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;