Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

بَأْسَآءُ

Root: بأس

Full Definition

بَأْسَآءُ : see بَأْسٌ: and بُؤْسٌ: the latter, in five places.
2 Zj explains it as signifying, in the Kur vi. 42, Hunger.
3 Also The act of beating, or striking.


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