدي كما أن مضربــيّ منسوب إلى اسم مكان الضرب، والقياس هدى يهدي والمكان مهديّ بتصحيح الياء كما أن قاض أصله قاضي بتصحيح الياء مثل مضرب سواء ولكنهم استثقلوا الخروج من الكسر إلى الضم كما استثقلوا في القاضي والغازي فعدلوا إلى الأخفّ فقالوا مهدى كما قالوا مغزى فصار مقصورا لا يحتمل ما تحتمله الياء من التحريك في النصب فلزم طريقة واحدة وأعيدت الياء في القاضي إلى أصلها لما أمن الثقل عليها، فإن قيل فهلّا فرّوا في القاضي والغازي إلى القصر وألزموه طريقة واحدة؟ قلنا إنما فرّوا من الثقل، ولو قالوا قاضا لصار بعد الضاد ألف وقبلها ألف وصار في زنة الفعل من قاضيت ففرّوا إلى الأخفّ، لكنهم لما نسبوا إليهما ردّوهما إلى الأصل الواحد في رأيي فقالوا قاضيّ ومهديّ، فكسروا الدال التي في مهدي وشدّدوا ياء النسبة وإن كان الأشهر الأكثر قاضويّ ومهدويّ ومغزويّ إلا أن ذلك هو الأولى على أصلنا، فهذا هو وجه حسن في تعليل من قال قاضيّ ومغزيّ لا مطعن للمنصف فيه، والوجه الثاني وهو الذي يراه النحويون في هذا أن المهديّ هو اسم المفعول من هدى يهدي فهو مهديّ مثل ضرب يضرب فهو مضروب فعلى هذا أصله مهدوي، بفتح أوله وسكون ثانيه وضم الدال وسكون واوه وتصحيح يائه، بوزن مضروب، فاستثقلوا الخروج من الواو الساكنة إلى الياء فأدغموا الواو في الياء فصارت ياء مشددة فكسرت لها الدال فصار مهديّ مثل مرميّ ومشويّ ومقليّ، والوجه الثالث أن يكون منسوبا إلى المهد تشبيها له بعيسى، عليه السلام، فإنه تكلم في المهد فضيلة اختصّ بها وإنه يأتي في آخر الزمان فيهدي الناس من الضلالة ويردهم إلى الصواب، وهذه المدينة بإفريقية منسوبة إلى المهدي، وبينها وبين القيروان مرحلتان، القيروان في جنوبيها، والثياب السوسية المهدويّة إليها تنسب، وقد اختطها المهدي، واختلف في نسبه فأكثر أهل السير الذين لم يدخلوا في رعيتهم وبعض رعيتهم الذين كانوا يخفون أمرهم يزعمون أنه كان ابن يهوديّ من أهل سلمية الشام وتزوّج القدّاح الذي كان أصل هذه الدعوة بأمه فربّاه إلى أن حضرته الوفاة ولم يكن له ولد فعهد إليه وعلّمه الدعوة وكان اسمه سعيدا فلما صار الأمر إليه سمي عبيد الله، وقال قوم قليلون: إنه ولد القداح نفسه، في قصص طويلة، وقال من صحّح نسبه: إنه أحمد بن إسماعيل الثاني ابن محمد بن إسماعيل الأكبر بن جعفر بن محمد بن علي ابن الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب، قدم إفريقية، فملكها وأقام بالقيروان مدّة ثم خطّ المهدية، وهي على ساحل بحر الروم داخلة فيه ككفّ على زند، عليها سور عال محكم كأعظم ما يكون يمشي عليه فارسان، عليها باب من حديد مصمت مصراع واحد تأنّق المهديّ في عمله، وقال بعض أهل المعرفة بأخبارهم:
في سنة 300 خرج المهدي بنفسه إلى تونس يرتاد لنفسه موضعا يبني فيه مدينة خوفا من خارج يخرج عليه، وأراد موضعا حصينا حتى ظفر بموضع المهدية وهي جزيرة متصلة بالبرّ كهيئة كف متصلة بزند، فتأمّلها فوجد فيها راهبا في مغارة فقال له: بم يعرف هذا الموضع؟ فقال: هذا يسمّى جزيرة الخلفاء، فأعجبه هذا الاسم فبناها وجعلها دار مملكته وحصّنها بالسور المحكم والأبواب الحديد المصمت وجعل في كل مصراع من الأبواب مائة قنطار، ولها بابان بأربعة مصاريع لكل باب منها دهليز يسع خمسمائة فارس،
