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Form 1بَؤُسَ3 senses
maṣdarبَأْسٌ بُؤْسٌ بَآسَةٌ إِبْآسٌmuḍāriʿيَبْؤُسُ يَبْأَسُ

Core sense — he was mighty in war; he was in distress, or poverty; very bad is hegenerated

1.1he was, or became, mighty, or strong, in war or fight; courageous, or valiant—بَئِسَ

Of the headword: maṣdar بَأْسٌ or بَأْسَةٌ (M; [so I find in a copy of the M, but perhaps it is a mistranscription for بَآسَةٌ]).

Or: he was very mighty, or strong, in war or fight.

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1.2he was, or became, in a state of distress; straitened in his means of subsistence, or in the conveniences of life; poor, or in pressing want—بَئْسُ

Muḍāriʿ يَبْأَسُ and يَبْئِسُ, the latter irregular, like يَنْعِمُ, the muḍāriʿ of نَعِمَ [and some other instances, ].

Maṣdar بُؤْسٌ, بُؤُوسٌ, بُؤْسَى, بَأْسٌ, and بَئيسٌ, [in measure] like أَمِيرٌ [according to the CK بِئْسٌ, which is a mistake], and بَئِيسَى, written incorrectly in the copies of the K as بِئْسَي or بَؤُسَ, or in both these forms.

he was, or became, in a state of trial, or affliction—بَؤُسَ

Maṣdar بَآسَةٌ and بَئِيسٌ, from which comes the noun بَؤْسَى.

distress, poverty, misfortune, or calamity befell him—أَبْأَسَ

the thing that befalls is البَأْسَآءُ.

1.3very evil, or bad, is he, or it—بِئْسَ

Some argue that it is a noun, from the saying نِعْمَ السَّيْرُ عَلَى بِئْسَ العَيْرُ, because a preposition comes before it; but this is explained as a phrase with a word left out, meaning نِعَمَ السَّيْرُ عَلَى عَيْرٍ مَقُولٍ فِيهِ بِئْسَ العيْرُ [Excellent is the journeying upon an ass of which it is said Very evil is the ass]. (I 'Ak p. 232.)

Zj says that when it is followed by مَا, then مَا with it is regarded as standing in the place of an indeterminate noun; [namely, شَيْئًا as a specifying word; as in the Qur 2:84, بِئْسَ مَا ٱشْتَرَوا بِهِ أَنْفُسَهُمْ or بِئْسَمَا, and the like, Very evil, as a thing, is that for which they have sold themselves:] but some say that it is the agent and is a determinate noun, which is the opinion of Ibn-Kharoof, who ascribes it to Sb.

[For further illustration, see نِعْمَ.]

Also written بَئِسَ, بِئِسَ, and بَأْسَ.

A word of dispraise or blame, taking in all kinds of dispraise or blame, [or superlative dispraise or blame; meaning, Very evil or bad is he, or it: or superlatively evil or bad is he, or it:] the opposite of نِعمَ.

A past tense verb, imperfectly inflected, like نِعْمَ [having only one variation of form, namely, the feminine بِئْسَتْ, though the masculine is more commonly used even when the agent is feminine or plural,] because it is transferred from its original use, that is, from بَئِسَ فُلَانٌ meaning أَصَابَ بُؤْسًا [he found, met with, or experienced, distress, and the like], to signify dispraise or blame.

When it is followed by a generic noun without the article ال, that noun is always in the accusative; but when the noun has the article ال, it is always in the nominative.

very evil, or superlatively evil, as a man, is Zeyd—بِئْسَ رَجُلًا زَيْدً

رجلا is a specifying word.

very evil is the man, Zeyd—بِئْسَ الرَّجُلُ زَيْدٌ
very evil is the woman, Hind—بِئْسَتِ المَرْأَةُ هِنْدٌ

More commonly بِئْسَ العَيْرُ in this case also.

