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بص

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of seeing, shining, or appearing. It extends to meanings of giving, appearing faintly, and observing. Derived terms also describe physical attributes like leanness or a reddish hue, and actions like moving quickly or wagging a tail.

Derived headwords

بَصَّverb
  1. 1.
    to shineboth

    To shine or gleam, often with a faint or intermittent light.

  2. 2.
    to appearclassical

    To begin to appear or emerge, especially the first signs of something.

يَبِصُّverb
  1. 1.
    to shineboth

    Present tense of shining or gleaming.

  2. 2.
    to appearclassical

    Present tense of beginning to appear or emerge.

بَصِيصًاnoun
  1. 1.
    shiningboth

    The act or state of shining or gleaming.

  2. 2.
    tremblingclassical

    A shiver or tremor.

أَبْصَverb
  1. 1.
    to shineclassical

    To shine or gleam.

  2. 2.
    to giveclassical

    To give, especially a small amount.

  3. 3.
    to oozeclassical

    For water to ooze or seep.

  4. 4.
    to appearclassical

    To begin to appear or emerge.

البَصَاصَةnoun
  1. 1.
    eyeclassical

    The eye, so called because it sees or observes.

البَصِيصnoun
  1. 1.
    tremorclassical

    A shiver or tremor.

بَصْبَاصadjective
  1. 1.
    generousclassical

    Generous or giving freely.

  2. 2.
    leanclassical

    Describing a camel that is lean or emaciated.

  3. 3.
    milkclassical

    Milk, especially a small quantity.

  4. 4.
    little waterclassical

    A small amount of water.

  5. 5.
    scraps of fodderclassical

    Leftover fodder resembling jerboa tails.

  6. 6.
    breadclassical

    Bread.

بَصَابِصadjective
  1. 1.
    reddishclassical

    Describing a dark bay horse that has a reddish hue.

بَصْبَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to appearclassical

    For the earth to show the first signs of growth.

  2. 2.
    to move quicklyclassical

    For camels to travel swiftly.

  3. 3.
    to wag tailclassical

    For a dog to wag its tail.

  4. 4.
    to open eyesclassical

    For a puppy to open its eyes.

تَبَلَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to be variegatedclassical

    To be variegated or mottled.

بَصَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to appearclassical

    To begin to appear or emerge.

  2. 2.
    to open eyesclassical

    For a puppy to open its eyes.

Parallel reading

بص يبص بصيصا: برق، ولمع
He shone, he shines, a shining: it flashed, it gleamed.
و لي بيسير: أعطاني
And to me he gave: he gave me.
و الماء: رشح، كأبص
And water: it oozed, like he gave.
والبصاصة: العين، لأنها تبص
And the eye: the eye, because it sees.
والبصيص: الرعدة
And the tremor: the tremor.
وحصيصهم وبصيصهم كذا، أي: عددهم
And their count and their number is such, meaning: their number.
وقرب بصباص: جاد
And a generous one approached: he was generous.
وبعير بصباص: ضامر
And a lean camel: it was lean.
والبصباص: اللبن، و من الماء: القليل، و من الكلأ: ما يبقى على عود كأنه أذناب اليرابيع، والخبز
And the small amount: milk, and of water: a little, and of fodder: what remains on a stick like jerboa tails, and bread.
وكميت بصابص، بالضم: تعلوه شقرة
And a dark bay horse, with damma: a reddish hue covers it.
وبصبصت الأرض: ظهر منها أول ما يظهر، كبصصت وأبصت
And the earth sprouted: the first of what appears emerged from it, like it sprouted and like it appeared.
و الإبل قربها: سارت فأسرعت
And the camels nearby: they traveled and hastened.
و الكلب: حرك ذنبه، و الجرو: فتح عينيه، كبصص
And the dog: it wagged its tail, and the puppy: it opened its eyes, like it opened its eyes.
وتبصص الشيء: تبلق
And the thing was variegated: it was variegated.