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بَسْطَةٌ بساط بسط بسطه بسطة Width, or ampleness; syn. سَعَةٌ: (S, Sgh, Msb:) and length, or height: (Sgh:) pl. بِسَاطٌ: (Sgh:) and increase: or redundance, or excess: (TA:) and, (M, K,) as also ↓بُسْطَةٌ, (K,) excel-lence; (M, K;) in science and in body: (M:) or in science, expatiation, or dilatation: (K:) or profit to oneself and others: (TA:) and in body, height, or tallness; and perfection, or completeness. (K.) It is said in the Kur [ii. 24], وَزَادَهُ بَسَطَةً فِى العِلْمِ الجِسْمِ [And hath increased him in excellence, &c., in respect of science, or knowledge, and body]: (M,TA:) Zeyd Ibn-'Alee here read ↓بُسْطَةً. (TA.) ― -b2- [An arm's length.] See بَاسِطٌ ― -b3- اِمْرَأَةٌ بَسْطَةٌ. A woman beautiful and sleek in body: and in like manner, ظَبْيَةٌ a gazelle that is so. (M.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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