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بسء

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of becoming accustomed to, familiar with, or intimate with something or someone. It can also extend to meanings of becoming desensitized to something negative, or a lack of inhibition.

Derived headwords

بَسَأَ بهِ يَبْسَأُverb
  1. 1.
    to become intimate withboth

    To become familiar and intimate with someone or something.

  2. 2.
    to become accustomed toboth

    To grow accustomed to something, to become familiar with it.

بَسْءnoun
  1. 1.
    familiarityclassical

    The state of being familiar or intimate with something.

بَسَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    familiarityclassical

    The state of being familiar or intimate with something.

  2. 2.
    accustomednessclassical

    The state of being accustomed to something.

بَسِئَverb
  1. 1.
    to become accustomedclassical

    To become accustomed to something, to grow familiar with it.

بَسِئْتُverb
  1. 1.
    I became accustomedclassical

    First-person singular past tense of becoming accustomed.

بَسَأْتُverb
  1. 1.
    I became accustomedclassical

    First-person singular past tense of becoming accustomed.

بَسِئَتْverb
  1. 1.
    it became accustomedclassical

    Third-person feminine singular past tense of becoming accustomed.

بَسَأَتْverb
  1. 1.
    it became accustomedclassical

    Third-person feminine singular past tense of becoming accustomed.

بَسَأَ بذلك الأمرverb
  1. 1.
    to become desensitized toclassical

    To become accustomed to a matter, to the point of not caring about its ugliness or what is said about it.

بَسَأَ بهverb
  1. 1.
    to become heedless ofclassical

    To become heedless or careless regarding something.

بِسَوْءadjective
  1. 1.
    uninhibited (she-camel)classical

    Describes a she-camel that does not resist the milker.

أَبْسَأَنِيverb
  1. 1.
    it made me accustomedclassical

    To cause someone to become accustomed to something.

بَسِئْتُ بهverb
  1. 1.
    I became accustomed to itclassical

    First-person singular past tense of becoming accustomed to something.

بَسَأْتُ بهverb
  1. 1.
    I became accustomed to itclassical

    First-person singular past tense of becoming accustomed to something.

بَسَأَتْ بالمياثلverb
  1. 1.
    became familiar withclassical

    Became familiar with or accustomed to the 'Amāthil' (the noble ones or the best).

Parallel reading

بَسَأَ بهِ، وكذلك بهأتْ
It became familiar with it, and likewise it became familiar.
بَسَأْتُ بنيها، وجويتُ عنها
I became familiar with its offspring, and I became distant from it.
وفي الحديث أن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال بعد وقعة بدر: لو كان أبو طالب حيا لرأى سيوفنا وقد بسئت بالمياثل.
And in the Hadith, the Prophet, peace be upon him, said after the Battle of Badr: If Abu Talib were alive, he would have seen our swords having become familiar with the noble ones.
بَسِئَتْ وبَسَأَتْ بفتح السين وكسرها: اعتادت واستأنست
It became accustomed and it became accustomed (with fath and kasr of the sin): it grew used to and became familiar with.
والمياثل: الأماثل
And Al-Mayāthil: Al-Amāthil (the noble ones).
وبَسَأَ بذلك الأمر بسأ وبسوءا: مرن عليه، فلم يكترث لقبحه وما يقال فيه.
And he became accustomed to that matter, he became accustomed and familiar: he grew used to it, so he did not care about its ugliness or what was said about it.
وبَسَأَ به: تهاون.
And he became heedless of it: he was negligent.
وناقةٌ بِسَوْء: لا تمنع الحالب.
And a she-camel that is uninhibited: she does not prevent the milker.
وأَبْسَأَنِي فلانٌ فَبَسِئْتُ به.
So-and-so made me accustomed to it, and I became accustomed to it.
وأَبْسَأَنِي فلانٌ فَبَسَأْتُ به.
So-and-so made me accustomed to it, and I became accustomed to it.