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بصر

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

The root بصر (b-ṣ-r) primarily relates to sight, perception, and understanding. It encompasses the physical act of seeing, the ability to discern or comprehend, and the faculty of insight. Derived forms often denote the eye, vision, or a seer.

Derived headwords

بَصَرnoun
  1. 1.
    sightboth

    The faculty or act of seeing; vision.

  2. 2.
    insightboth

    The capacity to gain an accurate and deep understanding of someone or something; discernment.

  3. 3.
    eyeclassical

    The organ of sight.

أَبْصَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to seeboth

    To perceive with the eyes; to behold.

  2. 2.
    to perceiveboth

    To become aware of or conscious of something; to understand or discern.

  3. 3.
    to findclassical

    To come across or discover something.

بَصِيرadjective
  1. 1.
    seeingboth

    Having the faculty of sight.

  2. 2.
    insightfulboth

    Having or showing an accurate and deep understanding; discerning.

  3. 3.
    all-seeingclassical

    Perceiving everything; often used in a divine context.

بَصِيرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    insightboth

    The ability to understand the true nature of something; discernment.

  2. 2.
    evidenceclassical

    A clear proof or sign that makes something evident.

مُبْصِرadjective
  1. 1.
    seeingboth

    One who can see; sighted.

مُبْصِرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sightclassical

    The act or faculty of seeing.

تَبَاصُرverb
  1. 1.
    to look at each otherclassical

    To see one another.

بَصَرِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    visualboth

    Relating to or affecting sight.

  2. 2.
    opticboth

    Relating to the eye or vision.

بَصَرِيَّاتnoun
  1. 1.
    opticsmodern

    The branch of science concerned with the properties and behavior of light.

بَصَرِيَّاتِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    opticalmodern

    Relating to optics or optical instruments.

Parallel reading

وبصر بن زمان بن خزيمة بن نهد بن زيد بن ليث بن أسلم
And Baṣar son of Zamān son of Khuzaymah son of Nahd son of Zayd son of Layth son of Aslam.
هاكذا ضبطه أبو علي التنوخي في نسب تنوخ
This is how Abu Ali al-Tanukhi recorded it in the genealogy of Tanukh.
قال: وبعض النساب يقول: نصر، بالنون وسكون الصاد المهملة
He said: And some genealogists say: Naṣr, with the letter Nūn and a silent unpointed Ṣād.
قال الخطيب: ومن ولده أبو جعفر النفيلي المحدث، واسمه عبد الله بن محمد بن علي بن نفيل بن زراع بن عبد الله بن قيس بن عصم بن كوز بن هلال بن عصمة بن بصر.
Al-Khaṭīb said: And among his descendants is Abu Ja'far al-Nufayli, the traditionist, and his name is Abdullah son of Muhammad son of Ali son of Nufayl son of Zurāʿ son of Abdullah son of Qays son of ʿIṣm son of Kūz son of Hilāl son of ʿIṣmah son of Baṣar.