وكان شروعه في اختطاطها لخمس خلون من ذي القعدة سنة 303، وقال أبو عبيد البكري: كان شروعه فيها سنة 300 وكمّل سورها في سنة خمس وانتقل إليها سنة ثمان في شوال، ولم تزل دار مملكة لهم إلى أن ولي الأمر إسماعيل بن أبي القاسم سنة 44 فسار إلى القيروان محاربا لأبي يزيد واتخذ مدينة صبرة واستوطنها بعد أبيه معدّ وعمل فيها مصانع واحتفر أبآرا وبنى فيها قصورا عالية، قال بطليموس: مدينة برقة وهي المهدية طولها اثنتان وثلاثون درجة، وعرضها ست وثلاثون درجة، داخلة في الإقليم الرابع، طالعها العقرب تحت اثنتي عشرة درجة، منزلها من قلب العقرب الجناح الأيمن ولها ممسك العنان ولها جبهة الليث تحت اثنتي عشرة درجة من السرطان، يقابلها مثلها اثنتا عشرة درجة من الجدي، وقال أبو عبيد البكري: جعل لمدينتها بابا حديد لا خشب فيهما كل باب وزنه ألف قنطار وطوله ثلاثون شبرا كل مسمار من مساميره ستة أرطال وجعل فيها من الصهاريج العظام، وأهل تلك النواحي يسمّونها مواجل، ثلاثمائة وستين موجلا غير ما يجري إليها من القناة التي فيها، والماء الجاري الذي بالمهدية جلبه عبيد الله من قرية ميّانش وهي على مقربة من المهدية في أول أقداس ويصبّ في المهدية في صهريج داخل المدينة عند جامعها ويرفع من الصهريج إلى القصر بالدواليب وكذلك يسقي أيضا من قرية ميّانش من الآبار بالدواليب يصبّ في محبس يجري منه في تلك القناة، قال: ومرسى المهدية منقور في حجر صلد يسع ثلاثين مركبا، على طرفي المرسى برجان بينهما سلسلة حديد فإذا أريد إدخال سفينة أرسل حرّاس البرجين أحد طرفي السلسلة حتى تدخل السفينة ثم يمدّونها كما كانت تحبيسا لها، ولما فرغ من إحكام ذلك قال: اليوم أمنت على الفاطميّات، يعني بناته، وارتحل إليها وأقام بها ثم عمّر فيها الدكاكين ورتب فيها أرباب المهن كلّ طائفة في سوق فنقلوا إليها أموالهم فلما استقام ذلك أمر بعمارة مدينة أخرى إلى جانب المهدية وجعل بين المدينتين قدر طول ميدان وأفردها بسور وأبواب وحفظة وسماها زويلة وأسكن أرباب الدكاكين من البزّازين وغيرهم فيها بحرمهم وأهاليهم وقال: إنما فعلت ذلك لآمن غائلتهم وذاك أن أموالهم عندي وأهاليهم هناك، فإن أرادوني بكيد وهم بزويلة كانت أموالهم عندي فلا يمكنهم ذلك، وإن أرادوني بكيد وهم بالمهدية خافوا على حرمهم هناك، وبنيت بيني وبينهم سورا وأبوابا فأنا آمن منهم ليلا ونهارا لأني أفرّق بينهم وبين أموالهم ليلا وبينهم وبين حرمهم نهارا، وشرب أهلها من الآبار والصهاريج، ومهما ذكرنا من حصانتها فإن أحوال ملوكها تناقضت حتى أفضى الأمر إلى أن أنفذ روجار صاحب صقليّة جرجي إليها في سنة 543 فأخلاها الحسن بن علي بن يحيى بن تميم بن المعزّ بن باديس وخرج هاربا حتى لحق بعبد المؤمن وبقيت في يد الأفرنج اثنتي عشرة سنة حتى قدم عبد المؤمن في سنة 555 إلى إفريقية فأخذ المهدية في أسرع وقت فهي في يد أصحابه إلى يومنا هذا ولم تغن حصانتها في جنب قضاء الله شيئا، وينسب إلى المهدية جماعة وافرة من العلماء في كل فنّ، منهم: أبو الحسن علي بن محمد بن ثابت الخولاني المعروف بالحدّاد المهدوي القائل:
قالت، وأبدت صفحة ... كالشمس من تحت القناع:
بعت الدفاتر وهي آ ... خر ما يباع من المتاع
فأجبتها، ويدي على ... كبدي وهمّت بانصداع:
لا تعجبي فيما رأي ... ت فنحن في زمن الضّياع