بَشِيرٌ

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بَشِيرٌ i. q. مُبَشِّرٌ , [and so بَشُورٌ , as will be seen by an ex. in what follows,] One who announces to a people [or person] an event, either good or evil; but meaning the former oftener than the latter: [an announcer of a joyful event, or joyful events: one who rejoices another, or others, by an annunciation:] pl. بُشَرَآءُ and بُشُرٌ, (TA in art. نشر,) or this is pl. of بَشُورٌ . It is said in the Kur [vii. 55], وَ هُوَ ٱلَّذِى يُرْسِلُ ٱلرِّيَاحَ بُشُرًا, and بُشْرًا, and بُشْرَى , and بَشْرًا; [accord. to different readings, meaning And He it is who sendeth the winds announcing coming rain;] in which بُشُرٌ is pl. of بَشُورٌ , [syn. with بَشِيرٌ and مُبَشِّرٌ, but both masc. and fem.,] or of بَشِيرٌ, or of بَشِيرَةٌ; (TA in art. نشر;) and بُشْرًا is a contraction of the same; and بُشْرَى is syn. with بِشَارَةٌ; and بَشْرًا is the Verbal.Noun of بَشَرَهُ in the sense of بَشَّرَهُ (TA. [But the reading commonly followed in this passage is نُشُرًا, with ن: another reading is نُشْرًا: another, نَشْرًا: and another, نَشَرًا.]) And , or مُبَشِّرَاتُ الرِّيَاحِ, signifies Winds that announce [coming] rain: so in the Kur xxx. 45.

def.2 Also Goodly; beautiful; elegant in form or features; applied to a man, and to a face: fem. with ة; applied to a woman, and to a she-camel; and meaning, when applied to a she-camel, neither emaciated nor fat: or, accord. to Aboo-Hilál, neither of generous nor of ignoble breed: or, as some say, half-fattened: pl. of the fem. بَشَائِرُ: and مَبْشُورَةٌ signifies beautiful in make and colour; applied to a girl.

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