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بِسَاطٌ

Root: بسط

Full Definition

بِسَاطٌ A thing that is spread or spread out or forth; whatever it be; a subst. applied thereto: [and particularly a carpet; which is meant by its being said to be] a certain thing well known; the word being of the measure فِعَالٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ, like كِتَابٌ in the sense of مَكْتُوبٌ, and فِرَاشٌ in the sense of مَفْرُوشٌ, &c.: pl. [of mult.] بُسُطٌ and بُسْطٌ and [of pauc.] أَبْسطَةٌ.
2 See also بَسِيطٌ; near the middle of the paragraph.
3 اِنْبَرَى لِطَىِّ بِسَاطِهِ. is a phrase meaning He hastened to cut short his speech.

def.2 Also The leaves of the tree called سَمُر that fall upon a garment, or piece of cloth, spread for them, the tree being beaten.

def.3 See also بَسَاطٌ, in three places.


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