Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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صيص صيع صيغ


1. ⇒ صيعصاع

صِعْتُ, aor. أَصِيعُ, inf. n. صَيْعٌ: see 1 in art. صوع, in three places.


4. ⇒ اصيعاصاع

اصاع الغَنَمَ: see 1, in art. صوع, latter half.


5. ⇒ تصيّع

تصيّع: see 5 in art. صوع, last sentence.

Root: صيع - Entry: 5. Signification: A2

Also, said of water, It was, or became, in a state of commotion upon the surface of the ground: (IDrd, O, Ḳ,* TA:) but تسيّع is more approved [in this sense, or as meaning “it ran upon the surface of the ground,” as expl. in art. سيع]. (TA.)


7. ⇒ انصيعانصاع

انصاع: see art. صوع. It belongs to this art. and to art. صوع. (Ḳ.)


أَصْيَعُ

أَصْيَعُ [an epithet mentioned, but not expl., in the O and TA: it seems to be from صِعْتُهُ “I dispersed it, or scattered it;” and hence to be syn. with أَسْيَعُ, signifying In a state of commotion, or of exceeding commotion]. Rubeh says,

* فَظَلَّ يَكْسُوهَا الغُبَارَ الأَصْيَعَا *

[app. meaning And he passed the day enveloping her, or it, or them, in the dust in a state of commotion, or of exceeding commotion]. (O, TA.)


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