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بءس
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaبَئيسٌ ذ : see بَأْسٌ: and بُؤْسٌ: the latter, in two places. -A2- Mighty, or strong, in war or fight; (A;) courageous, or valiant. (S, M, Msb, K.) ― -b2- عَذَابٌ بئِيسٌ, (S, M, K,) and ↓ بِئِيسٌ, agreeably with a general rule applying to words of this description, (M,) and ↓ بِئْسٌ, (M, K,) and ↓ بَئِسٌ, (M,) and ↓ بَيْئَسٌ, (M, K,) and ↓ بَئْئَسٌ, (M,) and ↓ بَيِّسٌ, and ↓ بَيْسٌ, which last, however, is of no authority, (M,) or ↓ بِيسٌ, and بَيِيسٌ, with the changed into ى, (TA,) A vehement punishment: (S, M, K:) so in the Kur vii. 165. (TA.)
Derived headwords
بَئيسٌ
- 1.
عَذَابٌ بئِيسٌ