ب س ر

ب س ر • (b-s-r)

1. related to the pressing and the premature. Cognates include Hebrew בוסר‎ (boṣer, “unripe grape”), Classical Syriac ܒܣܪܐ‎ (“unripe grape”) , wherefrom Ancient Greek βότρῠς (bótrus, “grapes”) may derive

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: بَسَرَ‎ (basara, “to haste, rush in, throng”)
  • Verbal noun: بَسْر‎ (basr, “cold water, commencement”)
  • Active participle: بَاسِر‎ (bāsir)
  • Passive participle: مَبْسُور‎ (mabsūr)
• Form IV: أَبْسَرَ‎ (ʾabsara, “to carry dates (said of palm-trees)”)
  • Verbal noun: إِبْسَار‎ (ʾibsār)
  • Active participle: مُبْسِر‎ (mubsir)
  • Passive participle: مُبْسَر‎ (mubsar)
• Form V: تَبَسَّرَ‎ (tabassara, “to rush in, to act prematurely”)
  • Verbal noun: تَبَسُّر‎ (tabassur)
  • Active participle: مُتَبَسِّر‎ (mutabassir)
  • Passive participle: مُتَبَسَّر‎ (mutabassar)
• Form VIII: اِبْتَسَرَ‎ (ibtasara, “to be premature, to commence things early or prematurely (with بِ‎ (bi))”)
  • Verbal noun: اِبْتِسَار‎ (ibtisār)
  • Active participle: مُبْتَسِر‎ (mubtasir)
  • Passive participle: مُبْتَسَر‎ (mubtasar)

Nouns and adjectives

• بُسْر‎ (busr, “fresh, recent (said often of unripe dates)”)
• بَاسِر‎ (bāsir, “austere, wizened”)
• بَاسُور‎ (bāsūr, “hemorrhoids (often in the plural بَوَاسِير‎ (bawāsīr))”)
• بَاسُورِيْ‎ (bāsūriy, “hemorrhoidal”)
• مُبْسِرَات‎ (mubsirāt, “winds which herald rain”)

• Corriente, Federico (2005), “ب س ر”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 68
• Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 228