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R.Q.1 بَصْبَصَ بصبص , (S, K,) or بَصْبَصَ بِذَنَبِهِ, (M,) inf. n. بَصْبَصَةٌ, (TA,) He (a dog, S, M, K, and a beast of prey, and a gazelle, and a camel when urged on by the driver's singing, TA) wagged, or moved about, his tail; (S, K;) which a dog does by reason of cupidity, or fear; (TA;) as also ↓ تَبَصْبَصَ : (S:) or he (a dog) struck with his tail. (ISd.) The inf. n. بَصْبَصَةٌ has a pl., namely, بَصَابِصُ; as in the following ex.: “ حَتَّى إِِذَا أَبْصَرْنَهُ وَ عَلِمْنَهُ
حَيَّيْنَهُ بِبَصَابِصِ الأَذْنَابِ
” [Until, when they see him and know him, they greet him with waggings of the tails]. (TA.) It is said in a prov., respecting the flight and submissiveness of the coward, “ بَصْبَصْنَ إِِذْ حُدِيْنَ بِالأَذْنَابِ
” [They wagged the tails when they were urged on by the driver's singing]. (As.) -A2- بَصْبَصَتِ الإِِبِلُ قَرَبَهَا The camels performed quickly their nightjourney to water. (K.) [See بَصْبَاصٌ.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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