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1 بَسٌّ بس signifies The act of breaking: or breaking in pieces: syn. حَطْمٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- [And The act of mixing: see بَسِيسَةٌ. This, or the former, is probably the primary signification.] ― -b3- [And hence, app.,] بَسَّهُ, aor. بَسُ3َ , inf. n. بَسٌّ, (M, Msb,) He broke it, crumbled it, or bruised or brayed it; said of wheat, &c.; thus making it what is termed بَسِيسَة: (Msb:) or he mixed it, namely, سَويق [or meal of parched barley or wheat], and flour, &c., with clarified butter, or with olive-oil; thus making it what is termed بسِيسَة: (M:) or he moistened it, namely, سَوِيق, and flour, with a little water; (ISk, Msb;) but making it more moist than one does in the action termed لَتٌّ: (Yaakoob, cited in the S; and ISk, in the Msb:) or بَسٌّ signifies the making, or preparing, بسِيسَة, by stirring about, or moistening, سَوِيق, or flour, or ground أَقِط, with clarified butter, or with olive-oil; (S, K;) after which it is eaten, without being cooked. (S.) ― -b4- [And hence the saying in the Kur lvi. 5,] وَبُسَّتِ الجِبَالُ بَسًّا And the mountains shall be crumbled with a vehement crumbling, (Lh, M, A, K,) like flour, and سَوِيق, (A,) and become earth: (Fr, K:) or become dust cleaving to the earth: (AO, M, TA:) or be levelled: (M, TA:) or mixed with the dust: (Zj, M, TA:) or reduced to powder and scattered in the wind. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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