sāʾib

astray, unrestrained

سائِب

Word

Adjective · pattern فعئِل

Root

س ء ب

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مَا جَعَلَ اللَّهُ مِنْ بَحِيرَةٍ وَلَا سَائِبَةٍ وَلَا وَصِيلَةٍ وَلَا حَامٍ ۙ وَلَٰكِنَّ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا يَفْتَرُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِ الْكَذِبَ ۖ وَأَكْثَرُهُمْ لَا يَعْقِلُونَ

The Qurʾān, page 124 →

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries
  • سَأَبَهُ Form I He throttled him
    , (S, M, K,) aor. , (M, K,) inf. n. سَأْبٌ, (S, M,) He throttled him, syn. خَنَقَهُ; (S, M, IAth, K;) i. e., squeezed his throat: (IAth:) or, so that he died, (S,) or so that he killed him. (M, K.) ― -b2- And سَأَبَهُ He widened it; namely, a سِقَآء [or skin for water or milk]. (S, K.) -A2- سَأَبَ مِنَ الشَّرَابِ, (M, K,) aor. and inf. n. as above; (M;) and سَيأِبَ, (M, K,) aor. , (K,) inf. n. سَأَبٌ; (M;) He was satisfied with drinking of wine or beverage. (M, K.)
  • سَأْبٌ skin such as is termed
    and ↓ مِسْأَبٌ A [skin such as is termed] زِقّ, (S, M, K,) for wine: (M:) or such as is large: (M, K:) or a زِقّ of any kind: (M:) or a receptacle of skin, or leather, in which the زِقّ is put: (M, K:) the former also occurs in a verse in which it is read without ء, for the sake of the rhyme: (M:) and its pl. is سُوأُوبٌ: (S, M, K:) and (so in the S, but in the K “ or, ”) the latter (مسأب) signifies a skin for honey; (S, K;) and in a verse of Aboo-Dhu-eyb, (S, M, K,) cited voce خَافَةٌ, (S, M,) it is written مِسَابٌ, (S, M, K,) without ء: (S, M:) and it signifies also a skin in which clarified butter is put. (S and L voce مِسَادٌ.)
  • سُوأْبَانِ Verily he is one who pastures, or tends, the cattle, and takes care of them, and manages them, well
    , in the following saying, (IJ, M,) إِنَّهُ لَسُوأْبَانُ مَالٍ, meaning Verily he is one who pastures, or tends, the cattle, and takes care of them, and manages them, well, (IJ, M, K, *) is from سَأْبٌ signifying “ a زِقّ ” because the زِقّ is made only for the preservation of its contents. (IJ, M.)
  • مِسْأَبٌ Who drinks much water
    : see سَأْبٌ. ― -b2- Also, (K,) applied to a man, (TA), Who drinks much water. (K.)

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