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بَخَصَ

Root: بخص

Form: 1

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بَخَصَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun بَخْصٌ, He put out his eye; syn. فَقَأَهَا, and عَوَّرَهَا: or he pulled out his eye [altogether, i. e.,] with its bulb: (S, K: [in the former, مَعض شَحْمَتِهَا: in the latter, not so well, بِشَحْمِهَا:]) or he put his finger into his eye: Yaakoob says that you should not say بَخَسَ; and so says ISk: (TA in art. بخس:) but accord. to As, as related by Aboo-Turáb, you say بَخَصَ عَيْنَهُ and بَخَزَهَا and بَخَسَهَا, all as meaning he put out his eye; syn. فَقَأَهَا: and IAar says that بَخَسَهَا and بَخَصَهَا signify alike: the former of these two is a dial. var. of the latter; (TA in art. بخس;) and signifies he put it out (فَقَأَهَا) with his finger or some other thing: (Lth, As, and K in art. بخس:) but بَخَصَ is the better word.
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