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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.]) ―
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[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.)