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بصر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

5 تبصّرهُ أبصر بصر تبصر تبصره تبصرة He looked at it; namely, a thing: or looked long at it: or glanced lightly at it: like رَمَقَهُ: (TA:) or he sought, or endeavoured, to see it: (Mgh:) or i. q. أَبْصَرَهُ, in a sense explained above; see 4. (M.) You say also, تَبَصَّرْ لِى فُلَانًا [ Consider thou, or examine thou, for me, such a one, that thou mayest obtain a clear knowledge of him ]. (TA.) And تبصّر فِى شَىْءٍ He considered a thing, endeavouring to obtain a clear knowledge of it; he looked into it, considered it, examined it, or studied it, repeatedly, until he knew it: he sought, or sought leisurely, or repeatedly, after the knowledge of it, until he knew it. (S, * K, * TA.) And تبصّر فِى رَأْيِهِ signifies the same as فِيهِ ↓ استبصر, i. e. He sought, or endeavoured, to see, or discover, what would happen to him, of good and evil. (M.)

Derived headwords

تبصّرهُverb
  1. 1.
تَبَصَّرْ لِى فُلَانًا
تبصّر فِى شَىْءٍ
تبصّر فِى رَأْيِهِ