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بَسٌّ

Root: بس

Form: 1

Full Definition

بَسٌّI signifies The act of breaking: or breaking in pieces: syn. حَطْمٌ.
2 [And The act of mixing: see بَسِيسَةٌ. This, or the former, is probably the primary signification.]
3 [And hence, app.,] بَسَّهُ, Present.T بَسُسَ Verbal.Noun بَسٌّ, He broke it, crumbled it, or bruised or brayed it; said of wheat, &c.; thus making it what is termed بَسِيسَة: or he mixed it, namely, سَويق [or meal of parched barley or wheat], and flour, &c., with clarified butter, or with olive-oil; thus making it what is termed بسِيسَة: or he moistened it, namely, سَوِيق, and flour, with a little water; but making it more moist than one does in the action termed لَتٌّ: or بَسٌّ signifies the making, or preparing, بسِيسَة, by stirring about, or moistening, سَوِيق, or flour, or ground أَقِط, with clarified butter, or with olive-oil; after which it is eaten, without being cooked.
4 [And hence the saying in the Kur lvi. 5,] وَبُسَّتِ الجِبَالُ بَسًّا And the mountains shall be crumbled with a vehement crumbling, like flour, and سَوِيق, and become earth: or become dust cleaving to the earth: or be levelled: or mixed with the dust: or reduced to powder and scattered in the wind.


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