nit, louse egg

His head abounded with صُوأَاب [or nits]; (S, M, K;) as also ↓ اصأب. (S, K.) صَيأِبَ مِنَ الشَّرَابِ, (M, K,) aor. , (K,) inf. n. صَأْبٌ, (M,) He was, or became, satisfied, and filled, with drink: (M, K:) or صَيأِبَ [alone] he drank much water. (S.)

see the preceding paragraph.

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.)

: see the next paragraph, in three places.

, (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 ↓ صُوأَابٌ: (M:) [or,] accord. to the S and K, ↓ صُوأَابٌ and صِيأْبَانٌ, (TA,) the latter of which is vulgarly pronounced صِيبَان, without ء, (MF, TA,) are pls. of صُوأَابَةٌ; but the former of them is a coll. gen. n., of which صُوأَابَةٌ is the n. un.: (TA:) Yaakoob has erroneously asserted that one should not say صِيأْبَانٌ. (M, TA.) ― -b2- ↓ صُوأَابٌ 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 صُوأَابًا فَمَا أَرَى الطَّيَّارَ يُغْنِى شَيَّا " the poet means, [O my Lord,] cause me to find gold like صُوأَاب [or nits], whole, or sound, not broken into minute parts; [for I see not the طَيَّار to stand in any stead; شَيَّا being for شَيْيأًا;] by the طيّار meaning the minutest pieces of gold that the wind blows away. (M, L, TA.) ― -b3- And [the pl.] صِيأْبَانٌ 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 صِيأْبَان: see Ham p. 796. See also صَبِىٌّ (in art. صبو), last sentence.]

A man who drinks much water: (S:) or who satisfies and fills himself with drink. (K.)