بَصِيرٌ
Root: بصر
Full Definition
بَصِيرٌ
Seeing; i. q.
مُبْصِرٌ ; contr. of
ضَرِيرٌ: of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مُفْعِلٌ, or of the measure فَاعِلٌ [i. e.
بَاصِرٌ ] : pl. بُصَرَآءُ. One says, إِنَّهُ لَبَصِيرٌ بِالعَيْنَيْنِ
Verily he is one who sees with the two eyes. [Hence,] البَصِيرُ, as a name of God, The All-seeing; He who sees all things, both what are apparent thereof and what are occult, without any organ [of vision]. And The dog; as also أَبُو بَصِيرٍ: because it is one of the most sharp-sighted of animals.
2 Endowed with mental perception; knowing; skilful; possessing understanding, intelligence, or skill: pl. as above. One says, أَنَا بَصِيرٌ بِهِ I am knowing in it, or respecting it. And إِنَّهُ لَبَصِيرٌ بِالأَشْيَآءِ Verily he is knowing, or skilful, in things. And رَجُلٌ بَصِيرٌ بِالعِلْمِ A man knowing, or skilful, in science. And هُوَ مِنَ البُصَرَآءِ بِالِتّجَارَةِ He is of those who are knowing, or skilful, in commerce.
3 It is also an epithet applied to A blind man; and so أَبُو بَصِيرٍ: (TA in art. عور:) so applied as meaning endowed with mental perception; or as meaning a believer; or as an epithet of good omen: and أَبُو بَصِيرٍ is used as meaning الأَعْشَى [the weaksighted, &c.,] for this last reason.
def.2 See also بَصِيرَةٌ.
2 Endowed with mental perception; knowing; skilful; possessing understanding, intelligence, or skill: pl. as above. One says, أَنَا بَصِيرٌ بِهِ I am knowing in it, or respecting it. And إِنَّهُ لَبَصِيرٌ بِالأَشْيَآءِ Verily he is knowing, or skilful, in things. And رَجُلٌ بَصِيرٌ بِالعِلْمِ A man knowing, or skilful, in science. And هُوَ مِنَ البُصَرَآءِ بِالِتّجَارَةِ He is of those who are knowing, or skilful, in commerce.
3 It is also an epithet applied to A blind man; and so أَبُو بَصِيرٍ: (TA in art. عور:) so applied as meaning endowed with mental perception; or as meaning a believer; or as an epithet of good omen: and أَبُو بَصِيرٍ is used as meaning الأَعْشَى [the weaksighted, &c.,] for this last reason.
def.2 See also بَصِيرَةٌ.
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