سبب

sabab (v.n. fr. سبّ ; ii سبّب 'to appoint or prepare a means or canse'), s.m. (orig. 'a rope,' 'a means by which one reaches'; hence) Means of access (to) or attainment (of), means; cause; reason, motive; instrument; connexion of relationship, relationship, affinity;—postpn. On account (of, -ke), by reason (of); by means (of).