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بَصْمَة
fingerprint /ˈbasˤ.ma/
nounB1#1632 most common
Also: imprint, stamp, mark
Example sentences
بَصْمَتي عَلى الزُّجاج.
My fingerprint is on the glass.
تَرَكَ اللِّصُّ بَصْمَةً عَلى البابِ.
The thief left a fingerprint on the door.
أَفتَحُ هاتِفي بِالبَصْمَةِ كُلَّ صَباحٍ.
I open my phone with a fingerprint every morning.
لِكُلِّ إِنسانٍ بَصْمَةٌ فَريدَةٌ لا تَتَكَرَّرُ.
Every person has a unique fingerprint that never repeats.
تَرَكَ هذا الكاتِبُ بَصْمَةً واضِحَةً في الأَدَبِ العَرَبِيِّ.
This writer left a clear mark on Arabic literature.
حَلَّلَ الخُبَراءُ البَصْمَةَ الوِراثِيَّةَ لِتَحديدِ هُوِيَّةِ الضَّحِيَّةِ.
The experts analyzed the genetic fingerprint to determine the victim's identity.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | بَصْمَةٌ | بَصَماتٌ |
| Genitive | بَصْمَةٍ | بَصَماتٍ |
| Accusative | بَصْمَةً | بَصَماتٍ |
| Vocative | يا بَصْمَةُ | يا بَصَماتُ |
Word family
بَصَمَto stamp, to leave a fingerprint
بَصَماتfingerprints (plural)
بَصْمة الإِصبَعfingerprint (of the finger)
البَصْمة الوِراثِيّةgenetic fingerprint, DNA profile
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root b-ṣ-m, which carries the sense of pressing or imprinting. The verb baṣama means to stamp or leave a mark with the finger. The noun follows the faʿla pattern, which names a single instance of an action, so it denotes one act of imprinting and then the mark itself. The sense later widened to cover any biometric or figurative mark.
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