بَشَرَ

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بَشَرَI , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun بَشْرٌ; and ابشر , Verbal.Noun إِبْشَارٌ; He pared a hide, removing its بَشَرَة, or face, or surface, or the skin upon which the hair grew: or, as some say, removing its inner part with a large knife: or, accord. to Ibn-Buzurj, some of the Arabs say, بَشَرْتُ الأَدِيمَ, Present.T ـِ meaning I removed from the hide its بَشَرَة; and as meaning I exposed to view its بَشَرَة that was next to the flesh; and آدَمْتُهُ I exposed to view its أَدَمَة upon which the hair grew. [But see أَدَمَةٌ.]
2 Hence the saying in a trad., مَنْ أَحَبَّ القُرْآنَ قَلْيَبْشُرْ, accord. to him who recites it thus, with damm to the ش; meaning Whoso loveth the Kur-án, let him make himself light of flesh, [by not eating more than will be sufficient, and so prepare himself] for [reading, or reciting,] it, [like as one prepares a horse for running,] because eating much causes one to forget it.
3 Hence also, بَشَرَ الأَرْضَ, Verbal.Noun as above, It stripped the ground; ate what was upon the ground, i. e., upon its surface; as though the exterior of the ground were its بَشَرَة.
4 And بَشَرَ, Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun as above, He clipped his mustache much, so that the بَشَرَة became apparent. This the Muslim is commanded to do.
5 بَشَرَنِى فُلَانٌ بِوَجْهٍ حَسَنٍ Such a one met me with a cheerful countenance. See also 2, in two places.
6 And see 3.

def.2 بَشِرَ, Present.T ـَ; and بَشَرَ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun بَشْرٌ and بُشُورٌ; and ابشر , [which is the most common, though extr. in respect of analogy, as being quasi-pass. of بَشَرَ, like احجم and احنج and اعرض and اقشع and اكبّ and انهج, (mentioned by MF in art. حنج as the only other instances of the kind,) and اخلج, (added in the TA in art. خلج,)] Verbal.Noun إِبْشَارٌ; and استبشر ; and تبشّر ; [originally, He became changed in his بَشَرَة by the annunciation of an event: see بَشَّرَهُ: and hence,] he rejoiced, or became rejoiced; بِكَذَا [at, or by, such a thing; or at, or by, the annunciation of such a thing]. You say, أَتَانِى أَمْرٌ بَشِرْتُ بِهِ An affair happened to me whereat I rejoiced, or whereby I became rejoiced. And بِمَوْلُودٍ He rejoiced [at the annunciation of a new-born child]. And بِخَيْرٍ Rejoice thou [at the annunciation of a good event]. And in the same sense is used in the Kur xli. 30.

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