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بَئيسٌ

Root: بأس

Full Definition

بَئيسٌ : see بَأْسٌ: and بُؤْسٌ: the latter, in two places.

def.2 Mighty, or strong, in war or fight; courageous, or valiant.
2 عَذَابٌ بئِيسٌ, and بِئِيسٌ , agreeably with a general rule applying to words of this description, and بِئْسٌ , and بَئِسٌ , and بَيْئَسٌ , and , and , and , which last, however, is of no authority, or , and بَيِيسٌ, with the changed into ى, A vehement punishment: so in the Kur vii. 165.
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