Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

بُسَاقٌ

Root: بسق

Full Definition

بُسَاقٌ i. q. بُصَاقٌ[Spittle, or saliva, when it has gone forth from the mouth: or saliva that flows; see بُزَاقٌ: see also 1]. [بُسَاقَةٌ is app. its n. un. And hence,]
2 بُسَاقَةٌ القَمَرِ Stone of a clear white colour, that glistens; as also with ص.


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