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Arabic dictionary

Dictionary Habib Anthony Salmone, An Advanced Learner's Arabic-English Dictionary (1889)

Entry سبب

سَبَّ(n. ac. سَبّ سِبِّيْبَى ) a. Reviled, vilified, abused. سَبَّبَa. Caused, occasioned; furnished with an opportunity, gave a chance. b. Abused, inveighed against. سَاْبَبَa. see I تَسَبَّبَa. Sought an occasion, opportunity &c. b. [Bi], Was the cause, means of. c. [Bi & Ila], Made use of as a means for obtaining, getting at. d. Trafficked, carried on a retail trade. سَبّa. Abuse; invectives. سَبَّة (pl. سِبَاْب) a. Period, space of time; a while, some time. b. Podex. سِبّa. Vilifier. b. Muffler, veil. سِبَّةa. Fore-finger, index. b. Week. سُبَّةa. Disgrace, shame. b. Fault; vice. سَبَب (pl. أَسْبَاْب) a. Cause; motive, reason; occasion. b. Means; opportunity, chance. c. Matter, subject; argument. d. Means of subsistence, livelihood. e. Part of a foot, consisti ng of two letters ( in versification ). f. Rope, cord. سَبَبِيّa. Causative, causal. سَبَبِيَّةa. Causality. مَسْبَبَة (pl. مَسَاْبِبُ) a. Abusive; slanderous. b. Reviler. c. Revilings, invectives; blasphemy. d. see 3t سِبَاْبa. see 1 سَبِيْب (pl. أَسَاْبِيْبُ) a. Lock, plait of hair; hair. سَبِيْبَة (pl. سَبَاْئِبُ) a. see 25b. Strip of cloth. سَبَّاْبa. Sword. سَبَّاْبَةa. see 2t (a) N. Ag. سَبَّبَa. Causer; cause. N. P. سَبَّبَa. Caused, occasioned. بِسَبَب ذَلِك a. Because of that, on that account, owing to that. مُتَسَبِّب عن a. see N. P. سَبَّبَ مُسَابَّة a. see 1