Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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بسمل بسن بش


4. ⇒ ابسن

ابسن, said of a man, He was, or became good, or beautiful, in respect of his سَجِيَّة [i. e. natural disposition], accord. to the copies of the Ḳ, but correctly, as explained by IAạr, his سَحْنَة [i. e. aspect, or colour,, &c.]. (TA.)


بَسَنٌ

بَسَنٌ an imitative sequent to حَسَنٌ: (Ṣ, M, Ḳ:) [or it may signify Beautiful in aspect, &c., from the verb above; or the verb may be from this word:] or, in the opinion of Aboo-ʼAlee El-Ḳálee, originally بَسٌّ inf. n., used in the sense of the pass. part. n., of بَسَّ السَّوِيقَ, meaning “he moistened, or stirred about, the سويق with clarified butter, or with olive-oil, to complete, or perfect, its goodness;” one of the two س s being suppressed, and ن being added; so that it means complete, or perfect. (MF. [But this derivation seems to be extremely far-fetched.])


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