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أَبْرَصُ

Root: برص

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أَبْرَصُ [Leprous;] having the disease called بَرَصٌ: fem. بَرْصَآءُ: pl. بُرْصٌ and بُرْصَانٌ.
2 سَامُّ أَبْرَصَ, the former word being decl., prefixed to the latter as governing it in the gen. case; and سَامُّ أَبْرَصَ, as one word, the former being indecl. with fet-h for its termination, and the latter being imperfectly decl., in this and in the former instance; and سَمُّ أَبْرَصَ; (as in some copies of the K in art. سم;) i. q. الوَزَغَةُ [The species of lizard described above, voce بُرْصٌ]: (M, and so in the JK and K in art. وزغ:) or such as are large, of the وَزَغ [whereof وَزَغَةٌ is the n. un.]: or [one] of the large [sorts] of the وَزَغ: determinate, as a generic appellation: As says, I know not why it is so called: [the reason seems to be its leprous hue: see بُرْصٌ:] its blood and its urine have a wonderful effect when put into the orifice of the penis of a child suffering from difficulty in voiding his urine, relieving him immediately; and its head, pounded, when put upon a member, causes to come forth a thing that has entered into it and become concealed therein, such as a thorn and the like: the dual is سَامَّا أَبْرَصَ: and the pl. is سَوَامُّ أَبْرَصَ, ابرص having no dual form nor pl.; or, or sometimes, or if you will you may say, السَّوَامُّ, without mentioning ابرص; and ; and الأَبَارِصُ; without mentioning سَامّ; the last of these pls. being as though formed from a rel. n., [namely, أَبْرَصِىٌّ,] although without [the termination] ة, like as they said المَهَالِبُ [for المَهَالِبَةُ].
3 الأَبْرَصُ The moon. [So called because of its mottled hue.] You say, بِتُّ لَا مُؤْنِسِى إِلَّا الأَبْرَصُ [I passed the night, none but the moon cheering me by its presence].
4 حَيَّةٌ بَرْصَآءُ A serpent having in it, i. e., in its skin, white places, distinct from the general colour.
5 أَرْضٌ بَرْصَآءُ Land bare of herbage; of which the herbage has been depastured in some places, so that it has become bare thereof.


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