Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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برسم برش برص


1. ⇒ برش

بَرِشَ, aor. ـَ {يَبْرَشُ}, inf. n. بَرَشٌ, i. q. بَرِصَ, aor. ـَ {يَبْرَشُ}, inf. n. بَرَصٌ: (Mṣb:) [or rather, used allusively for the latter verb: see أَبْرَشُ. See also بَرَشٌ, below.]


9. ⇒ ابرشّ

ابرشّ, inf. n. إِبْرشَاشٌ, He (a horse) was, or became, marked with small specks, called بَرَش, differing from the rest of his colour. (Ṣ.)


بَرَشٌ

بَرَشٌ, in the hair of a horse, Small specks, differing from the rest of the colour; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) as alsoبُرْشَةٌ↓: (Ḳ:) or both signify a colour in which one speck is red and another black or dustcoloured or the like. (TA.)

Root: برش - Entry: بَرَشٌ Signification: A2

And hence, (T-A,) the former, (A, TA,) or both (Ḳ,) A whiteness that appears upon the nails. (Ibráheem El-Ḥarbee, A, Ḳ.)

Root: برش - Entry: بَرَشٌ Signification: A3

And the former, White specks in the skin. (A.)

Root: برش - Entry: بَرَشٌ Signification: A4

بُرْشَةٌ

بُرْشَةٌ: see بَرَشٌ, in two places.


بَرِيشٌ

بَرِيشٌ: see أَبْرَشُ.


أَبْرَشُ

أَبْرَشُ, applied to a horse, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) or to one of the sort termed بِرْذَون, (Lḥ,) Marked with the small speaks termed بَرَش; (Lḥ, Ṣ, Ḳ;) as alsoبَرِيشٌ↓. (Ḳ.) Also, شَاةٌ بَرْشَآءُ A ewe, or she-goat, marked with specks of various colours. (TA.) And حَيَّةٌ بَرْشَآءُ A serpent black speckled with white, or white speckled with black. (TA.)

Root: برش - Entry: أَبْرَشُ Signification: A2

[Hence,] i. q. أَبْرَصُ: fem. بَرْشَآءُ: pl. بُرْشٌ: (Mṣb:) [or rather, used allusively for أَبْرَصُ; for] Jedheemeh (Ṣ, A, Ḳ) Ibn-Málik (Ṣ, TA) Ibn-Fahm, (TA,) the king [of El-Heereh], (Ḳ,) was surnamed الأَبْرَشُ in allusion to his being أَبْرَص; (Ṣ, A, Ḳ;) the Arabs fearing to apply to him this latter epithet: (Ḳ:) or he was thus called because he was marked with black or red specks caused by a burn. (Kh.)

Root: برش - Entry: أَبْرَشُ Signification: A3

مَكَانٌ أَبْرَشُ A place of various colours, abounding in plants or herbage: (Ḳ:) and أَرْضٌ بَرْشَآءٌ, and سَنَةٌ بَرْشَآءُ, land, and a year, in which is abundance of herbage (Ks, Ḳ) of various colours; (Ks;) as also رَبْشَآءُ and رَمْشَآءُ. (TA.)


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