muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarبُسُوقٌ بَسْقٌ
Core sense — they were tall, said of palm-trees; he surpassed them; he spatgenerated
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The palm-trees were tall and full-grown; or exceedingly tall.
1.1.1figurative · مجازhe overcame them, excelled them, surpassed them in excellence—بَسَقَ عَلَيْهِمْ
Maṣdar as above.
Said of his companions.
he became exalted above them in fame, or renown—بَسَقَهُمْ
1.1.2he was skilled in his science, knowing its obscure and fine points, or having learned all of it—بَسَقَ فِى عِلْمِهِ
1.2he spat—بَسَقَ
But some, on the authority of Kh, disallow this, saying that it means nothing but excessive tallness, as in the case of a palm-tree. Or the second of these verbs is the most chaste, the first and the last being of weak authority, or rare.
maṣdar بَسْقٌ or بُسَاقٌ [but see the latter below].
Same as بَصَقَ and بَزَقَ.
1.3the sun rose—بَسَقَتِ الشَّمْسُ
Same as بَزَقَت [and بَزَغَت].
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, (aor. بَسُقَ , Msb,) inf. n. بُسُوقٌ , The palm-trees were, or became, tall, (JK, S, Msb, K,) and full-grown: (JK:) or exceedingly tall. (Msb.) بَسَقَ عَلَيْهِمْ , (inf. n. as above, TA,) He overcame them, excelled them, or was superior to them; (JK, S, K;) namely, his companions: (S:) he surpassed them in excellence. (TA.) And بَسَقَهُمْ He became exalted above them in fame, or renown. (TA, from a trad.) بَسَقَ فِى عِلْمِهِ He was, or became, skilled in his science, knowing its abstrusities and niceties, or having learned the whole of it. (Msb.) بَسَقَ , (JK, S, &c.,) [aor. بَسُقَ ,] inf. n. بَسْقٌ , (S, TA,) or بُسَاقٌ , (Msb,) [but see the latter below,] i. q. بَصَقَ (JK, S, * Msb, K) and بَزَقَ (TA) [He spat]: but some, as on the authority of Kh, disallow it, saying that it has no other signification than that of excessive tallness, as in the case of a palm-tree: (Msb:) or the second of these verbs is the most chaste; the first and last being of weak authority, or rare. (TA.) بَسَقَتِ الشَّمْسُ i. q. بَزَقَت [and بَزَغَت , i. e. The sun rose]. (TA.)