بَاسِقٌ
Root: بسق
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بَاسِقٌ
[act. part. n. of 1]. نَخْلَةٌ بَاسِقَةٌ
A tall palm-tree: [or an exceedingly tall palm-tree; see 1:] pl. بَاسِقَاتٌ and بَوَاسِقُ. The former of these pls. occurs in the Kur l. 10, meaning tall: or bearing fruit; from أَبْسَقَتْ said of a ewe, as signifying “she was, or became, pregnant;” so that it is an instance of a part. n. of the measure فَاعِلٌ from a verb of the measure أَفْعَلَ: accord. to one reading, it is بَاصِقَات, because of the ق. The latter of the pls. also signifies The first portions of clouds: [app. the portions that first appear above the horizon:] or what are elongated of the heads, or summits, (فُرُوع,) of a cloud: and hence, of [the plant called] أُقْحُوَان [or chamomile]. And بَاسِقَةٌ signifies A cloud of a clear white colour [as being always very high in the sky].
2 بَاسِقُ الأَخْلَاقِ
def.2 A sweet yellow fruit. [Golius appears to have found تَمْرَةٌ in the place of ثَمَرَةٌ.]
2 بَاسِقُ الأَخْلَاقِ
def.2 A sweet yellow fruit. [Golius appears to have found تَمْرَةٌ in the place of ثَمَرَةٌ.]
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