Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

باشر

Root: بشر

Form: 3

Full Definition

باشرIII , Verbal.Noun مُبَاشَرَةٌ and بِشَارٌ, He was, or became, in contact with the woman, skin to skin: he enjoyed [contact with] her skin: he became in contact with her, skin to skin, both being within one garment or piece of cloth: he lay with her, [skin to skin; or in the sense of] inivit eam: i. q. وَطِئَهَا, both فِى الفَرْجِ and خَارِجًا مِنْهُ: [and so Verbal.Noun بَشْرٌ; for] بَشْرٌ and مُبَاشَرَةٌ are syn. [in the sense of congressus venereus, as is shown by an ex. in the S.].
2 باشرهُ النَّعِيمُ [Enjoyment attended him; as though it clave to his skin].
3 فَبَاشَرُوا رَوْحَ اليَقِينِ, or رُوحَ اليقين, is a metaphorical expression, [app. meaning And they felt the joy and happiness that arise from certainty,] occurring in a trad. of 'Alee.
4 باشر الأَمْرَ, Verbal.Noun مُبَاشَرَةٌ, He superintended, managed, or conducted, the affair himself, or in his own person: or he was present, himself, at the affair: or, [properly,] he managed, or conducted, the affair with his بَشَرَة, i. e., his own hand: and hence a later application of the verb in the sense of لَاحَظَ [He regarded, or attended to, the thing, or affair, &c.].


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