سبت

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Form 1سَبَتَ10 senses · 5 main

muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـِيَفْعِلُmaṣdarسَبْتٌ

Core sense — he rested, he ceased from work; he cut it off; he shaved his headgenerated

1.1he was, or became, motionless—اسبت

only, or سَبِتَ (so written in one copy); MF is said to indicate both, but this is not clearly the case.: he rested; he ceased, or abstained, from works; he became quiet, still, or motionless.

Az says that سَبَتَ in the first of these senses is not known in the language of the Arabs. [But J says that] the primary meaning of سُبَاتٌ is “rest”, and from this the first of these verbs means he slept.

1.1.1the Jews kept, or performed, the ordinances of their sabbath—سَبَتَتِ اليَهُودُ

سَبْت is the sabbath.

they entered upon the sabbath—سَبَتُوا

maṣdars سَبْتٌ and اسبتوا; سَبْت is the sabbath. Or: they (the Jews) ceased from seeking the means of subsistence and from labouring to acquire gain.

and on the day when they were not keeping the ordinances of their sabbath—وَيَوْمَ لَا يَسْبِتُونَ

In the Qur'ān 7:163, where سَبْت is their sabbath. Some read لا يُسْبِتُونَ, from أَسْبَتَ; and some لا يُسْبَتُونَ, in the passive form, meaning when they were not made to enter upon [the observance of] the سَبْت.

1.2she (a camel) went at a certain pace—سَبَتَتْ

. The pace is سَبْتٌ, explained below.

1.2.1the outstripping in running—سَبْتٌ

1.3being confounded, or perplexed, unable to see one's right course, and so silent, or lowering the eyes towards the ground—سَبْتٌ

As maṣdar of سَبَتَ, said of a man.

1.4he cut the thing, or cut it off; he interrupted it, or put an end to it—سَبَتَ الشَّىْءَ

the same as قَطَعَهُ. It applies to ideal as well as real objects — for instance to work, or action. Also سبّتهُ, which Lh explains as relating particularly to necks.

he struck his neck [so as to cut off his head]—سَبَتَ عِلَاوَتَهُ

his head was cut off—سُبِتَتْ عِلَاوَتُهُ

This is said to be figurative, but I do not see why.

1.4.1the morsel stopped my throat—سَبَتَتِ اللُّقْمَةُ حَلْقِى

the morsel stopped my throat—سَبَّتَتْهُ

The same as قَطَعَتْهُ. The verb without teshdeed is the more usual.

1.4.2he shaved his head—سَبَتَ رَأْسَهُ

he shaved off his hair—سَبَتَ شَعَرَهُ

Also سبّتهُ and اسبتهُ, on the authority of AA, in art. سبد.

1.4.3letting the hair down, or letting it hang down, after plaiting—سَبْتٌ

Literally, from — عَن — [the twisting, or plaiting, termed] العَقْص.

1.5he (a man) was, or became, affected with a kind, or semblance, of sleep—سُبِتَ

Also: he swooned; and, said of a sick man, he became prostrated like one sleeping, generally with his eyes closed; and also, he died.

That kind, or degree, or semblance, of sleep is سُبَات.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1

7:163

وَسْـَٔلْهُمْ عَنِ ٱلْقَرْيَةِ ٱلَّتِى كَانَتْ حَاضِرَةَ ٱلْبَحْرِ إِذْ يَعْدُونَ فِى ٱلسَّبْتِ إِذْ تَأْتِيهِمْ حِيتَانُهُمْ يَوْمَ سَبْتِهِمْ شُرَّعًا وَيَوْمَ لَا يَسْبِتُونَ ۙ لَا تَأْتِيهِمْ ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ نَبْلُوهُم بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ

Ask them concerning the town standing close by the sea. Behold! they transgressed in the matter of the Sabbath. For on the day of their Sabbath their fish did come to them, openly holding up their heads, but on the day they had no Sabbath, they came not: thus did We make a trial of them, for they were given to transgression.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, (S, M, Msb,) aor. سَبُتَ (S, Msb) only, (S,) or سَبِتَ , (so written in a copy of the M,) [both of which are said by MF to be indicated, or implied, in the K, but this is not clearly the case,] inf. n. سَبْتٌ , (M, K, * TA,) He rested: (S, M, Msb, K: *) and ceased, or abstained, from works: (TA:) and was, or became, quiet, still, or motionless: (M, TA:) and اسبت signifies [the same, or] he was, or became, motionless: (S, TA:) Az says that سَبَتَ in the first of these senses is not known in the language of the Arabs: (TA:) [but J says that] the primary signification of سُبَاتٌ is “ rest: ” and hence the former of these verbs signifies he slept. (S.) And سَبَتَتِ اليَهُودُ , (S, * A, K,) aor. سَبِتَ (S, K) and سَبُتَ , (K,) inf. n. سَبْتٌ , (S, K,) The Jews kept, or performed, the ordinances of their سَبْت [or sabbath]: (S, K: *) or سَبَتُوا , aor. سَبِتَ (M, Msb) and سَبُتَ , (M,) inf. n. سَبْتٌ ; (Msb;) and اسبتوا ; (S, M, Msb;) they entered upon the سَبْت [or sabbath]: (S, M:) or they (the Jews) ceased from seeking the means of subsistence, and the labouring to acquire gain. (Msb.) It is said in the Kur [vii. 163], وَيَوْمَ لَا يَسْبِتُونَ And on the day when they were not keeping the ordinances of their سَبْت : (S:) where some read لا يُسْبِتُونَ , from أَسْبَتَ ; and some, لا يُسْبَتُونَ , in the pass. form, meaning when they were not made to enter upon [the observance of] the سَبْت . (Bd.) سَبَتَتْ , aor. سَبِتَ , inf. n. سَبْتٌ , She (a camel) went the pace termed سَبْتٌ meaning as expl. below. (M.) And سَبْتٌ signifies also The outstripping in running. (M.) And as inf. n. of سَبَتَ said of a man, (TK,) سَبْتٌ also signifies The being confounded, or perplexed, unable to see one's right course, (K, TA,) and being [therefore] silent, or lowering the eyes, looking towards the ground. (TA.) سَبَتَ الشَّىْءَ , (M, TA,) inf. n. سَبْتٌ , (M, A, Mgh, K,) i. q. قَطَعَهُ [meaning He cut the thing; or cut it off; severed it; and intercepted, or interrupted, it; put a stop, or an end, to it; or made it to cease; relating to ideal as well as real objects; for instance, to work, or action, as is shown in the TA]; (M, A, Mgh, K, TA;) as also سبّتهُ : expl. by Lh as relating particularly to necks. (M, TA.) [Hence,] سَبَتَ عِلَاوَتَهُ , (S, M,) inf. n. سَبْتٌ , (S, K,) He smote his neck [so as to decapitate him]: (S, M, K:) and سُبِتَتْ عِلَاوَتُهُ , His head was cut off. (A. [This is there said to be tropical; but why, I do not see.]) And سَبَتَتِ اللُّقْمَةُ حَلْقِى , and سَبَّتَتْهُ , i. q. قَطَعَتْهُ [i. e. The morsel, or gobbet, obstructed, or stopped, my fauces]: but the verb without teshdeed is the more usual. (M, TA.) And سَبَتَ رَأْسَهُ , (M, A, Mgh, Msb,) aor. سَبِتَ , (M, Msb, TA,) inf. n. سَبْتٌ , (S, M, A, Msb, K,) He shaved his head: (S, M, A, Mgh, Msb, K:) and in like manner, سَبَتَ شَعَرَهُ , he shaved off his hair; (TA;) as also سبّتهُ and اسبتهُ . (AA, TA in art. سبد .) And سَبْتٌ also signifies The letting down the hair, or letting it fall or hang down, after (lit. from, عَن ,) [the twisting, or plaiting, termed] العَقْص . (S, K.) سُبِتَ He (a man) was, or became, affected with [the kind, or degree, or semblance, of sleep termed] سُبَات [q. v.]: (IAar, M, TA:) and (TA) he swooned: (Msb, TA:) and he became prostrated like him who is sleeping, generally closing his eyes; said of a sick man: (TA:) and also he died. (Msb, TA.)