Qur’ān 2:90 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur ii. 84”
Qur’ān 2:90 Lane quotes this verse
بِئْسَمَا ٱشْتَرَوْا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَنفُسَهُمْ أَن يَكْفُرُوا۟ بِمَآ أَنزَلَ ٱللَّهُ بَغْيًا أَن يُنَزِّلَ ٱللَّهُ مِن فَضْلِهِۦ عَلَىٰ مَن يَشَآءُ مِنْ عِبَادِهِۦ ۖ فَبَآءُو بِغَضَبٍ عَلَىٰ غَضَبٍ ۚ وَلِلْكَـٰفِرِينَ عَذَابٌ مُّهِينٌ

Miserable is the price for which they have sold their souls, in that they deny (the revelation) which Allah has sent down, in insolent envy that Allah of His Grace should send it to any of His servants He pleases: Thus have they drawn on themselves Wrath upon Wrath. And humiliating is the punishment of those who reject Faith.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 3 shown of 39
3:197
مَتَـٰعٌ قَلِيلٌ ثُمَّ مَأْوَىٰهُمْ جَهَنَّمُ ۚ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ

Little is it for enjoyment: Their ultimate abode is Hell: what an evil bed (To lie on)!

14:29
جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَوْنَهَا ۖ وَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرَارُ

Into Hell? They will burn therein,- an evil place to stay in!

38:56
جَهَنَّمَ يَصْلَوْنَهَا فَبِئْسَ ٱلْمِهَادُ

Hell!- they will burn therein, - an evil bed (indeed, to lie on)!-

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, aor. يَبْؤُسُ , (S, M, Msb, K,) inf. n. بَأْسٌ , (S, Msb, K,) or بَأْسَةٌ ; (M; [so I find in a copy of the M, but perhaps it is a mistranscription for بَآسَةٌ ;]) and بَئِسَ , [aor. يَبْأَسُ ,] inf. n. بَأْسٌ ; (M;) He was, or became, mighty, or strong, in war or fight; (K;) courageous, or valiant: (M, Msb, K:) or very mighty or strong in war or fight. (AZ, S.) بَئْسُ , (S, M, Msb, K,) aor. يَبْأَسُ (S, M, K) and يَبْئِسُ , the latter extr., like يَنْعِمُ aor. of نَعِمَ , (M,) [and some other instances, (see حَسِبَ ,)] inf. n. بُؤْسٌ (S, Msb, * K) and بُؤُوسٌ and بُؤْسَى (K) and بَأْسٌ (TA) and بَئيسٌ , (S, K,) [in measure] like أَمِيرٌ , (TA,) [accord. to the CK بِئْسٌ , which is a mistake,] and بَئِيسَى , (TS, TA,) incorrectly written in the copies of the K بِئْسَي ; (TA;) or بَؤُسَ ; (A;) or both these forms; (M;) He was, or became, in a state of distress; straitened in his means of subsistence, or in the conveniences of life; (M, Msb;) in a state of poverty: (M, A, Msb, * TA:) or in a state of pressing want: (S, K, TA:) and بَؤُسَ , inf. n. بَآسَةٌ and بَئِيسٌ , whence the subst. بَؤْسَى , he was, or became, in a state of trial, or affliction: (M:) and [in like manner,] أَبْأَسَ , (inf. n. إِبْآسٌ ,S,) distress, or poverty, or misfortune, or calamity, ( البَأْسَآءُ ,) befell him. (IAar, S, * M, TA.) بِئْسَ , also written بَئِسَ and بِئِسَ and بَأْسَ , (S, K,) is a word of dispraise or blame, (S,) implying all kinds of dispraise or blame, (TA,) [or superlative dispraise or blame; signifying, Very evil or bad is he, or it: or superlatively evil or bad is he, or it:] contr. of نِعمَ : (S, M, TA:) a pret. verb, imperfectly inflected, (S, K,) like نِعْمَ , (S,) [having only one variation of form, namely, the fem. بِئْسَتْ , though the masc. is more commonly used even when the agent is fem. or pl.,] because it is translated from its original application, (S, K,) i. e. from بَئِسَ فُلَانٌ signifying أَصَابَ بُؤْسًا [he found, met with, or experienced, distress, &c.], to signify dispraise or blame. (S, TA.) When it is accompanied by a gen. n. without the article ال , this is always in the accus. case: but when the n. has the article ال , it is always in the nom. case: (TA:) you say, بِئْسَ رَجُلًا زَيْدً [Very evil or bad, or superlatively evil or bad, as a man, is Zeyd; رجلا being a specificative]: (K:) and بِئْسَ الرَّجُلُ زَيْدٌ [Very evil, &c., is the man, Zeyd]; and بِئْسَتِ المَرْأَةُ هِنْدٌ [or more commonly بِئْسَ العَيْرُ in this case also, Very evil, &c., is the woman, Hind]. (S.) Some argue that it is a noun, from the saying, نِعْمَ السَّيْرُ عَلَى بِئْسَ العَيْرُ , because it has a prep.; but this is explained as elliptical, and meaning, نِعَمَ السَّيْرُ عَلَى عَيْرٍ مَقُولٍ فِيهِ بِئْسَ العيْرُ [Excellent is the journeying upon an ass of which it is said Very evil, &c., is the ass]. (I 'Ak p. 232.) Zj says that when it is followed by مَا , then مَا , with it, is regarded as occupying the place of an indeterminate noun; [namely, شَيْئًا , as a specificative; as in the Kur ii. 84, بِئْسَ مَا ٱشْتَرَوا بِهِ أَنْفُسَهُمْ , or بِئْسَمَا , &c., Very evil, &c., as a thing, is that for which they have sold, or exchanged, themselves:] (TA:) but some say that it is the agent, and is a determinate noun; and this is the opinion of Ibn-Kharoof, which he ascribes to Sb. (I 'Ak ubi suprà.) [For further illustration, see نِعْمَ .]
Form 4أَبْأََ1 sense

