صَابَ

, (S, M, A,) [aorist يَصُوبُ,] verbal noun صَوْبٌ (S, M, A, K) and مَصَابٌ, (Har p. 240,) said of rain, (S, M, A, *) It poured forth; (M, A, K;) as also ↓ انصاب: (M, K:) or it descended; and ↓ تصوّب signifies the like. (S.) A poet says,

فَسَقَى دِيَارَكَ غَيْرَ مُفْسِدِهَا

صَوْبُ الرَّبِيعِ وَدِيمَةٌ تَهْمِى

which may mean, [And may] the descending of the rain called the ربيع [and continuous rain, or continuous and still rain, pouring forth, water thy districts, not injuring them]: or it may mean, [may] the rain of the season called the ربيع [&c.]: so says IHsh. (MF, TA.) And one says of a calamity (شِدَّة), on the occasion of its befalling, صَابَتْ بِقُرٍّ, meaning It became [or fell] in its قَرَار [or settled or fixed place, or in the place where it should remain]. (S, TA. [See also article قر.])

And صاب, aorist as above, (M, TA,) verbal noun صَوْبٌ, (K, TA,) It, or he, came from a high place; (K, TA;) descended from above; (M, TA;) as also ↓ تصوّب: (K, TA:) and (TA) it, or he, descended; went down, downwards, down a declivity, or from a higher to a lower place or position; or it sloped down; synonym اِنْحَدَرَ; and so ↓ تصوّب. (M, TA. [See also 4, first sentence; and see 2, last sentence.])

[Hence, apparently,] صَابُوا بِهِمْ They fell upon them, or assaulted them: and agreeably with this meaning is explained the saying of the Hudhalee,

صَابُوا بِسِتَّةِ أَبْيَاتٍ وَأَرْبَعَةٍ

حَتَّى كَأَنَّ عَلَيْهِمْ جَابِيءًا لُبَدَا

meaning [They fell upon, or assaulted, six tents, or dwellings, and four; so that it was as though there were upon them] numerous locusts. (TA.)

-A2- صَوْبٌ [apparently meaning صَوْبُ مَطَرٍ] signifies also The sky's bringing rain. (A, K.)

And The pouring forth (A, K, TA) of water [&c.]. (TA.) One says, صاب المَاءَ He poured forth the water; as also ↓ صوّبهُ. (M, TA.)

-A3- صاب as synonym with أَصَابَ: see the latter in eight places.