سَبَّابٌ
1.
[That cuts much, or sharply]. سَبَّابُ
العَرَاقِيبِ means The sword: (K, TA:) or is an epithet applied to the sword: (A:) because it cuts the عراقيب [or hock-tendons]: (TA:) [but Z holds it to be tropical, from the signification following; for] it is added in the A, as though it were hostile to the عراقيب, and reviled them. (TA.)
2.
[One who reviles much or frequently; or a great reviler: a meaning indicated in the Msb, and of frequent occurrence.]