Core sense — he was distressed, he was afflictedgenerated

4.1

See بَئِسَ.

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Form 5تَبَأََّ1 sense

Core sense — he feigned the lowliness of poverty, humbling himselfgenerated

5.1

See form 6.

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Form 6تَبَآءَسَ1 sense

Core sense — he feigned the lowliness of poverty, humbling himselfgenerated

6.1

He feigned the lowliness, or submissiveness, of poverty, humbling, or abasing, himself, with men.

تَبَأَّسَ is allowable in the same sense.

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He feigned the lowliness, or submissiveness, of poverty, humbling, or abasing, himself, (K,* TA,) with men; and تَبَأَّسَ is allowable in the same sense. (TA.)
Form 8ابتأس بِهِ1 sense

Core sense — he was distressed by it, he grieved at itgenerated

8.1he was distressed by it, or at it—مِنْهُ

It does not mean dislike; or: he grieved at it, and humbled and abased himself. So in the Qur 11:38 and 12:69.

Said of a man when something he dislikes becomes known to him.

Qur’ān 11:36 approximate — somewhere between 11:23 and 11:44 Lane cites “Kur xi. 38”
Qur’ān 11:36 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
وَأُوحِىَ إِلَىٰ نُوحٍ أَنَّهُۥ لَن يُؤْمِنَ مِن قَوْمِكَ إِلَّا مَن قَدْ ءَامَنَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

It was revealed to Noah: "None of thy people will believe except those who have believed already! So grieve no longer over their (evil) deeds.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 8 1 shown of 2
11:36
وَأُوحِىَ إِلَىٰ نُوحٍ أَنَّهُۥ لَن يُؤْمِنَ مِن قَوْمِكَ إِلَّا مَن قَدْ ءَامَنَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

It was revealed to Noah: "None of thy people will believe except those who have believed already! So grieve no longer over their (evil) deeds.

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, (M, A,) and مِنْهُ , (S, TA,) He was distressed by it, or at it; it does not signify dislike: (IB, TA:) or he grieved at it, (S, M, A,) and humbled and abased himself: so in the Kur xi. 38 and xii. 69. (M, A, TA.) It is said of a man when a thing that he dislikes becomes known to him. (AZ, TA.)

