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بَصِيرٌ بصير Seeing; i. q. ↓ مُبْصِرٌ ; (M, K;) contr. of ضَرِيرٌ: (S:) of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure مُفْعِلٌ, (M,) or of the measure فَاعِلٌ [i. e. ↓ بَاصِرٌ ] : (TA:) pl. بُصَرَآءُ. (M, K.) One says, إِِنَّهُ لَبَصِيرٌ بِالعَيْنَيْنِ Verily he is one who sees with the two eyes. (Lh, M.) [Hence,] البَصِيرُ, as a name of God, The All-seeing; He who sees all things, both what are apparent thereof and what are occult, without any organ [of vision]. (TA.) And The dog; (M;) as also أَبُو بَصِيرٍ: (Msb:) because it is one of the most sharp-sighted of animals. (M.) ― -b2- Endowed with mental perception; (B;) knowing; skilful; possessing understanding, intelligence, or skill: (S, M, A, Msb, K:) pl. as above. (A.) One says, أَنَا بَصِيرٌ بِهِ I am knowing in it, or respecting it. (Msb.) And إِِنَّهُ لَبَصِيرٌ بِالأَشْيَآءِ Verily he is knowing, or skilful, in things. (Lh, M.) And رَجُلٌ بَصِيرٌ بِالعِلْمِ A man knowing, or skilful, in science. (M.) And هُوَ مِنَ البُصَرَآءِ بِالِتّجَارَةِ He is of those who are knowing, or skilful, in commerce. (A.) ― -b3- It is also an epithet applied to A blind man; (A'Obeyd, M, B;) and so أَبُو بَصِيرٍ: (TA in art. عور:) so applied as meaning endowed with mental perception; (B;) or as meaning a believer; (A'Obeyd, M;) or as an epithet of good omen: (M:) and أَبُو بَصِيرٍ is used as meaning الأَعْشَى [the weaksighted, &c.,] for this last reason. (M.) -A2- See also بَصِيرَةٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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