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بَأْسَآءُ

Root: بأس

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بَأْسَآءُ : see بَأْسٌ: and بُؤْسٌ: the latter, in five places.
2 Zj explains it as signifying, in the Kur vi. 42, Hunger.
3 Also The act of beating, or striking.
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