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بَسّ
to crumble (bread or food into fat or milk) /ˈbas.sa/
verbB2#4155 most common
Also: to crush into powder, to drive camels gently with a calm call, to knead bread with ghee or milk
Example sentences
بَسَّتِ الجَدَّةُ الخُبْزَ بِالسَّمْنِ.
Grandmother crumbled the bread with ghee.
يَبُسُّ الرَّاعي الخُبْزَ لِيُطْعِمَ الكِلابَ.
The shepherd crumbles the bread to feed the dogs.
بَسَّ الفَلّاحُ الإِبِلَ بِنِداءٍ هادِئٍ لِيَقودَها إلى الماءِ.
The farmer drove the camels with a calm call to lead them to the water.
سَأَبُسُّ الخُبْزَ بِالحَليبِ لِأُحَضِّرَ طَبَقًا تَقليديًّا لِلضُّيوفِ.
I will crumble the bread with milk to prepare a traditional dish for the guests.
تُبَسُّ الصُّخورُ الكَبيرَةُ بَسًّا حينَ تَتَحَوَّلُ إلى غُبارٍ ناعِمٍ.
Large rocks are crushed to powder when they turn into fine dust.
يُحَضَّرُ طَبَقُ البَسيسَةِ بِأَنْ يُبَسَّ الدَّقيقُ المَحْمَصُ بِالسَّمْنِ وَالسُّكَّرِ حَتّى يَتَماسَكَ قِوامُهُ تَماسُكًا كامِلًا.
The basisa dish is prepared by crumbling roasted flour with ghee and sugar until its texture becomes fully cohesive.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَبُسّ | بَسَسْتُ | سَأَبُسّ |
| 2sg | تَبُسّ | بَسَسْتَ | سَتَبُسّ |
| 3sg | يَبُسّ | بَسَّ | سَيَبُسّ |
| 1pl | نَبُسّ | بَسَسْنا | سَنَبُسّ |
| 2pl | تَبُسّونَ | بَسَسْتُم | سَتَبُسّونَ |
| 3pl | يَبُسّونَ | بَسّوا | سَيَبُسّونَ |
Word family
بَسيسةa traditional dish of crumbled bread kneaded with ghee, dates, or sugar
باسّone who crumbles food or gently drives camels
مَبْسوسcrumbled, crushed into fine pieces
بَسّthe act of crumbling or crushing; a gentle camel-driving callEtymology
بَسّ comes from the triliteral Semitic root ب-س-س, a geminate root whose second and third consonants are identical and fuse under a shadda. In Classical Arabic the verb first described crumbling bread or other food into fat or milk to soften it, then extended to crushing anything into fine particles, as in the Quranic image of mountains crumbled to dust. A related sense describes urging camels forward with a calm, repeated call. No secure cognates outside Semitic are documented, so no Indo-European root applies.
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