سبى1 سَبَى العَدُوَّ, (S, M, Msb, K,) وَ غَيْرَهُ, (M,) aor. ـْ (Msb, TA,) inf. n. سَبْىٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and سِبَآءٌ, (S, M, K,) or ↓ the latter is a simple subst., as also ↓ سِبًا or سِبًى, (Msb,) He made captive, captived, or took prisoner, [the enemy, and other than an enemy;] (S, K;) as also ↓ اِسْتَبَاهُ. (S, Msb, K.) b2:  [Hence,] تَسْبِى قَلْبَ الرَّجُلِ (assumed tropical:)  [She captivates the heart of the man], said of a woman. (S.) b3:  And سَبَيْتُ قَلْبَهُ and ↓ اِسْتَبَيْتُهُ (assumed tropical:)  I captivated his heart. (M.) And قَلْبَ ↓ اِسْتَبَتْ الفَتَى, said of a girl, or young woman, i. q. سَبَتْهُ [i. e. (assumed tropical:)  She captivated the heart of the youth, or young man.] (TA.) b4:  One says also, إِنَّ اللَّيْلَ طَوِيلٌ وَ لَا أُسْبَ لَهُ and لا أُسْبَى له, the latter on the authority of Lh, who says that it means a prayer, (M, TA,) for which reason the verb [in the former instance] is in the mejzoom form, (TA,) i. e. [Verily the night is long, and] may I not be made as the captive [to it]. (M, TA.) b5:  سَبَى الخَمْرَ, (S, M, K,) aor.  as above, (M,) inf. n. سَبْىٌ and سِبَآءٌ, (T, M, K,) though J says only the latter, (K,) He conveyed wine from one town, or country, to another; (S, K;) or he brought wine from one land to another; as also ↓ اِسْتَبَاهَا: (M:) [and] so سَبَأَهَا, with hemz: (Msb:) or سَبَأْتُ, with hemz, means “ I bought ” (S, M) wine, to drink it. (S. [See art. سبأ.]) b6:  سَبَاهُ اللّٰهُ, (ISk, S, M, K,) aor. as above, (S,) inf. n. سَبْىٌ, (S, M,) God estranged him; (ISk, S, M, K;) removed him far away; (S, K;) and cursed him: (M:) or it is like the saying لَعَنَهُ اللّٰهُ: (S:) [or may God estrange him; &c.:] one says, مَا لَهُ سَبَاهُ اللّٰهُ [What ails him? May God estrange him; &c.]. (TA.) b7: سَبَى المَآءَ, (M, K,) aor.  as above, (M,) inf. n. سَبْىٌ, (TA,) He dug until he reached the water. (M, K.) 5 تسبّى لَهُ (assumed tropical:)  He manifested, or showed, love, or affection, to him; and became inclined to him. (TA.) 6 تسابوا They made one another captive. (Az, K.) 8 إِسْتَبَىَ see 1, in four places.سَبْىٌ i. q. ↓ مَسْبِىٌّ [i. e. Made captive]; (M;) or السَّبْىُ signifies مَا يُسْبَى [i.e. what is made captive; but I rather think that the right explanation is مَنْ يُسْبَى i. e the person who is made captive; agreeably with what follows]: pl. سُبِىٌّ: (M, K:) one says قَوْمٌ سَبْىٌ [a company, or party, of men made captive]; the latter word in this case being an inf. n. used as an epithet; [therefore, as such, it is applicable to a single person, male or female, as well as to a pl. number;] and accord. to As, one says not otherwise than thus in speaking of a company, or party, of men: (Msb, TA:) [but] ↓ سَبِىٌّ is [also] applied to a single person, to the male and the female, (M, K,) i. e. to the latter, as to the former, without ة, (M,) as meaning made captive: (K:) or سَبِىٌّ is applied to a boy, or young man, or male slave, as also ↓ مَسْبِىٌّ; and سَبِيَّةٌ to a girl, or young woman, or female slave, as also ↓ مَسْبِيَّةٌ; (Msb;) or to a woman, in this sense: (S:) and the pl. of ↓ سَبِىٌّ, (M, K,) or of سَبِيَّةٌ, (Msb,) is سَبَايَا, (M, Msb, K,) applied to women. (M.) b2:  Also Women, (IAar, M, K,) universally; (IAar, M;) because they captivate the hearts; or because they are made captive, and possessed as property. (M, K.) سَبًا: see سَبِىٌّ.A2:  Also A tribe of El-Yemen; regarded as a حَىّ, perfectly decl.; and