سابق

sābiq (act. part. of سبق 'to precede,' etc.), adj. & s.m. Preceding, foregoing, former, prior, past, ancient;—past time, former times;—adv.=sābiq-meṅ, q.v.:—sābiqu`l-an`ām, s.m. Former bounties:—sābiqu`ẕ-ẕikr, adj. Beforementioned:—sābiq-dastūr, adv. According to former practice, as before, as usual;—sābiqmeṅ, adv. Formerly, of yore, in times past, heretofore.