صُبٌّ

See صُبَّةٌ.

Accord. to AO, it may also be plural of ↓ صَبُوبٌ or of ↓ صَابٌّ: but Az says that, according to others, it is not plural of either of these two words; their plural being صُبُبٌ: (L, TA:) it is said in a tradition, (S, L, TA,) respecting conflicts and factions, or seditions, (L, TA,) لَتَعُودُنَّ فِيهَا أَسَاوِدَ صُبًّا يَضْرِبُ بَعْضُكُمْ رِقَابَ بَعْضٍ: (S, L, TA:) here by أَسَاوِد are meant “ [great and noxious] serpents: ” (L, TA:) and صُبًّا, according to Ez-Zuhree, is from الصَّبُّ [“ the act of pouring out or forth ”]; for the serpent, he says, when it desires to bite, raises itself, and then darts down (lit. pours down) upon him that is bitten: (S, L, TA:) [as though the meaning were, Ye will be, therein, like great and noxious serpents, one portion of you smiting the necks of another portion:] Ez-Zuhree says that صُبًّا is plural of ↓ صَبُوبٌ, and originally صُبُبًا; like as رَجُلٌ صَبٌّ is originally صَبِبٌ; and so says IAmb: but IAar is related to have said that أَسَاوِد means companies, plural of سَوَادٌ; and صُبًّا, pouring, one upon another, with slaughter: and some say that it is صُبَّى, in measure like حُبْلَى; and it is said to be from صَبَا, [for صَبَا إِلَى الدُّنْيَا,] aorist يَصْبُو, meaning “ he inclined to the things of the present world; ” and thus to be like غُزَّى, plural of غَازٍ: [see صَابٍ, in article صبو:] IAar used also to say that it is originally صُبَّأً, with ء, [plural of صَابِيءٌ,] from صَبَأً عَلَيْهِ “ he came, or came forth, upon him unexpectedly. ” (L, TA.)