regarded as a قَبِيلَة, [and therefore a fem. proper name,] imperfectly decl. [and written سَبَا]: (M, TA:) or, as is said in the Msb, it is the name of a town, or province, in El-Yemen; masc., and therefore perfectly decl.; and fem., and therefore imperfectly decl.; called  by the name of its builder: (TA:) [hence,] one  says, ذَهَبُوا أَيْدِى سَبَا and أَيَادِى سَبَا, [making the last word to be without tenween either as a fem. proper name or because of pausing after it,] i. e. They went away scattered, or dispersed: (S, M, K:) J says, (TA,) they are two nouns made one, like مَعْدِى كَرِبَ, perfectly decl. because not occurring otherwise than as a denotative of state, [and therefore indeterminate,] whether you make the former to be a prefixed noun governing the latter in the gen. case, or do not so. (S, TA. [See also art. سبأ.]) A3:  In a verse of 'Alkameh  Ibn-'Abadeh, the phrase بِسَبَا الكَتَّانِ is used for بِسَبَائِبِ الكَتَّانِ. (M in art. سب: see سِبٌّ.) سِبًا or سِبًى: see 1, first sentence.سَبَآءٌ: see سَبِىٌّ.سِبَآءٌ: see 1, first sentence.سَبِىٌّ: see سَبْىٌ, in two places. b2:  Also, (K,) or عُودٌ سَبِىٌّ, (M,) A branch, or piece of stick or wood, brought by a torrent from one tract, or region, to another, (M, K,) or from a distant place; (M;) and ↓ سَبَآءٌ and ↓ سَبًا signify the same. (K.) b3:  سَبِىُّ الحَيَّةِ The slough of the serpent; (M, * K;) as also سَبِيؤُهَا. (K in art. سبأ.[Accord. to different copies of the K in the present art., سَبْءٌ or سِبْءٌ or سَبْىٌ, all of which are wrong.]) b4:  سَبِيَّةٌ [or دُرَّةٌ سَبِيَّةٌ] A pearl, or large pearl, brought out by the diver (K, TA,) from the sea. (TA.) b5:  Also, [or خَمْرٌ سَبِيَّةٌ,] Wine brought from one town, or country, to another: (S, M, K:) if bought to be drunk, it is termed سَبِيْئَةٌ, with ء: (S, M:) or, perhaps, the former may be an instance of the alleviation of ء. (M. [See also سَبِيْئَةٌ in art. سبأ.]) سَابِيَآءُ The مَشِيمَة [or membrane enclosing the fœtus in the womb], which come forth with the young: (S, K:) or a thin pellicle over the nose of the fœtus, which dies if it be not removed from it at the birth: (K:) or the water that comes forth upon the head of the fœtus, (T, M,) [i. e.] at the birth: (T:) pl. سَوَابِى [or سَوَابٍ]. (S.) b2:  Hence, as being likened thereto, because of its fineness, (M,) (assumed tropical:)  The dust of the burrows, or holes, of the jerboa; (K;) or fine dust which the jerboa extracts from its burrow, or hole: said by Abu-l-'Abbás to be [one] of the burrows, or holes, of the jerboa; but this saying of his has been rebutted. (M.) b3:  Hence also, (M,) (tropical:)  Increase or offspring [of camels or the like]; (S, M, K, TA;) called by the name of that from which they come: (M, TA:) or (so accord. to the M, but accord. to the K “ and ”) camels for breeding: and numerous cattle: (M, K:) or also sheep, or goats, having numerous offspring: (T, S, K:) and it is also applied to denote a large number [app. of animals &c.]. (TA.) One says, لِآلِ فُلَانٍ سَابِيَآءُ, meaning (tropical:)  [To such a one belong] numerous cattle. (TA.) إِسْبَآءَةٌ A streak of blood; (AO, S, M, K;) as also ↓أُسْبِيَّةٌ: (M, TA:) pl. أَسَابِىُّ. (AO, S, M, K.) b2:  And An extended thread or string of [goats'] hair. (TA.) b3:  And [the pl.] أَسَابِىُّ signifies The conspicuous tracks of a road. (TA.) أُسْبِيَّةٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.مَسْبِىٌّ; and its fem., with ة: see سَبْىٌ, in three places.