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بوص

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root 'بوص' primarily relates to concepts of surpassing, overtaking, and hastening. It extends to meanings of being ahead, excelling, and also encompasses physical attributes like a large posterior and coloration. The root also touches upon urgency and speed in actions.

Derived headwords

البَوْصnoun
  1. 1.
    Surpassing, overtakingboth

    The act of getting ahead of someone or something, or of being surpassed or missed.

  2. 2.
    Haste, hasteningboth

    The act of rushing or urging someone to hurry.

  3. 3.
    Posterior, buttocksboth

    The rear part of the body, specifically the buttocks, often implying size or prominence.

  4. 4.
    Color, hueboth

    The shade or appearance of something, particularly referring to the color of animals or people's complexion.

  5. 5.
    Slowness, delayclassical

    Lagging behind or being delayed.

بَاصَverb
  1. 1.
    To surpass, overtakeboth

    To get ahead of someone or something; to be missed or outrun.

  2. 2.
    To hasten, urge onboth

    To make someone hurry or rush.

  3. 3.
    To be slow, lag behindclassical

    To fall behind or be delayed.

بَاصَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To surpass him/itboth

    To overtake or get ahead of a person or thing.

  2. 2.
    To hasten him/itboth

    To urge someone to hurry or to rush something.

بَوْصًاnoun
  1. 1.
    Surpassing, overtakingboth

    The act of surpassing or overtaking.

  2. 2.
    Haste, hasteningboth

    The act of hastening or rushing.

اسْتَبَاصَverb
  1. 1.
    To be surpassed, overtakenboth

    To be outrun or missed by someone else.

تَبُوصَنِيverb
  1. 1.
    You surpass meboth

    You overtake me or get ahead of me.

  2. 2.
    You hasten meboth

    You urge me to hurry.

بَائِصadjective
  1. 1.
    Hasty, urgentboth

    Characterized by speed and urgency.

  2. 2.
    Distant, farboth

    Located at a great distance, difficult to reach.

بَوْصَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Large-hippedboth

    Describing a woman with large buttocks or hips.

البَوْصِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    Type of shipclassical

    A kind of Persian ship, possibly a small boat or skiff.

  2. 2.
    Sailor, boatmanclassical

    A person who sails or works on a boat.

أَبْوَاصnoun
  1. 1.
    Colorsboth

    The various colors or hues of sheep, goats, or other animals.

انبَاصَverb
  1. 1.
    To recede, shrinkboth

    To draw back, contract, or diminish, like a shadow.

  2. 2.
    To escape, hideclassical

    To slip away, evade, or conceal oneself.

بَوْصَانname
  1. 1.
    Bosanclassical

    A clan or tribe among the Banu Asad.

البَوْصnoun
  1. 1.
    Slowness, delayclassical

    The state of being slow or delayed.

البَوْصnoun
  1. 1.
    Buttocksboth

    The posterior part of the body.

البَوْصnoun
  1. 1.
    Colorboth

    The hue or appearance of something.

البَوْصَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Children's gameclassical

    A game played by children involving a stick with fire on its end, which they twirl.

Parallel reading

فلا تعجل علي، ولا تبصني، ... فإنك إن تبصني أستبيص
Do not rush me, and do not overtake me, ... for if you overtake me, I will be overtaken.
على رعلة صهب الذفارى، كأنها ... قطا باص أسراب القطا المتواتر
On a herd with reddish manes, as if they were ... sandgrouse surpassing flocks of successive sandgrouse.
فلا تعجل علي، ولا تبصني، ... ولا ترمي بي الغرض البعيدا
Do not rush me, and do not overtake me, ... and do not throw me towards a distant target.
بوص إذا سبق في الحلبة
He is 'baws' if he wins in a race.
بوص إذا صفا لونه
He is 'baws' if his color becomes clear.
بوص إذا عظم بوصه
He is 'baws' if his buttocks become large.
البوص أن تستعجل إنسانا في تحميلكه أمرا لا تدعه يتمهل فيه
Al-Baws is to hasten a person in burdening him with a matter, not allowing him to proceed slowly.
وساروا خمسا بائصا أي معجلا سريعا ملحا
And they traveled five (miles) 'ba'isan', meaning hastily, quickly, and urgently.
أسوق بالأعلاج سوقا بائصا
I drive the captives with a hasty drive.
النوص التأخر في كلام العرب، والبوص التقدم
Al-Naws means lagging behind in the speech of the Arabs, and Al-Baws means advancing.
امرأة بوصاء: عظيمة العجز
A 'bawsa'' woman: one with large buttocks.
عريضة بوص إذا أدبرت، ... هضيم الحشا شختة المحتضن
Broad-hipped when she turns her back, ... with a slender waist, a well-embraced figure.
أبواص الغنم وغيرها من الدواب: ألوانها
The 'abwas' of sheep and other animals: their colors.
حال بوصه أي تغير لونه
His color changed, meaning his color altered.
ما أحسن بوصه أي سحنته ولونه
How beautiful is his 'bawṣ' (complexion), meaning his appearance and color.
كسكان بوصي بدجلة مصعد
Like a 'bawsi' rudder on the Tigris going upstream.
يقذف بالبوصي والماهر
It throws the 'bawsi' (boatman or boat) and the skilled sailor.
فتقصر عنها خطوة وتبوص؟
So a step falls short of her, and you overtake?
أي تحمل على نفسك المشقة فتمضي
Meaning you burden yourself with hardship and proceed.
تقصر عنها خطوة فلا تدركها وتبوص أي تسبقك وتتقدمك
A step falls short of her, so you do not catch her, and you 'tabus' (overtake) meaning you surpass and precede her.
أنه كان جالسا في حجرة قد كاد ينباص عنه الظل
He was sitting in a room, and the shadow had almost receded from him.
أنه أراد أن يستعمل سعيد بن العاص فباص منه أي هرب واستتر وفاته
He wanted to appoint Sa'id ibn al-'As, but he 'bas' from him, meaning he fled, hid, and escaped him.
حتى ضرب أزب حتى باص
Until he struck a lion until it fled.
طريق بائص بمعنى بعيد وشاق
A 'ba'is' road meaning distant and arduous.
حتى وردن، لتم خمس بائص، ... جدا تعاوره الرياح وبيلا
Until they arrived, five 'ba'is' (distant) days, ... a well that the winds alternately made desolate.
ملا بائصا ثم اعترته حمية ... على نشجه من ذائد غير واهن
He reached a distant point, then zeal overcame him ... in his panting from a defender who was not weak.
كاد ينباص عنه الظل
The shadow almost receded from him.
لعبة يلعب بها الصبيان يأخذون عودا في رأسه نار فيديرونه على رؤوسهم
A game played by children where they take a stick with fire on its head and twirl it over their heads.