Form 2سَبَّتَ2 senses

Core sense — he cut it off, he severed it; he shaved off the hairgenerated

2.1

See form 4.

2.2

See also form 1, latter half, in three places.

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see 4: and see also 1, latter half, in three places.

Form 4أَسْبَتَ4 senses · 3 main

maṣdarإِسْبَاتٌ

Core sense — he rested, he became motionless; it (a drug) produced sleep, or torporgenerated

4.1

See form 1, former half, in four places.

4.1.1the serpent became silent, or bent down its head and lowered its eyes towards the ground—اسبتت الحَيَّةُ

4.2it (a drug) produced a kind, or semblance, of sleep—اسبت

That sleep is سُبَات; and hence, it made torpid, or benumbed. This sense is often used in medical works, and سبّت is used in the same sense today.

4.3

See also form 1, near the end of the paragraph.

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see 1, former half, in four places. اسبتت الحَيَّةُ , inf. n. إِسْبَاتٌ The serpent was, or became, silent; or bent down its head, or lowered its eyes, looking towards the ground. (TA.) [ اسبت It (a drug) produced the kind, or degree, or semblance, of sleep termed سُبَات : and hence, it torpified, or benumbed: often used in this sense in medical works: and سبّت is also used in this sense in the present day.] See also 1, near the end of the paragraph.

Form 7انسبت4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — it became cut off, it ceased; it became extended; it became softgenerated

7.1

It became cut off, or interrupted; it was put a stop to, or put an end to; or it ceased.

7.1.1there was, in his face, length and extension—كَانَ فِى وَجْهِهِ ٱنْسِبَاتٌ

Said in a description of the face of the Prophet.

It became extended; or long and extended, together with softness.

7.1.2

It (a hide) became soft through the process of tanning.

7.1.3the date became wholly pervaded by ripeness; and it became soft—انسبتت الرُّطَبَةُ

the dates became all ripe, or ripe throughout—انسبت الرُّطَبُ

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[It became cut off, interrupted, put a stop to, or put an end to, or it ceased: meanings indicated in this art. in the M and TA. ] It became extended: (K:) or long and extended, together with softness. (TA.) It is said in a description of the countenance of the Prophet, (TA,) كَانَ فِى وَجْهِهِ ٱنْسِبَاتٌ There was, in his face, length, and extension. (K, * TA.) It (a hide) became soft by the process of tanning. (IAar, TA.) انسبتت الرُّطَبَةُ The date became wholly pervaded by ripeness: (M, TA:) and became soft. (TA.) And انسبت الرُّطَبُ The dates became all ripe, or ripe throughout. (M, TA.)

Derived nouns 17

Nounسَبْتٌ11 senses · 4 main

Core sense — rest, stillness; the sabbath, Saturday; a week, a space of timegenerated

Rest; quiet, stillness, or freedom from motion. It is a maṣdar of form 1.

See also the word that next follows.

