عَبَسَ
Root: عبس
Form: 1
Full Definition
عَبَسَI
, or عَبَسَ وَجْهَهُ, or وَجْهُهُ, Present.T
ـِ Verbal.Noun عُبُوسٌ [app. properly used only when the verb is intrans.] and عَبْسٌ [app. only when the verb is trans.]; and
عبّس , Verbal.Noun تَعْبِيسٌ; He frowned; [looked sternly, austerely, or morosely;] or contracted his face: or he contracted the part between his eyes: or he grinned, or displayed his teeth, frowning, or contracting his face, or looking sternly, austerely, or morosely; syn. كَلَحَ: or
عبّس has an intensive signification; عبّس وَجْهَهُ meaning he did so much: or عبّس [alone], he had [or made] a hateful face: but when one displays his teeth, or grins, the epithet كَالِحٌ is applied to him: and [in like manner]
تعبّس signifies تَجَهَّمَ, i. e. he showed a sour, a crabbed, or an austere, face; and تَقَطَّبَ [which is syn. with
عَبَسَ].
2 [Hence,] عَبَسَ اليَوْمُ [for عَبَسَ مِنْ شَهِدَ اليَوْمَ He who witnessed the day frowned, or contracted his face, &c., (see يُوْمٌ عَبُوسٌ,)] means
def.2 عَبِسَتْ said of camels: see 4.
2 [Hence,] عَبِسَ said of a man, He was, or became, dirty, or filthy.
3 And said of a garment, It had dirt, or filth, that had dried upon it.
4 And عَبِسَ الوَسَخُ فِى يَدِهِ and عَلَى يَدِهِ The dirt, or filth, dried upon his hand, or arm.
5 And [the Verbal.Noun] عَبَسٌ signifies A slave's voiding his urine in, or on, his bed, when he has a habit of doing so and the effect thereof appears upon his person, by reason of its muchness, and upon his bed: for doing this he may be returned; but not if it is little and rare.
2 [Hence,] عَبَسَ اليَوْمُ [for عَبَسَ مِنْ شَهِدَ اليَوْمَ He who witnessed the day frowned, or contracted his face, &c., (see يُوْمٌ عَبُوسٌ,)] means
def.2 عَبِسَتْ said of camels: see 4.
2 [Hence,] عَبِسَ said of a man, He was, or became, dirty, or filthy.
3 And said of a garment, It had dirt, or filth, that had dried upon it.
4 And عَبِسَ الوَسَخُ فِى يَدِهِ and عَلَى يَدِهِ The dirt, or filth, dried upon his hand, or arm.
5 And [the Verbal.Noun] عَبَسٌ signifies A slave's voiding his urine in, or on, his bed, when he has a habit of doing so and the effect thereof appears upon his person, by reason of its muchness, and upon his bed: for doing this he may be returned; but not if it is little and rare.
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