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باس
to kiss /ˈbaː.sa/
verbA2#1234 most common
Also: to give a kiss, to peck (kiss lightly)
Example sentences
بَاسَتِ الأُمُّ طِفْلَهَا.
The mother kissed her child.
بُسْتُ جَدَّتِي عَلَى خَدِّهَا.
I kissed my grandmother on her cheek.
عِنْدَمَا عَادَ مِنَ السَّفَرِ، بَاسَ أَوْلَادَهُ وَاحِدًا وَاحِدًا.
When he came back from the trip, he kissed his children one by one.
كَانَتْ تَبُوسُ يَدَ أُمِّهَا كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ احْتِرَامًا لَهَا.
She used to kiss her mother's hand every morning out of respect for her.
لَوْ بَاسَ جَبِينَهَا قَبْلَ رَحِيلِهِ، لَهَدَأَ قَلْبُهَا قَلِيلًا.
Had he kissed her forehead before he left, her heart would have calmed a little.
فِي القَصِيدَةِ، يَبُوسُ الشَّاعِرُ تُرَابَ الوَطَنِ مَجَازًا، مُعَبِّرًا عَنْ حَنِينٍ لَا يَنْطَفِئُ.
In the poem, the poet metaphorically kisses the soil of the homeland, expressing a longing that does not die down.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَبُوسُ | بُسْتُ | سَأَبُوسُ |
| 2sg | تَبُوسُ | بُسْتَ | سَتَبُوسُ |
| 3sg | يَبُوسُ | بَاسَ | سَيَبُوسُ |
| 1pl | نَبُوسُ | بُسْنَا | سَنَبُوسُ |
| 2pl | تَبُوسُونَ | بُسْتُمْ | سَتَبُوسُونَ |
| 3pl | يَبُوسُونَ | بَاسُوا | سَيَبُوسُونَ |
Word family
بَوْس (baws)kissing
بُوسة (būsa)a kiss
يَبُوسُ (yabūsu)he kisses
مَبُوس (mabūs)kissed
Etymology
باس is a hollow verb meaning to kiss, used in everyday spoken Arabic across the Levant, Egypt, Iraq, and the Gulf, and also found in classical poetry. Its verbal noun بوس, kissing, is usually traced to Persian بوس, a kiss, which entered Arabic as a loanword. The related noun بوسة names a single kiss.
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