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Rest: (S, K:) and quiet, stillness, or freedom from motion. (TA.) [See 1, of which it is an inf. n.] See also سُبَاتٌ . السَّبْتُ , (M, K,) or يَوْمُ السَّبْتِ , (S, Msb,) [The sabbath, or Saturday;] one of the days of the week; (M, K;) the seventh of those days: (M:) so called because the creation commenced on the first day of the week and continued to [the end of] Friday, and on the سبت there was no creation, the work having ceased thereon: or, as some say, because the Jews ceased thereon from work, and the management of affairs: (M, TA:) or because the days [of the week] end thereon: (S, TA:) Az says that he errs who asserts it to have been so called because God commanded the Children of Israel to rest thereon, and that God created the heavens and the earth in six days, whereof the last was Friday, then rested, and the work ceased, and therefore He named the seventh day يوم السبت : this, he says, is an error, because [he affirms that] سَبَتَ as meaning “ he rested ” is not known in the language of the Arabs, but signifies قَطَعَ ; and rest cannot be attributed to God, because He knows not fatigue, and rest is only after fatigue and work: (TA:) the pl. [of pauc.] is أَسْبُتٌ and [of mult.] سُبُوتٌ : (S, M, Msb, K:) it has no dim. (Sb, S in art. امس .) سَبْتٌ also means A week; from the سَبْت to the سَبْت [i. e. from the sabbath to the sabbath]: so in the saying, in a trad., فَمَا رَأَيْنَا الشَّمْسَ سَبْتًا [And we saw not the sun for a week]: as when one says “ twenty autumns ” meaning “ twenty years: ” or it means in this instance a space of time, whether short or long. (TA.) I. q. بُرْهَةٌ [i. e. A space, or period, or a long space or period,] (M, K, TA) مِنَ الدَّهْرِ [of time]: (TA:) so in the saying, أَقَمْتُ سَبْتًا [I remained, staid, dwelt, or abode, a space, or a long space, of time]; as also سَبْتَةً and سَنْبَتًا and سَنْبَتَتًا . (M, K.) And i. q. دَهْرٌ [meaning Time; or a long time; or a space, or period, of time, whether long or short; &c.]; as also سُبَاتٌ . (S, M, K.) And [hence] اِبْنَا سُبَاتٍ means The night and the day: (S, M, K:) Ibn Ahmar says, 1 [And we were, with them, like the night and the day that parted asunder alike, then became one going towards Nejd and one going towards Tihámeh]: (S, K:) such, they say, is the meaning: (S:) or, as IB says, on the authority of Aboo-Jaafar Mohammad Ibn-Habeeb, ابنا سبات were two men, one of whom saw the other in a dream, and then one of them awoke in Nejd, and the other in Tihámeh: or they were two brothers, one of whom went to the east to see where the sun rose, and the other to the west to see where it set. (L, TA.) وَكُنَّا وَهُمْ كَٱبْنَىْ سُبَاتٍ تَفَرَّقَا | سِوًى ثُمَّ كَانَا مُنْجِدًا وَتَهَامِيَا Also A certain pace (S, M, K) of camels: (S, K:) or a quick pace: (TA:) or i. q. عَنَقٌ [q. v.]: (AA, S:) or a pace exceeding that termed العَنَقُ . (M.) A swift, or an excellent, horse; (K, TA;) that runs much. (TA.) A boy, or young man, of bad disposition, or illnatured, and bold, or daring. (K) A man cunning, i. e. possessing intelligence, or sagacity, or intelligence mixed with craft and forecast; and excellent in judgment; or very cunning &c.; (K, TA;) silent, or lowering his eyes, looking towards the ground; (TA;) and سُبَاتٌ signifies the same. (K, TA.) A man who sleeps much; (K;) i. e. كَثِيرُ السُّبَاتِ . (TA.) See also مَسْبُوتٌ . See also what next follows.

Nounسُبْتٌ1 sense

Core sense — a certain plant like the marsh-mallow, used for tanninggenerated

A certain plant resembling the خِطْمِىّ [or marsh-mallow]; also سَبْتٌ (expressly said to be with fetḥ), or سِبْتٌ.

Said to be a certain plant used for tanning.

See the next paragraph.

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A certain plant, resembling the خِطْمِىّ [or marsh-mallow]; (Kr, M, K;) as also سَبْتٌ , (K [there expressly said to be with fet-h],) or سِبْتٌ : (M [so written in a copy of that work]:) said to be a certain plant used for tanning. (MF.) See the next paragraph.

Nounسِبْتٌ1 sense

Core sense — tanned ox-hide; sandals made of it, having no hair on themgenerated

1figurative · مجازO wearer of the pair of sandals of سِبْت, pull off your pair of sandals of سِبْت—يَا صَاحِبَ السِّبْتَينِ اِخْلَعْ سِبْتَيْكَ

The hides, or skins, of oxen, whether tanned or not tanned; so some say. Or any tanned hide, said to be so called [because the tanning removes the hair] from السَّبْتُ, “the act of shaving”. Or such as is tanned with قَرَظ. Or only ox-hides tanned, so says AHn on the authority of As and AZ.