Derived nouns 17

Nounبَأْسٌ6 senses · 1 main

Core sense — might, or strength, in war; war, or fight; harm; punishmentgenerated

1

Might, or strength, in war or fight; courage, valour, prowess.

1.1

War, or fight; and so بَئِيْسٌ and بَأْسَآءُ; the plural of the first of these is أَبْؤَسٌ.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredthere is no fear for you—لَا بأْسَ عَلَيْكَ
there is no fear for you—بِكَ

Hence, fear. Literally, there is no war against you, or with you; said to an enemy, it implies granting him security, or protection.

Used in the same sense in a tradition, in the phrase اِشْتَدَّ البَأْسُ [Fear became violent].

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredthere is, or will be, no harm—لَا بَأْسَ

Same as ضَرَرٌ [harm, injury, and the like].

there is no harm in such a thing—لَا بَأْسَ بِكَذَا
there is no harm in such a thing—فِى كَذَا
there is no harm in wealth to one who is pious—لَا بَأْسَ بِٱلْغِنَي لِمَنِ ٱتَّقَي

Said in a tradition. (El-Jámi' es-Sagheer of Es-Suyootee.)

بَاس also occurs for بَأْس, with suppression, in accordance with analogy; not altered by permutation.

1.4

Punishment; or severe punishment; and so بَئِسٌ, which is in measure like كَتِفٌ.

1.5

See also بُؤْسٌ, in two places.

Qur’ānic occurrences بَأْس 5 shown of 24
7:4
وَكَم مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَا فَجَآءَهَا بَأْسُنَا بَيَـٰتًا أَوْ هُمْ قَآئِلُونَ

How many towns have We destroyed (for their sins)? Our punishment took them on a sudden by night or while they slept for their afternoon rest.

7:5
فَمَا كَانَ دَعْوَىٰهُمْ إِذْ جَآءَهُم بَأْسُنَآ إِلَّآ أَن قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ

When (thus) Our punishment took them, no cry did they utter but this: "Indeed we did wrong."

7:97
أَفَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا بَيَـٰتًا وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ

Did the people of the towns feel secure against the coming of Our wrath by night while they were asleep?

7:98
أَوَأَمِنَ أَهْلُ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَن يَأْتِيَهُم بَأْسُنَا ضُحًى وَهُمْ يَلْعَبُونَ

Or else did they feel secure against its coming in broad daylight while they played about (care-free)?

21:12
فَلَمَّآ أَحَسُّوا۟ بَأْسَنَآ إِذَا هُم مِّنْهَا يَرْكُضُونَ

Yet, when they felt Our Punishment (coming), behold, they (tried to) flee from it.

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Might, or strength, (S, A, Msb, K,) in war or fight: (S, A, K:) courage; valour, or valiantness; prowess. (M, K.) War, or fight; (M, Msb;) as also بَئِيْسٌ (M) and بَأْسَآءُ : (TA:) pl. of the first, أَبْؤَسٌ . (Msb.) Hence, (M,) Fear, (M, TA,) in the saying, لَا بأْسَ عَلَيْكَ , (M, TA, *) and بِكَ , (M,) [ There is no fear for thee: lit., there is no war against thee, or with thee]: the saying of which to an enemy implies the granting him security, or protection: and in the same sense it is used in a trad., in the phrase اِشْتَدَّ البَأْسُ [ Fear became vehement]. (TA.) I. q. ضَرَرٌ [Harm, injury, &c.]: so in the phrase لَا بَأْسَ [There is, or will be, no harm, &c.; and لَا بَأْسَ بِكَذَا , and فِى كَذَا , There is, or will be, no harm in such a thing]. (Har p. 311.) It is said in a trad., لَا بَأْسَ بِٱلْغِنَي لِمَنِ ٱتَّقَي [There is no harm in wealth to him who is pious]. (El-Jámi' es-Sagheer of Es-Suyootee.) بَاس also occurs for بَأْس ; the being suppressed, agreeably with analogy; not altered by permutation. (M, TA.) Punishment: (S, A, K:) or severe punishment; (TA;) as also بَئِسٌ , in measure like كَتِفٌ . (IAar, TA.) See also بُؤْسٌ , in two places.
Nounبُؤْسٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — distress, poverty; misfortune, calamitygenerated

1a day of distress, or poverty, and a day of ease and plenty—يَوْمُ بُؤْسٍ وَيَوْمُ نُعْمٍ

Distress; straitness of the means of subsistence, or of the conveniences of life; poverty: or a state of pressing want: or misfortune, or calamity. Also written بُوسٌ, with suppression.

