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ابشر

Root: بشر

Form: 4

Full Definition

ابشرIV : see 1, first sentence, in two places.
2 [Hence,] ابشر الأَمْرُ وَجْهَهُ The affair made his countenance beautiful and bright: in the K we read, أَبْشَرَ الأَمْرَ حَسَّنَهُ وَ نَضَّرَهُ; but this is a mistake. Agreeably with this explanation, AA renders a reading in the Kur [xlii. 22], ذٰلِكَ ٱلَّذِى يُبْشِرُ ٱللّٰهُ عِبَادَهُ, meaning That is it with which God will make beautiful and bright the face of his servants: so in the L.
3 See also 2.
4 [Hence,] أَبْشَرَتِ النَّاقَةُ The she-camel conceived, or became pregnant: as though she rejoiced [her owner] by announcing her conception.
5 And أَبْشَرَتِ الأَرْضُ The earth put forth its herbage appearing upon its surface.

def.2 See also 1, latter part, in four places.
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