البسهُ
Root: لبس
Form: 4
Full Definition
البسهُIV
[He put on him, or clad or decked him with, the garment, and so, vulg., لبّسهُ ].
2 البسهُ also signifies He, or it, covered him, or it: or overspread him, or it; i. e. covered the whole thereof. You say, الحَرَّةُ الأَرْضُ الَّتِى أَلْبَسَتْهَا حِجَارَةٌ سُودٌ [The حرّة is ground which black stones have covered, or covered the wholly]. And أَلْبَسَتِ السَّمَآءَ السَّحَابُ. or أَلْبَسَ, [The clouds covered the sky, &c.;] but you do not say, لَبِسَ السَّمَآءُ السَّحَابَ. And أَلْبَسَنَا اللَّيْلُ [The night covered us, &c.]; but not لَبِسْنَا اللَّيْلَ. And البسهُ الشَّبَابُ: see 1 in art. غطو and غطى.
def.2 أَلْبَسَتِ الأَرْضُ The land became covered by plants, or herbage.
def.3 See also 8.
2 البسهُ also signifies He, or it, covered him, or it: or overspread him, or it; i. e. covered the whole thereof. You say, الحَرَّةُ الأَرْضُ الَّتِى أَلْبَسَتْهَا حِجَارَةٌ سُودٌ [The حرّة is ground which black stones have covered, or covered the wholly]. And أَلْبَسَتِ السَّمَآءَ السَّحَابُ. or أَلْبَسَ, [The clouds covered the sky, &c.;] but you do not say, لَبِسَ السَّمَآءُ السَّحَابَ. And أَلْبَسَنَا اللَّيْلُ [The night covered us, &c.]; but not لَبِسْنَا اللَّيْلَ. And البسهُ الشَّبَابُ: see 1 in art. غطو and غطى.
def.2 أَلْبَسَتِ الأَرْضُ The land became covered by plants, or herbage.
def.3 See also 8.
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