بُؤُوسٌ, بُؤْسَى, بَأْسَآءُ, بَأْسٌ, بَئِيسٌ, بَئِيسَى, and مَبْأَسَةٌ [all of which, except بَأْسَآءُ and مَبْأَسَةٌ, are said to be maṣdars ] mean the same as بُؤْسٌ.

بُؤْسَى and بَأْسَآءُ are both from بُؤْسٌ, with which they are synonymous according to the authorities named above; the former is the opposite of نُعْمَى, and in like manner the latter is the opposite of نَعْمَآءُ. The latter is of the measure فَعْلَآءُ without any أَفْعَلُ, because it is a noun, just as أَفْعَلُ occurs among nouns without any فَعَلَآءُ, as in أَحْمَدُ.

Or بُؤْسَى means a state of trial or affliction, and is a noun; بَئِيسٌ and بَآسَةٌ mean the same, but are maṣdars.

بَأْسَآءُ is synonymous with شِدَّةٌ [like بُؤْسٌ in the first of the senses explained above], and with مَشَقَّةٌ [meaning distress, or difficulty]: or it means misfortune, or calamity, like بُؤْسٌ, and so does أَبْؤُسٌ; or rather this last means misfortunes, or calamities, for it is a plural of paucity of بَأْسٌ, not of بُؤْسٌ, as J asserts; the plural of paucity of بُؤْسٌ is أَبْآسٌ, but أَبْؤُسٌ may be used as a plural of بَأْسَآءُ.

may distress, or poverty, befall him—بُؤْسًا لَهُ
alas for the distress of Ibn-Sumeiyeh!—بُؤْسَ ٱبْنِ سُمَيَّةَ
perhaps the little cave may bring calamities—عَسَىَ الغُوَيْرُ أَبْؤُسًا

A form of imprecation.

App. an expression of pity.

A proverb: calamities, not calamity, as in the S [and K]. It arose from a cave's collapsing upon some men in it, or from an enemy's coming upon some men in a cave and killing them; so it is applied to anything from which evil is feared: or it is applied to one who is suspected of a thing: or الغُوَيْرُ was the name of a certain water belonging to the tribe of Kelb, and the words of this proverb were said by Ez-Zebbà when Kaseer turned aside from the plain road and took the way to الغُوَيْرُ (Ibn-El-Kelbee, S, K, in art. غور).

ابؤسا is in the accusative because of يَكُونُ understood. (Mughnee.) [See Freytag's Arab. Prov. 2:94.]

El-Kumeyt also says: [They said, Benoo-Kurz have done evil: and I said to them, Perhaps the little cave may be attended with calamities and connected with other caves]

shāhid
قَالُوا أَسَآءَ بَنُو كُرْزٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْعَسَى الغُوَيْرُ بِأَبْآسٍ وَأغْوَارِ

Here أَبْآس is the plural of بُؤْس. [In the S the last words are written بِإِبْآسٍ وَإِعْوَارٍ in one copy, and وإِغْوَارِ in another, both of which seem to be wrong.]

1.1

See also بَائِسٌ.

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(also written بُوسٌ , with the suppressed, Msb) Distress; straitness of the means of subsistence, or of the conveniences of life; poverty: (M, Msb,* TA:*) or a state of pressing want: (S, K:) or misfortune; calamity: (A:) and بُؤُوسٌ and بُؤْسَى (K, TA) and بَأْسَآءُ (M, A) and بَأْسٌ (TA) and بَئِيسٌ (S, K) and بَئِيسَى (TA) and مَبْأَسَةٌ (M, TA) [all of which, except بَأْسَآءُ and مَبْأَسَةٌ , are said to be inf. ns. (see بَئِسَ )] signify the same as بُؤْسٌ : (S, M, A, K, TA:) بُؤْسَى and بَأْسَآءُ are both from بُؤْسٌ [with which they are syn. accord. to authorities indicated above]; (Zj, IDrd, TA;) the former is contr. of نُعْمَى , (S, TA,) and in like manner the latter is contr. of نَعْمَآءُ : (TA:) the latter is of the measure فَعْلَآءُ without any أَفْعَلُ , because it is a subst.; like as أَفْعَلُ occurs among substs. without any فَعَلَآءُ , as in the instance of أَحْمَدُ : (Akh, S:) or بُؤْسَى signifies a state of trial or affliction, and is a subst.; and بَئِيسٌ and بَآسَةٌ signify the same, but are inf. ns.: (M:) and بَأْسَآءُ is syn. with شِدَّةٌ [like بُؤْسٌ in the first of the senses explained above]; (S, TA;) and مَشَقَّةٌ [meaning distress, or difficulty]: (TA:) or it signifies misfortune, or calamity, (A, K,) like بُؤْسٌ ; (A;) and so أَبْؤُسٌ : (S, K:) or rather this last signifies misfortunes, or calamities; for it is pl. of بَأْسٌ , i. e., a pl. of pauc.; not of بُؤْسٌ , as J asserts it to be; for the pl. of pauc. of بُؤْسٌ is أَبْآسٌ : (IB, TA:) but أَبْؤُسٌ may be used as pl. of بَأْسَآءُ . (Fr, in S, voce ضَرَّآءُ , q. v.) [See exs. of these two pls. in what follows.] You say يَوْمُ بُؤْسٍ وَيَوْمُ نُعْمٍ [A day of distress, or poverty, &c., and a day of ease and plenty]. (S, TA.) And بُؤْسًا لَهُ [May distress, or poverty, &c., befall him]: a form of imprecation. (Sb, M, TA.) And بُؤْسَ ٱبْنِ سُمَيَّةَ , app. an expression of pity [meaning Alas for the distress, &c., of Ibn-Sumeiyeh!]. (TA, from a trad.) And عَسَىَ الغُوَيْرُ أَبْؤُسًا Perhaps the little cave [may be attended with] calamities; not calamity, as in the S [and K]: (IB:) a prov.; (S;) originating from a cave's having collapsed upon some men in it; or from an enemy's having come to some men in a cave, and slain them; wherefore it is applied to anything whence evil is feared: (As, S, K, in art. غور :) or it is applied to him who is suspected of a thing: (IAar, TA:) or الغُوَيْرُ was the name of a certain water, which belonged to the tribe of Kelb, and the words of this prov. were said by Ez-Zebbà, when Kaseer turned aside from the plain road, and took the way to الغُوَيْرُ : (Ibn-El-Kelbee, S, K, in art. غور :) ابؤسا is in the accus. case by reason of يَكُونُ understood. (Mughnee.) [See Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 94.] ElKumeyt also says, 1 [They said, Benoo-Kurz have done evil: and I said to them, Perhaps the little cave may be attended with calamities and connected with other caves]: أَبْآس is here pl. of بُؤْس . (IB, TA.) [In the S, the last words are written بِإِبْآسٍ وَإِعْوَارٍ , in one copy: in another, وإِغْوَارِ : both of which are app. wrong.] قَالُوا أَسَآءَ بَنُو كُرْزٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُمْ | عَسَى الغُوَيْرُ بِأَبْآسٍ وَأغْوَارِ See also بَائِسٌ .
Nounبِئْسٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — distress, poverty; misfortunes, calamitiesgenerated

1

This, and بِيْسٌ, بَيْسٌ, and بَيِّسٌ: see بَئِيسٌ.

1.1calamities; misfortunes—بَنَاتُ بِئْسٍ
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and بِيْسٌ and بَيْسٌ and بَيِّسٌ : see بَئِيسٌ . بَنَاتُ بِئْسٍ Calamities; misfortunes. (K.)
Nounبَئِسٌ2 senses

Core sense — severe punishmentgenerated

1

See بَأْسٌ, last meaning.

2

And see بَئِيسٌ.

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: see بَأْسٌ , last signification: and see بَئِيسٌ .
Nounبُؤْسَى1 sense

Core sense — distress, povertygenerated

1

See بُؤْسٌ, in three places.

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: see بُؤْسٌ , in three places.
Nounبَأْسَآءُ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — distress, poverty; hunger; a beating, or strikinggenerated

1

See بَأْسٌ and بُؤْسٌ, the latter in five places.

1.1

Zj explains it as meaning hunger in the Qur 6:42.

Qur’ān 6:42 approximate — somewhere between 6:31 and 6:62 Lane cites “Kur vi. 42”
Qur’ān 6:42 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَضَرَّعُونَ

Before thee We sent (messengers) to many nations, and We afflicted the nations with suffering and adversity, that they might learn humility.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.2

Also the act of beating, or striking.

Qur’ānic occurrences بَأْسَآء 3 shown of 4
2:214
أَمْ حَسِبْتُمْ أَن تَدْخُلُوا۟ ٱلْجَنَّةَ وَلَمَّا يَأْتِكُم مَّثَلُ ٱلَّذِينَ خَلَوْا۟ مِن قَبْلِكُم ۖ مَّسَّتْهُمُ ٱلْبَأْسَآءُ وَٱلضَّرَّآءُ وَزُلْزِلُوا۟ حَتَّىٰ يَقُولَ ٱلرَّسُولُ وَٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ مَعَهُۥ مَتَىٰ نَصْرُ ٱللَّهِ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ نَصْرَ ٱللَّهِ قَرِيبٌ

Or do ye think that ye shall enter the Garden (of bliss) without such (trials) as came to those who passed away before you? they encountered suffering and adversity, and were so shaken in spirit that even the Messenger and those of faith who were with him cried: "When (will come) the help of Allah?" Ah! Verily, the help of Allah is (always) near!

6:42
وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَآ إِلَىٰٓ أُمَمٍ مِّن قَبْلِكَ فَأَخَذْنَـٰهُم بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَضَرَّعُونَ

Before thee We sent (messengers) to many nations, and We afflicted the nations with suffering and adversity, that they might learn humility.

7:94
وَمَآ أَرْسَلْنَا فِى قَرْيَةٍ مِّن نَّبِىٍّ إِلَّآ أَخَذْنَآ أَهْلَهَا بِٱلْبَأْسَآءِ وَٱلضَّرَّآءِ لَعَلَّهُمْ يَضَّرَّعُونَ

Whenever We sent a prophet to a town, We took up its people in suffering and adversity, in order that they might learn humility.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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: see بَأْسٌ : and بُؤْسٌ : the latter, in five places. Zj explains it as signifying, in the Kur vi. 42, Hunger. (M, TA. *) Also The act of beating, or striking. (Lth, TA.)
Nounبَؤُوسٌ1 sense

Core sense — one in whom distress is apparentgenerated

1

One in whom بُؤْس [that is, distress and the like] is apparent, or plain.

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One in whom بُؤْس [i. e. distress &c.] is apparent, or manifest. (M, TA.)
Nounبُؤُوسٌ1 sense

Core sense — distress, povertygenerated

1

See بُؤْسٌ.

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: see بُؤْسٌ
Nounبَئيسٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — mighty, or strong, in war, courageous; severe, said of punishmentgenerated

1

See بَأْسٌ and بُؤْسٌ, the latter in two places.

2

Mighty, or strong, in war or fight; courageous, or valiant.

2.1a violent punishment—عَذَابٌ بئِيسٌ

Also بِئِيسٌ, in accordance with a general rule applying to words of this kind, and بِئْسٌ, بَئِسٌ, بَيْئَسٌ, بَئْئَسٌ, بَيِّسٌ, and بَيْسٌ, which last, however, has no authority; or بِيسٌ and بَيِيسٌ, with the letter changed into ى. So in the Qur 7:165.

