اَصۡحٰبۡ

[1] صَحِبَهُ , aor. صَحَبَ , inf. n. صُحْبَةٌ (S, A, Msb, K, &c.) and صَحَابَةٌ (S, A, K) and صِحَابَةٌ, (K,) He associated, kept company, or consorted, with him; (A, K;) [he accompanied him;] he was, or became, his companion, associate, comrade, fellow, friend, or fellow-traveller: (MA:) and ↓ صاحبهُ signifies the same. (TA. [See this latter verb below.]) ― 2-b2- [Hence] one says, صَحِبَكَ ٱللّٰهُ and ↓ صَاحَبَكَ, (A, TA,) [inf. n. of the former (in the TA inadvertently said to be of the latter) صِحَابَةٌ, (said in the TA to be with kesr,) or صَحَابَةٌ, and, as will be shown by what follows, صُحْبَةٌ also,] (tropical:) May God guard, keep, protect, or defend, thee; may God be thy guardian, keeper, &c.: (TA in explanation of the former:) and أَحْسَنَ ٱللّٰهُ صَحَابَتَكَ (A, and Ham p. 443) or صِحَابَتَكَ (TA) (tropical:) [May God make the guarding, &c., of thee to be good]. And (TA) [in like manner,] اصحب ↓ فُلَانًا signifies (assumed tropical:) He guarded, kept, or protected, such a one; as also ↓ اصطحبهُ: and he defended such a one; syn. مَنَعَهُ: (K, TA:) one says, اَللّٰهُمَّ أَصْحِبْنَا ↓ بِصُحْبَةٍ وَأَقْلِبْنَا بِذِمَّةٍ (assumed tropical:) O God, guard us with thy guarding in our journey, and make us to return with thy safeguard to our country, or land, &c.; occurring in a trad.: (TA:) and ↓ وَلَا هُمْ مِنَّا يُصْحَبُونَ, (A, TA,) in the Kur [xxi. 44], (TA,) means (tropical:) Nor shall they (i. e. the unbelievers, TA) be defended from us, (A, TA,) as expl. by Zj; (TA;) and preserved in safety: (A:) or, accord. to Katádeh, nor shall they be attended by good from us: or, as some say, it is from the phrase صَحِبَكَ ٱللّٰهُ meaning as expl. above. (TA.) ― 2-b3- See also 4, last sentence but one. ＝ 1-A2- صَحَبَ, aor. صَحَبَ , (K,) inf. n. صَحْبٌ, (TK,) He skinned a slaughtered animal. (K.)