Or ox-hides tanned with قَرَظ, of which are made [the sandals called] سِبْتيَّةٌ نِعَالٌ, these being so named from this; they are sandals with no hair on them. Or sandals tanned with قرَظ.

According to Az, they are so called because their hair has been shaven off and removed by a well-known process in tanning, so that they are soft; and they are of the sandals of people who lead a life of ease and softness.

IAar says that they are so called because of their having become soft through the tanning; on this view they should be called سَبْتِيَّة, and so too according to a saying of Ed-Dáwoodee, that they are named in relation to سُوقُ السَّبْتِ [“the Market of the Sabbath”].

It is also said that they are named in relation to the سُبْت, with damm, which is a plant used for tanning with it; so that they should be called سُبْتِيَّة, unless the name is a relative noun departing from its source of derivation [or unless this plant is also called سِبْتٌ]. See سُبْتٌ.

It is related of the Prophet that he saw a man walking among the graves wearing his sandals, and said this.

They are so termed figuratively; it is like saying “Such a one wears wool, and cotton, and silk”, meaning garments made of these. But, as some relate it, what he said was يَا صَاحِبَ السِّبْتِيَّيْنِ, this last word being a relative noun; and so it is found in the handwriting of Az, in his book.

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The hides, or skins, of oxen; (M, K;) whether tanned or not tanned: so some say: (M:) or (so accord. to the M, in the K and TA “ and, ” but the و is omitted in the CK,) any tanned hide; (As, AA, M, K;) said to be so called [because the tanning removes the hair,] from السَّبْتُ , “ the act of shaving: ” (AA, TA:) or such. as is tanned with قَرَظ [q. v.]: (M, K:) or only ox-hides tanned: so says AHn on the authority of As and AZ: (TA:) or ox-hides tanned with قَرَظ , (S, Mgh,) whereof are made [the sandals called] سِبْتيَّةٌ نِعَالٌ : (S) these are hence thus called: (Mgh:) they are sandals having no hair upon them: (M, Msb:) or sandals tanned with قرَظ : (AA, TA:) accord. to Az, they are thus called because their hair has been shaven off ( سُبِتَ , i. e. حُلِقَ ,) and removed by a wellknown process in tanning, (Mgh, * TA,) so that they are soft; and they are of the sandals of people that lead a life of ease and softness: (Mgh:) IAar says that they are thus called because of their having become soft by the tanning: accord. to this, they should be called سَبْتِيَّة ; and so accord. to a saying of EdDáwoodee, that they are called in relation to سُوقُ السَّبْتِ [“ the Market of the Sabbath ”]: it is also said that they are called in relation to the سُبْت , with damm, which is a plant used for tanning therewith; so that they should be called سُبْتِيَّة , unless the appellation be an instance of a rel. n. deviating from its source of derivation [or unless this plant be also termed سِبْتٌ , as it is accord. to a copy of the M]: (TA:) see سُبْتٌ . It is related of the Prophet, that he saw a man walking among the graves wearing his sandals, and said, يَا صَاحِبَ السِّبْتَينِ اِخْلَعْ سِبْتَيْكَ [meaning O wearer of the pair of sandals of سِبْت , pull off thy pair of sandals of سِبْت ]: (S, * TA:) and accord. to the A, they are thus termed tropically: it is like the saying “ Such a one wears wool, and cotton, and silk; ” meaning “ garments made thereof; ” as is said in the Nh: but, as some relate it, what he said was, يَا صَاحِبَ السِّبْتِيَّيْنِ , the last of these words being a rel. n.; and thus it is found in the handwriting of Az, in his book. (TA.)

Nounسِبِتٌّ1 sense

Core sense — dill, anethum graveolens, a well-known garden herbgenerated

In form like فِلِزٌّ [in one copy written by mistake سِبْت]. A certain plant: anethum graveolens, or dill, of the common garden species; an arabicized word, from the Persian شِبِتّ [or شِبِتْ].

