Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

بَصْطٌ

Root: بصط

Form: 1

Full Definition

بَصْطٌI , [Verbal.Noun of بَصَطَ,] i. q. بَسْطٌ, in all its meanings: the س, with ط, is changed into ص because of the nearness of the places of utterance.


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