Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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سح سحب سحت


1. ⇒ سحب

سَحَبَهُ, (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ,) aor. ـَ {يَسْحَبُ}, (Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. سَحْبٌ, (Mṣb, TA,) He dragged it, or drew it along, (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ,) namely, his ذَيْل [or skirt], (Ṣ,) or a thing, such as a garment, &c., (TA,) upon the ground. (Mṣb, Ḳ, TA.) One says of a woman, تَسْحَبُ ذَيْلَهَا [She drags, or draws along, her skirt upon the ground]. (TA.) And سَحَبَتِ الرِيحُ التُّرَابَ [The wind drew along the dust upon the ground]. (TA.)

Root: سحب - Entry: 1. Signification: A2

[Hence,] سَحَبَتِ الرِّيَاحُ أَذْيَالَهَا[The winds dragged their skirts upon the ground; i. e., blew so as to efface the traces upon the ground]. (A: in the TA, الرِّيحُ.) And اِسْحَبْ ذَيْلَكَ عَلَى مَا كَانَ مِنِّى[Drag thy skirt over that which has proceeded from me; i. e. efface what has proceeded from me, as when a person dragging his skirt effaces the traces upon the sand or dust over which he walks]. (A, TA.) And مَا ٱسْتَبْقَى رَجُلٌ وُدَّ صَاحِبِهِ بِمِثْلِ مَا سَحَبَ الذَّيْلَ عَلَى مَعَايِبِهِ[A man has not preserved, or kept alive, the love, or affection, of his companion with anything that is in its effect like his dragging the skirt over his vices, or faults]. (A, TA.)

Root: سحب - Entry: 1. Signification: A3

[Hence like wise, as will be shown by what next follows,] سَحَبَ, aor. ـَ {يَسْحَبُ}, (Ḳ, TA,) inf. n. as above, (Ṣ, TA,) means also ‡ He ate and drank vehemently. (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA.)


4. ⇒ اسحب

أَسْحَبْتُ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَالشَّرَابِI took, or ate and drank, much of the food and beverage; as alsoتَسَحَّبْتُ↓: because it is the habit of the glutton to draw and appropriate to himself the victuals [and beverages]. (A, TA.)


5. ⇒ تسحّب

Root: سحب - Entry: 5. Signification: A2

تسحّب عَلَيْهِHe acted, or behaved, towards him with boldness, or presumptuousness; or did so confiding in his love, or affection: (Az, Ṣ, MA, TA:) or with coquettishness, and feigned opposition. (Az,* MA, TA.*)

Root: سحب - Entry: 5. Signification: A3

تَسَحَّبَتْ فِى حَقِّهِ, occurring in a trad. of Saʼeed and [a woman named] Arwà, means † She took his right, or rightful property, by force, and annexed it to her own, and to her land. (TA.)


7. ⇒ انسحب

انسحب It was, or became, dragged, or drawn along, (Ṣ, A, Mṣb, Ḳ,) upon the ground: (Mṣb, Ḳ:) said of one's skirt, (Ṣ,) or of a thing, such as a garment, &c. (TA.)

Root: سحب - Entry: 7. Signification: A2

[Hence,] اِنْسَحَبَتْ فِيهَا ذَلَاذِلُ الرِّيحِ[The skirts of the wind were, or became, dragged upon it, i. e., upon the ground (الأَرْض), so as to efface the traces upon it]. (A, TA.)


سُحْبَةٌ

سُحْبَةٌ i. q. غِشَاوَةٌ [app. as meaning particularly A covering, or film, upon the eye: expl. by Freytag, from the Deewán el-Hudhaleeyeen, as meaning oculorum caligo]. (Ḳ.)

Root: سحب - Entry: سُحْبَةٌ Signification: A2

And Remains of water in a pool left by a torrent; as alsoسُحَابَةٌ↓: (Ḳ, TA:) dim. of the former سُحَيْبَةٌ↓. (TA.)


سَحْبَانُ

رَجُلٌ سَحْبَانُ A man who takes, or carries, or sweeps, away everything by which he passes. (Ḳ.)

Root: سحب - Entry: سَحْبَانُ Signification: A2

[Golius explains سَحْبَانٌ, as on the authority of Meyd, as meaning A portion of water remaining in a skin or other thing: but I think that this is a mistranscription for سُحْبَةٌ.]


سَحَابٌ

سَحَابٌ [termed in the Ṣ and Ḳ pl. of سَحَابَةٌ, as also سُحُبٌ and سَحَائِبُ,] is, accord. to Aṣ, [correctly,]a coll. gen. n., used alike as masc. and fem. and sing. and pl.; (MF, TA;) and سَحَابَةٌ is its n. un.; (MF, Mṣb,* TA;) and سُحُبٌ is pl. of سَحَابٌ or of سَحَابَةٌ; (L, Mṣb,* MF, TA;) it may be pl. of either of these; (L, MF, TA;) and سَحَائِبُ is pl. of سَحَابَةٌ absolutely, and of سَحَابٌ when used as fem.: (MF, TA:) it signifies Clouds [or a collection of clouds]; (Ṣ, Ḳ, KL, TA, &c.;) and [clouds] from which the rain comes: (TA:) so called because drawn along in the air; (Mṣb, TA;) or because they draw along one another; or because the winds draw them along; (TA;) or because they draw along their fringes. (TA in art. حبو.) One says, مَطَرَتْهُمُ السَّحَابَةُ [The cloud rained upon them]. (A.)

Root: سحب - Entry: سَحَابٌ Signification: A2

[Hence,] أَقَمْتُ عِنْدَهُ سَحَابَةَ نَهَارِىI remained at his abode the whole of my day: originally said in relation to a cloudy day; and then proverbially used in relation to any day. (A, TA.) And مَا زِلْتُ أَفْعَلُهُ سَحَابَةَ يَوْمِىI ceased not to do it the whole of my day. (Ḳ,* TA.)

Root: سحب - Entry: سَحَابٌ Signification: A3

مَآءُ السَّحَابِ [properly The water of the clouds] is a term for † wine. (TA in art. جفن.)

Root: سحب - Entry: سَحَابٌ Signification: A4

السَّحَابُ is a name of † The Prophet's turban; (Mgh, TA:) it was thus called as being likened to the سحاب of the rain because of its being drawn along in the air. (TA.)

Root: سحب - Entry: سَحَابٌ Signification: A5

Also the name of A sword of Dirar Ibn-El-Khattáb. (Ḳ.)


سَحَابَةٌ

سَحَابَةٌ n. un. of سَحَابٌ [q. v.]. (Aṣ, Mṣb, &c.)


سُحَابَةٌ

سُحَابَةٌ: see سُحْبَةٌ.


سُحَيْبَةٌ

سُحَيْبَةٌ dim. of سُحْبَةٌ, q. v. (TA.)


أُسْحُوبٌ

أُسْحُوبٌ ‡ A man who eats and drinks much, (Ṣ, A,) or vehemently: (Ḳ:) Az says that the word known to him in the former sense is أُسْحُوتٌ, with ت; but that perhaps اسحوب is allowable. (L, TA.)


مَسْحَبٌ

مَسْحَبٌ [A place of dragging, or drawing along, of a skirt, or garment, &c., upon the ground: pl. مَسَاحِبُ: see Ḥar p. 78.]


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