بُصَانٌ
Root: بصن
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بُصَانٌ
, so accord. to Ktr, and بُصَّانٌ, thus in some of the copies of the Jm of IDrd, a name of The month
رَبِيعٌ الأخِرُ, in the Time of Ignorance: pl. [of pauc.] أَبْصِنَةٌ and [of mult.] بِصْنَانٌ; the latter erroneously written in the copies of the K بُصَانَاتٌ: so says Ktr; but other lexicologists hold that it is وَبُصَانٌ, like سَبُعَان, and وَبِصَانٌ, like شَقِرَان; and this is the correct opinion: Aboo-Is-hák says that it was so named because of the وَبِيص, i. e. gleaming, of the weapons therein: but it is said in art. وبص of the K to be وَبْصَان and وُبْصَان: and Sgh holds بُصَّانٌ to be correct because بَصَّ and وَبَصَ signify the same.
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