صبأ

1 صَبَأَ  , (S, M, K,) aor. صَبَاَ , (M, K,) inf. n. صُبُوْءٌ, (S, M, K, [in the last of which it is implied that this verb in all its senses except the last has صَبْءٌ also for an inf. n., and likewise صَبُؤَ as a syn. form, but this I do not find authorized by any other lexicon,]) said of the tush (S, M, K) of a camel (S, M) and of a cloven-hoofed animal and of a solid-hoofed animal, (M,) and said of a cloven hoof, (K, [but this, I doubt not, is a mistake, for in the place of صَبَأَ الظِّلْفُ والنَّابُ, the reading in the K, I find in the M صَبَأَ نَابُ الظِّلْفِ وَالخُفِّ وَالحَافِرِ, and the like in the L,]) It grew forth; (M, K;) or its point, or extremity, grew forth: (S:) and accord. to the K, it appears that ↓ اصبأ signifies the same; but this is not the case. (TA.) And صَبَأَت said of the ثَنِيَّة [i. e. a central incisor] of a boy, It grew forth. (S.) ― -b2- Also, said of a star, (M, K,) and of the moon, (M,) It rose; and so ↓ اصبأ : (M, K:) or تَصْبَأَ النُّجُومُ the stars come forth from their places of rising: (AO, S:) or صَبَأَتِ النُّجُومُ the stars appeared: (TA:) and النَّجْمُ ↓ اصبأ the Pleiades [antonomastically called النجم] rose. (S.) ― -b3- [Hence,] صَبَأَ, (S, M, K,) or صَبَأَ مِنْ دِينِهِ إِِلَى دِينٍ آخَرَ, (AO, S, Msb, *) aor. صَبَاَ , (M, Msb, K,) inf. n. صُبُوْءٌ (S, M, K) and صَبْءٌ; and صَبُؤَ, (M, K,) aor. صَبُاَ , (TA,) inf. n. صُبُوْءَةٌ; (CK [but not in the TA nor in my MS. copy of the K];) (assumed tropical:) He departed from his religion to another religion; (S, M, Msb, K;) like as the stars come forth from their place of rising. (AO, S.) And صَبَأَ, (S,) or صَبَأَ فِى دِينِهِ, aor. صَبَاَ , inf. n. صُبُوْءٌ, (T, TA,) He was, or became, a صَابِئ [or Sabian]. (T, S, TA. [See صَابِئٌ, below.]) ― -b4- And صَبَأَ عَلَيْهِمْ, (S, M,) aor. صَبَاَ , (S,) inf. n. صَبْءٌ and صُبُوْءٌ, He came forth upon them; (S, M;) as also ↓ اصبأ : (M:) and accord. to IAar, صَبَأَ عَلَيْهِ he came forth, or went forth, upon him, or against him: and he inclined against him with enmity: (TA:) or he came, or came forth, upon him unexpectedly: whence, he says, the word صُبًّا in the saying of the Prophet, لَتَعُودُونَّ فِيهَا أَسَاوِدَ صُبًّا, [which see in art. صب,] the said word being of the measure فُعَّلًا, [originally صُبَّأً,] and the ' being suppressed: (L in art. صب:) and ↓ أَصْبَأَهُمْ signifies he came upon them suddenly, not having knowledge of their place. (K.) -A2- One says also, صَبَأَ عَلَيْهِمُ العَدُوَّ, (M, * K,) aor. صَبَاَ , inf. n. صَبْءٌ; (M;) as also صَبَعَ; (TA;) He guided to them (M, K) the enemy: (K:) mentioned by IAar, from AZ. (TA.) ― -b2- And قُدِّمَ ↓ إِِلَيْهِ طَعَامٌ فَمَا صَبَأَ وَلَا أَصْبَأَ Food was presented to him, and he did not put (M, K *) his hand (M) or his finger (إِِصْبَعَهُ K) into it, or upon it: (M,) K: [see also صَبَعَ:]) mentioned by IAar. (M.) And صَبَأَ فِى الطَّعَامِ, aor. صَبُاَ , He [app. a camel] put his head into the food: as also صَبَغَ. (O in art. صبغ.) And صَبَأَتْ فِيهَا رَأْسَهَا [or فِيهِ, She put her head into it]; like صَبَغَتْ. (TA in that art.) 4 أَصْبَاَ see the preceding paragraph, in six places. صَابِئٌ ذ [part. n. of صَبَأَ: and as such signifying] One who departs from his religion to another religion. (Msb.) The Arabs used to call the Prophet الصَّابِى [for الصَّابِئُ], because he departed from the religion of Kureysh to El-Islám; and him who entered the religion of El-Islám, مَصْبُوٌّ, changing the ' to و; and the Muslims [collectively], الصُّبَاةٌ, as though pl. of الصَّابِىِ, without ', like قُضَاةٌ and غُزَاةٌ pls. of قَاضٍ and غَازٍ. (TA.) And [the pl.] الصَّابِئُونَ in the Kur [v. 73, &c.,] is said by Zj to mean Those who depart from one religion to another. (TA.) ― -b2- Then this appellation, صَابِئٌ, was applied to [Any individual of] a certain sect of the unbelievers, [the Sabians,] said to worship the stars secretly, and openly to profess themselves to belong to the Christians: they are called الصَّابِئَةُ and الضَّابِئُونَ: and they assert that they are of the religion of Sábi the son of Sheyth [or Seth] the son of Adam: their appellation may also be pronounced الصَّابِيُونَ, and thus Náfi' read it [in the Kur]: (Msb:) or the صَابِئُونَ are a certain class of the people who possess revealed scripture: (S:) or a people whose religion resembles that of the Christians, except that their kibleh is towards the place whence blows the [south, or southerly, wind called] جَنُوب: (Lth, T, TA:) [or] whose kibleh is from (مِنْ [or this may mean some point of]) the place whence blows the [north, or northerly, wind called] شَمَال at midday: (M, K:) or, accord. to some, their kibleh is the Kaabeh: (MF:) and they assert that they are of the religion of Noah, (Lth, T, M, K,) lyingly: (Lth, T, M:) in the R it is said that they are thus called in relation to Sábi the son of Lámak [or Lamech], the brother of Noah: Bd says, it is said that they are worshippers of the angels: and it is said that they are worshippers of the stars: and that their appellation is Arabic; from صَبَأَ “ he departed from a religion; ” or from صَبَا “ he inclined, ” because of their inclining from truth to falsehood. (MF, TA.) Credit: Lane Lexicon