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بصق

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of spitting, including the substance expelled. It also extends metaphorically to describe certain types of palm trees and a specific type of luminous white stone.

Derived headwords

بَصَقَverb
  1. 1.
    he spatboth

    he spat

بُصَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    spitboth

    The act or substance of spitting; saliva expelled from the mouth.

  2. 2.
    type of palm treeclassical

    A specific kind or variety of palm tree.

بِزَاقnoun
  1. 1.
    spitclassical

    Synonymous with 'بُصَاق' (spit), referring to the expelled saliva.

بُصَاقَةُ الْقَمَرِnoun
  1. 1.
    the glistening whiteness of the stoneboth

    the glistening whiteness of the stone

Parallel reading

وقد بصق بصقا
And he spat a spitting.
والبصاق: جنس من النخل
And 'al-busāq' is a type of palm tree.
ويقال لحجر أبيض يتلألأ: بصاقة القمر
And a white, sparkling stone is called 'busāqat al-qamar'.