Or the same as شِبِتٌّ, both words arabicized from شِوِذْ [or شِوِدْ]. Some assert it to be the same as سَنُّوتٌ.

Az says that شِبِتٌّ, the name of a well-known herb, or leguminous plant, is an arabicized word; that he had heard the people of El-Bahreyn call it سِبِتٌّ, with the unpointed س and with ت; that it is originally, in Persian, شِوِذْ; and that it has another dialectal variant, namely سبط [that is, سِبِطٌّ]. — El-Jawáleekee.

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, (M, L, K,) like فِلِزٌّ , (TA,) [in a copy of the M erroneously written سِبْت ,] A certain plant; [anethum graveolens, or dill, of the common garden-species;] an arabicized word, from [the Pers.] شِبِتّ [or شِبِتْ ]: (AHn, M, L:) or i. q. شِبِتٌّ ; both words arabicized from شِوِذْ [or شِوِدْ ]: (K:) asserted by some to be the same as سَنُّوتٌ [q. v.]: (M, L:) Az says that شِبِتٌّ , the name of a well-known herb, or leguminous plant, is an arabicized word; that he had heard the people of El-Bahreyn call it سِبِتٌّ , with the unpointed س , and with ت ; that it is originally, in Pers., شِوِذْ ; and that it has another dial. var., namely, سبط [i. e. سِبِطٌّ ]. (El-Jawáleekee, TA.)

Nounسَبْتَةٌ2 senses

Core sense — a space, or period, of time; goats, collectivelygenerated

See سَبْتٌ, in the middle of the paragraph.

Also: goats, collectively.

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: see سَبْتٌ , in the middle of the paragraph. Also Goats, collectively. (K.)

Nounسَبْتَآءُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a treeless desert, a bare land; having spreading earsgenerated

A [desert such as is termed] صَحْرَآء; or أَرْضٌ سَبْتَآءُ is like صَحْرَآءُ; or a land in which there are no trees; or the same as مَسْبُوتَةٌ [that is, a bare land, as though shorn of its herbage]. Plural سَبَاتِىُّ.

1.1

Also, as a feminine adjective: having spreading, or expanded, ears, whether long or short.

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A [desert such as is termed] صَحْرَآء : (AZ, K:) or أَرْضٌ سَبْتَآءُ is like صَحْرَآءُ : or a land in which are no trees: (M:) and i. q. مَسْبُوتَةٌ [i. e. a bare land; as though shorn of its herbage]: (TA:) pl. سَبَاتِىُّ . (M.) Also, [in like manner] a fem. epithet, Having spreading, or expanded, ears, whether long or short. (K.)

Nounسَبْتِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — one who fasts alone on the sabbathgenerated

1do not be one who fasts alone on the sabbath—لَا تَكُ سَبْتِيًّا

One who fasts alone on the سَبْت [the sabbath, or Saturday].

So in the saying mentioned by Th, on the authority of IAar.

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One who fasts alone on the سَبْت [i. e. sabbath, or Saturday]: thus in the saying mentioned by Th, on the authority of IAar, لَا تَكُ سَبْتِيًّا [Be not thou one who fasts &c.]. (M.)

Nounنِعَالٌ سِبْتِيَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — sandals of tanned ox-hide, having no hair on themgenerated

This, and سَبْتِيَّةٌ, and سُبْتِيَّةٌ, and the dual of سِبْتِىٌّ, applied to a pair of sandals: see سِبْتٌ, in four places.

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, and سَبْتِيَّةٌ , and سُبْتِيَّةٌ ; and the dual. of سِبْتِىٌّ , applied to a pair of sandals: see سِبْتٌ , in four places.

Nounسِبْتَانٌ1 sense

Core sense — foolish, stupid; confounded, unable to see his right coursegenerated

With kesr: foolish, stupid, or of little sense; confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course; without understanding.

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, with kesr, Foolish, stupid, or of little sense; (K, TA;) confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course; without understanding. (TA.)

Nounسُبَاتٌ2 senses

Core sense — rest; sleep, or heavy sleep; a sleep hardly perceptible, like a swoongenerated

1and We have made your sleep to be rest for you—وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

Primarily rest [like سَبْتٌ]; and hence, sleep; or heavy sleep; or sleep that is hardly perceptible (خَفِىّ; in some copies, as Freytag mentions, خَفِيف, that is, light), like a swoon; or the beginning of sleep in the head [and its continuance] until it reaches the heart; or the sleep of one who is sick, that is, light sleep.

سَبْتٌ means the same as سُبَاتٌ.

Or the text means: we have made your sleep a cutting off from sensation and motion, for rest to the animal forces and to end their weariness; or, to be death; or, to be rest for your bodies by the interruption of labour, or work.

So in the Qur'ān 78:9, and the word is used in the same way in 25:49; that is, قَطْعًا, as though a man, when he slept, were cut off from [the rest of] mankind. Or سبات is when one is cut off, or ceases, from motion while the soul still remains in the body.

See also سَبْتٌ, latter half, in three places.

Qur’ānic occurrences سُبَات

25:47

وَهُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلَّيْلَ لِبَاسًا وَٱلنَّوْمَ سُبَاتًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلنَّهَارَ نُشُورًا

And He it is Who makes the Night as a Robe for you, and Sleep as Repose, and makes the Day (as it were) a Resurrection.

78:9

وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا

And made your sleep for rest,

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primarily signifies Rest [like سَبْتٌ ]: (S, Msb:) and hence, sleep: (S, K:) or heavy sleep: (Msb:) or sleep that is hardly perceptible ( خَفِىّ , M, K, [in some copies of the K, as mentioned by Freytag, خَفِيف , i. e. light,]), like a swoon: (M:) or the commencement of sleep in the head [and its continuance] until it reaches the heart: (Th, M, K:) or the sleep of one who is sick; i. e. light sleep: (TA:) and سَبْتٌ signifies the same as سُبَاتٌ . (T, TA.) Hence, in the Kur [lxxviii. 9, and in like manner the word is used in xxv. 49], وَجَعَلْنَا نَوْمَكُمْ سُبَاتًا ; (S;) i. e. قَطْعًا ; as though a man, when he slept, were cut off from [the rest of] mankind: (IAar, TA:) or سبات is when one is cut off, or ceases, from motion, while the soul still remains in the body; i. e., the text means, And we have made your sleep to be rest unto you: (Zj, TA:) or we have made your sleep to be a cutting off from sensation and motion, for rest to the animal forces, and for causing their weariness to cease: or, to be death: (Bd:) or, to be rest unto your bodies by the interruption of labour, or work. (Jel.) See also سَبْتٌ , latter half, in three places.

Nounسَبُوتٌ1 sense

Core sense — a she-camel that keeps to a certain quick pacegenerated

A she-camel that goes the pace termed سَبْتٌ; or one constantly going the pace termed عَنَقٌ.

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A she-camel that goes the pace termed سَبْتٌ : or constantly going the pace termed عَنَقٌ . (M.)

Nounسَبَنْتًى3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — bold, or daring; the leopard; the liongenerated

Bold, or daring; as an adjective applied to anything [that is, man or brute]. Also سَبَنْدًى.

The ى is added to make it quasi-coordinate to the class of five-letter-radical words, not to mark the feminine gender, for it takes ة as a termination [to mark the feminine], becoming سَبَنْتَاةٌ, and it takes tanwīn.

A poet applies the feminine adjective to a she-camel.

1.1

The leopard; so too with ة, and so سَبَنْدًى, probably so called because of his boldness, or daringness. Or, as some say, the lion.

Feminine with ة; or the feminine means a bold, or daring, lioness; or a she-camel of bold, or daring, breast, but this last is not of sound authority. Also a beast of prey [absolutely].

Plural سَبَانِتُ; and some of the Arabs make سَبَاتِى [or rather سَبَاتٍ] its plural.

1.2

The feminine, applied to a woman, means sharp in tongue; or clamorous; or clamorous and foul-tongued; or long-tongued and violently clamorous.

