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أَبْرَصُ ذ [Leprous;] having the disease called بَرَصٌ: (S, M, K:) fem. بَرْصَآءُ: (M, Msb:) pl. بُرْصٌ (Msb, TA) and بُرْصَانٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- سَامُّ أَبْرَصَ, (S, M, Msb, K,) the former word being decl., prefixed to the latter as governing it in the gen. case; (S, Msb;) and سَامُّ أَبْرَصَ, as one word, the former being indecl. with fet-h for its termination, and the latter being imperfectly decl., (S, Msb;) in this and in the former instance; (Msb;) and سَمُّ أَبْرَصَ; (as in some copies of the K in art. سم;) i. q. الوَزَغَةُ [The species of lizard described above, voce بُرْصٌ]: (M, and so in the JK and K in art. وزغ:) or such as are large, of the وَزَغ [whereof وَزَغَةٌ is the n. un.]: (A, Msb:) or [one] of the large [sorts] of the وَزَغ: (S, K:) determinate, as a generic appellation: (S, TA:) As says, I know not why it is so called: (TA:) [the reason seems to be its leprous hue: see بُرْصٌ:] its blood and its urine have a wonderful effect when put into the orifice of the penis of a child suffering from difficulty in voiding his urine, (K, TA,) relieving him immediately; (TA;) and its head, pounded, when put upon a member, causes to come forth a thing that has entered into it and become concealed therein, such as a thorn and the like: (K:) the dual is سَامَّا أَبْرَصَ: (S, M, Msb, K:) and the pl. is سَوَامُّ أَبْرَصَ, (S, M, A, Msb, K,) ابرص having no dual form nor pl.; (M;) or, (K,) or sometimes, (Msb,) or if you will you may say, (S,) السَّوَامُّ, without mentioning ابرص; and ↓ البِرَصَةُ ; (S, Msb, K;) and الأَبَارِصُ; (S, M, A, Msb, K;) without mentioning سَامّ; (S, Msb, K;) the last of these pls. being as though formed from a rel. n., [namely, أَبْرَصِىٌّ,] although without [the termination] ة, like as they said المَهَالِبُ [for المَهَالِبَةُ]. (M.) ― -b3- الأَبْرَصُ The moon. (A, Sgh, K.) [So called because of its mottled hue.] You say, بِتُّ لَا مُؤْنِسِى إِِلَّا الأَبْرَصُ [I passed the night, none but the moon cheering me by its presence]. (A, TA.) ― -b4- حَيَّةٌ بَرْصَآءُ A serpent having in it, (K,) i. e., in its skin, (M, TA,) white places, distinct from the general colour. (M, K, TA.) ― -b5- أَرْضٌ بَرْصَآءُ (tropical:) Land bare of herbage; (A;) of which the herbage has been depastured (K, TA) in some places, so that it has become bare thereof. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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