صَبَنَ

, (S, M, Msb, K,) aorist صَبِنَ , (S Msb, K,) verbal noun صَبْنٌ, (S,) He turned away a gift, (As, S, K, TA,) or an act of kindness or beneficence, (As, S, TA,) from his neighbours, and his acquaintances, to others; and in like manner, كَبَنَ and خَضَنَ; (As, TA;) or he withheld it; عَنّّا [from us]: (As, S, K:) and صَبَنَ الكَأْسَ, (M, Msb,) aorist as above, (Msb,) he (the cupbearer) turned away the cup of wine, (M, Msb,) مِمِّنْ هُوَ أَحَقُّ بِهَا [from him who was more, or most, entitled to it], (M,) or عَنْهُ [from him]. (Msb.) 'Amr Ibn-Kulthoom says,

صَبَنْتِ الكَأْسَ عَنَّا أُمَّ عَمْرٍو

وَكَانَ الكَأْسُ مَجْرَاهَا اليَمِينَا

[Thou hast turned away the cup of wine from us, O Umm-' Amr; when the proper course of the cup of wine was towards the right]. (S. [See EM p. 184.])

And He (a man) hid a thing in his hand, (M, TA,) such as a dirhem & c., without its being known. (TA.)

And صَبَنَ الكَعْبَيْنِ, (S, K,) or القِدْحَيْنِ, aorist and verbal noun as above, (M,) He placed evenly, or suitably, in his hand, (S, M, K,) the pair of play-bones, or dice, (S, K,) or the pair of gaming-arrows, (M,) and then cast them: (S, M, K:) said of a player at a game of hazard. (S, K.) To him who does so one says, أَجِلْ وَلَا تَصْبِنْ [Shuffle thou, and do not pack]. (S.)