leprosy

, (S, [so in two copies, in one mentioned by Freytag بُرِصَ, which is a mistake,] M, Msb, K,) aor. , (Msb, K,) inf. n. بَرَصٌ, (M, Msb,) He (a man, S) was, or became, affected with بَرَص [or leprosy (see بَرَصٌ below)]. (S, M, Msb, K.) [See also بَرِشَ.]

, (A,) inf. n. تَبْرِيصٌ, (K,) (tropical:) He shaved his head. (Ibn-'Abbád, A, Sgh, K.) ― -b2- برّص المَطَرُ الأَرْضَ, (TK,) inf. n. as above, (K,) (assumed tropical:) The rain fell upon the land before it was ploughed, or tilled. (Ibn'-Abbád, Sgh, K.)

He begot a child that was أَبْرَص [or leprous]. (K.) -A2- ابرصهُ ٱللّٰهُ God rendered him, or caused him to be or become, أَبْرَص [or leprous]. (S, K.)

(tropical:) He (a camel, A, TA) found no pasture in the land without depasturing it; (Sgh, K;) left no pasture in the land. (A.)

, with fet-h, A certain small reptile (دُوَيْبَّةٌ) that is in the well. (Ibn-'Abbád, Sgh, K. [In the CK, فى البَعِيرِ is put by mistake for فِى البِيأْرِ.]) [Perhaps it is the same as is called بُرْص, (see this word below,) which may be a vulgar pronunciation; and if so, this may be the reason why the author of the K has added, cont?? to his usual rule, “with fet-h.”]

i. q. وَزَغَةٌ [A lizard of the species called gecko, of a leprous hue, as its name برص indicates; so applied in the present day]; (TA;) and أَبُو ↓ بَرِيصٍ, (M,) or ↓ أَبُو بُرَيْصٍ, (TA,) is a surname of the same. (M, TA.) [See also بَرْصