maṣdarوُصُوبٌ وَصَبٌmuḍāriʿيَصِبُ يَوْصَبُ يَثِقُ
Core sense — it continued, was constant; he was diseased, ill; he applied himself constantly to itgenerated
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It continued; it was constant; it was fixed, settled, or firm.
maṣdar وُصُوبٌ and اوصب.
1.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe milk of the camel continued, or was constant—وَصَبَ لَبَنُ النَّاقَةِ
1.1.2he (a man) was, or became, diseased, ill, or sick; or in pain—وَصِبَ
maṣdar وَصَبٌ, وصّب, اوصب and توصّب.
[Or in violent pain; or in continual, or constant, pain; or emaciated in body from fatigue or disease; or in a state of excessive fatigue; and sometimes, he suffered fatigue, or weariness, and languor: see وَصَبٌ.]
تَوْصِيْبٌ is also explained as meaning to be languid.
توصّب is explained as: he felt, or experienced, pain in his body.
1.1.3figurative · مجازthe fat [in an animal] continued—وَصَبَ الشَّحْمُ
1.1.4he applied himself constantly and perseveringly to the thing, and managed it well—وَصَبَ عَلَى الأَمْرِ
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Also وَصِبَ; this last muḍāriʿ is irregular [with respect to analogy], like وَثِقَ, and وَمِقَ, muḍāriʿ يَمِقُ, and others, but the lexicographers do not mention it with these verbs.
[And اوصب: see below.]
And واصب, which means the same as وَاظَبَ.
1.1.5he applied himself constantly to his property, and managed it well—وَصَبَ فِى مَالِهِ
His property here means his camels and the like.
Also عَلَى ماله and وِصِبَ, with muḍāriʿ forms as above.
1.1.6the people applied themselves constantly and perseveringly to the thing—اوصب القَوْمُ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ
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, aor. يَصِبُ , inf. n. وُصُوبٌ ; (S, K;) and اوصب ; (K;) It continued; was constant; (S, K;) was fixed, settled, or firm. (K.) وَصَبَ لَبَنُ النَّاقَةِ The milk of the camel continued, or was constant. (A.) وَصِبَ , aor. يَوْصَبُ , inf. n. وَصَبٌ ; (S, K, Msb;) and وصّب and اوصب and توصّب ; (K;) He (a man, S,) was, or became, diseased, ill, or sick: (S, K:) or in pain: (Msb:) [or in violent pain: or in continual, or constant, pain: or emaciated in body by reason of fatigue or disease: or in a state of excessive fatigue: and, sometimes, he suffered fatigue, or weariness, and languor: see وَصَبٌ :] تَوْصِيْبٌ is also explained as signifying the being languid: (TA:) and توصّب , as signifying he felt, or experienced, pain in his body. (A.) وَصَبَ الشَّحْمُ The fat [in an animal] continued. (TA.) وَصَبَ عَلَى الأَمْرِ , (S, K,) aor. يَصِبُ , [inf. n. وُصُوبٌ ;] and وَصِبَ , aor. يَصِبُ ; the latter aor. extr. [with respect to analogy]; (Kr;) like وَثِقَ , aor. يَثِقُ , and وَمِقَ , aor. يَمِقُ , &c; but not mentioned by the lexicographers with these verbs; (TA;) [and اوصب ; see below;] and واصب ; (TA;) i. q. وَاظَبَ ; He kept. attended, or applied himself, constantly, perseveringly, or assiduously, to the thing; (S, K;) and managed it, or conducted it, well. (K.) وَصَبَ فِى مَالِهِ , and عَلَى ماله ; and وِصِبَ ; aors. as above; He kept, attended, or applied himself, constantly to his property, [meaning his camels &c.,] and managed it well. (Kr.) اوصب القَوْمُ عَلَى الشَّىْءِ The people kept, attended. or applied themselves, constantly, perseveringly, or assiduously, to the thing. (S, K.)