مُّصِيبَة

muSiybapN * , (S, M, A, Msb, K,) said by Ahmad Ibn-Yahyà to be originally muSowibapN , (TA,) and ↓ maSuwbapN (S, M, K) and ↓ muSaAbapN (M, K) and ↓ muSaAbN (A, Msb) and ↓ SaAbapN , (M, K,) signify the same, (S, M, A, Msb, K,) An affliction, a calamity, a misfortune, a disaster, or an evil accident: (M, Msb, TA:) it is said in the Towsheeh that the primary signification of muSiybapN is a shot with an arrow: (TA:) the pl. is maSaAy^ibu , (S, M, A, Msb,) the form commonly obtaining, (Msb,) but irregular, (M,) the Arabs agreeing in pronouncing it with ' , as though they likened the radical letter to the augmentative, (S,) or they imagined what is of the measure mufoEilapN to be of the measure faEiylapN without a radical Y or w , (M,) and it is thought by As to be of the speech of the people of the cities, (Msb,) and maSaAwibu , (M,) which is the original form, (S,) or is said to be so, (Msb,) and is said by Zj to be the form preferred by the grammarians, (TA,) and muSiybaAtN . (As, A, Msb.)