Qur’ān 7:166 approximate — somewhere between 7:154 and 7:185 Lane cites “Kur vii. 165”
Qur’ān 7:165 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows
فَلَمَّا نَسُوا۟ مَا ذُكِّرُوا۟ بِهِۦٓ أَنجَيْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ يَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلسُّوٓءِ وَأَخَذْنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوا۟ بِعَذَابٍۭ بَـِٔيسٍۭ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْسُقُونَ

When they disregarded the warnings that had been given them, We rescued those who forbade Evil; but We visited the wrong-doers with a grievous punishment because they were given to transgression.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

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: see بَأْسٌ : and بُؤْسٌ : the latter, in two places. Mighty, or strong, in war or fight; (A;) courageous, or valiant. (S, M, Msb, K.) عَذَابٌ بئِيسٌ , (S, M, K,) and بِئِيسٌ , agreeably with a general rule applying to words of this description, (M,) and بِئْسٌ , (M, K,) and بَئِسٌ , (M,) and بَيْئَسٌ , (M, K,) and بَئْئَسٌ , (M,) and بَيِّسٌ , and بَيْسٌ , which last, however, is of no authority, (M,) or بِيسٌ , and بَيِيسٌ , with the changed into ى , (TA,) A vehement punishment: (S, M, K:) so in the Kur vii. 165. (TA.)
Nounبِئِيسٌ1 sense

Core sense — severe, said of a punishmentgenerated

1

See بَئيسٌ.

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: see بَئيسٌ .
Nounبَآسَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — distress, povertygenerated

1

See بُؤْسٌ.

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: see بُؤْسٌ .
Nounبَئِيسَي1 sense

Core sense — distress, povertygenerated

1

See بُؤْسٌ.

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: see بُؤْسٌ .
Nounبَائِسٌ1 sense

Core sense — distressed, poor; one in want and pitiedgenerated

1

Distressed; straitened in his means of subsistence, or in the conveniences of life; or poor: or one who is in want, and an object of pity for what he suffers: or in a state of pressing want: or in a state of trial, or affliction: or one who is crippled, or deprived of the power of motion, by disease, or who suffers from a long illness and is in need. An adjective expressing pity, or grief.

بُؤْسٌ occurs as its plural; or it stands for ذَوُوبُؤْسٍ.

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Distressed; straitened in his means of subsistence, or in the conveniences of life; (Msb;) or poor: (A, Msb: *) or one who is in want, and an object of pity for what he suffers: (TA:) or in a state of pressing want: (S:) or in a state of trial, or affliction: (M, TA:) or one who is crippled, or deprived of the power of motion, by disease, or who suffers from a protracted disease, and is in need: (Mgh:) an epithet denoting pity, (Sb, M, TA,) or grief: (Mgh:) بُؤْسٌ occurs as its pl.; (M, TA;) or is for ذَوُوبُؤْسٍ . (M.)
Nounبَيْئَسٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — strong; a name for the liongenerated

1

This word, and بَيْئِسٌ: see بَئِيسٌ.

1.1

This word also means strong.

1.2the lion—البَيْئَسُ

So called from that meaning.

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and بَيْئِسٌ : see بَئِيسٌ . The former also signifies Strong. (K, TA.) And hence, (TA,) البَيْئَسُ The lion. (K, TA.)
Nounالإِبَآإُ الأَبْأَسُ1 sense

Core sense — the most violent refusalgenerated

1

The most violent refusal.

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The most vehement refusal. (Th, M.)
Nounمَبْأَسَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — distress, povertygenerated

1

See بُؤْسٌ, in two places.

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: see بُؤْسٌ , in two places.
Nounمُبْتَئِسٌ1 sense

Core sense — distressed at a thing; grievinggenerated

1

Disliking, or hating; and grieving: or rather, distressed by, or at, a thing, not disliking or hating: or grieving, and humbling and abasing himself.

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Disliking, or hating: (S, M, K:) and grieving: (S, K:) or rather, distressed, by, or at, a thing; not disliking, or hating: (IB, TA:) or grieving, and humbling and abasing himself. (Zj, M, TA.)