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, (S, M, K,) as also سَبَنْدًى , (S,) Bold, or daring; (S, M, K;) as an epithet applied to anything [i. e. man or brute]: the ى is added to render it quasi-coordinate to the class of quinqueliteral-radical words, not to denote the fem. gender, for it receives ة as a termination [to denote the fem.], becoming سَبَنْتَاةٌ ; (S;) and has tenween. (TA.) A poet applies the fem. epithet to a she-camel. (S.) Also The leopard; (S, M, K;) so too with ة ; (AHeyth, L in art. سبد ;) and so سَبَنْدًى : probably thus called because of his boldness, or daringness: (S:) or, as some ay, the lion: fem. with ة : or the fem, signifies a bold, or daring, lioness: or a she-camel of bold, or daring, breast; but this last is not of valid authority: (M:) and a beast of prey [absolutely]: (L in art. سيد :) pl. سَبَانِتُ ; (K, TA;) and some of the Arabs make سَبَاتِى [or rather سَبَاتٍ ] to be its pl. (TA.) The fem. also, applied to a woman, signifies Sharp in tongue; or clamorous; or clamorous and foul-tongued; or long-tongued and vehemently clamorous. (TA.)

Nounسَنْبَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a space, or period, of timegenerated

See سَبْتٌ, in the middle of the paragraph.

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: see سَبْتٌ , in the middle of the paragraph.

Nounسَنْبَتَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a space, or period, of timegenerated

See سَبْتٌ, in the middle of the paragraph.

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: see سَبْتٌ , in the middle of the paragraph.

Nounمُسْبِتٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — motionless; entering upon the observance of the sabbathgenerated

Motionless; not moving.

1.1

Also said to mean entering upon the day called السَّبْتُ [the sabbath]; but correctly, entering upon the observance of the سَبْت.

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Motionless; not moving. (S, K.) And, accord. to the L and K, Entering upon the day called السَّبْتُ [i. e. the sabbath]: but correctly, entering upon the observance of the سَبْت [or sabbath]. (TA.)

Nounمَسْبُوتٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — affected with heavy sleep, or with a swoon; dead; cut offgenerated

Affected with [the kind, or degree, or semblance, of sleep termed] سُبَات; or affected with a swoon; and, applied to a sick man, prostrated like one who is sleeping, generally closing his eyes; or confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course.

سَبْتٌ means the same as مَسْبُوتٌ, as in the saying cited by As: [He is in the morning affected with the remains of intoxication, and he is in the evening affected with sleep, or heavy sleep]

shāhid

يُصْبِحُ مَخْمُورًا وَيُمْسِى سَبْتَا

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Also: dead.

2a head cut off—رَأْسٌ مَسْبُوتٌ

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أَرْضٌ مَسْبُوتَةٌ: see سَبْتَآءُ.

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Affected with [the kind, or degree, or semblance, of sleep termed] سُبَات [q. v.]: (IAar, M:) or affected with a swoon: and, applied to a sick man, prostrated like him who is sleeping, generally closing his eyes: (S:) or confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course: (Msb:) and سَبْتٌ signifies the same as مَسْبُوتٌ ; as in the saying, cited by As, 1 [He is in the morning affected with the remains of intoxication, and he is in the evening affected with sleep, or heavy sleep, &c.]. (T, TA.) يُصْبِحُ مَخْمُورًا وَيُمْسِى سَبْتَا Also Dead. (S, K.) رَأْسٌ مَسْبُوتٌ [A head cut off.] (A.) أَرْضٌ مَسْبُوتَةٌ : see سَبْتَآءُ .

Nounرُطَبٌ مُنْسَبِتٌ1 sense

Core sense — dates ripe throughout; a soft dategenerated

1a date that is ripe throughout; and also a soft date—رَطَبَةٌ مُنْسَبِتَةٌ

Dates that have become all ripe, or ripe throughout.

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Dates that have become all ripe, or ripe throughout. (S, K.) And رَطَبَةٌ مُنْسَبِتَةٌ [A date that is ripe throughout: and also] a soft date. (TA.)