[1]
صَابَ , (S, M, A,) [aor.
يَصُوبُ,] inf. n.
صَوْبٌ
(S, M, A, K) and
مَصَابٌ, (Har p. 240,) said of
rain, (S, M, A, *)
It poured forth; (M, A, K;)
as also ↓
انصاب: (M, K:) or
it descended; and
↓
تصوّب signifies the like. (S.) A poet says,
فَسَقَى دِيَارَكَ غَيْرَ مُفْسِدِهَا
صَوْبُ الرَّبِيعِ وَدِيمَةٌ تَهْمِى
which may mean, [
And may]
the descending of
the rain called
the ربيع [
and continuous rain, or
continuous and still rain, pouring forth, water
thy districts, not injuring them]: or it may mean,
[
may]
the rain of the season called
the ربيع [&c.]:
so says IHsh. (MF, TA.) And one says of a
calamity (
شِدَّة), on the occasion of its befalling,
صَابَتْ بِقُرٍّ, meaning
It became [or
fell]
in its قَرَار
[or
settled or
fixed place, or
in the place where it
should remain]. (S, TA. [See also art.
قر.]) ―
2-b2-
And
صاب, aor. as above, (M, TA,) inf. n.
صَوْبٌ,
(K, TA,)
It, or
he, came from a high place; (K,
TA;)
descended from above; (M, TA;) as also
↓
تصوّب: (K, TA:) and (TA)
it, or
he, descended;
went down, downwards, down a declivity, or
from a higher to a lower place or
position; or
it
sloped down; syn.
اِنْحَدَرَ; and so ↓
تصوّب. (M,
TA. [See also 4, first sentence; and see 2, last
sentence.]) ―
2-b3- [Hence, app.,]
صَابُوا بِهِمْ They fell
upon them, or
assaulted them: and agreeably
with this meaning is expl. the saying of the Hudhalee,
صَابُوا بِسِتَّةِ أَبْيَاتٍ وَأَرْبَعَةٍ
حَتَّى كَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ جَابِئًا لُبَدَا
meaning [
They fell upon, or
assaulted, six tents,
or
dwellings, and four; so that it was as though
there were upon them]
numerous locusts. (TA.) ＝
1-A2-
صَوْبٌ [app. meaning
صَوْبُ مَطَرٍ] signifies also
The sky's
bringing rain. (A, K.) ―
2-b2- And The
pouring forth (A, K, TA) of water [&c.]. (TA.)
One says,
صاب المَآءَ He poured forth the water;
as also ↓
صوّبهُ. (M, TA.) ＝
1-A3-
صاب as syn. with
أَصَابَ: see the latter in eight places.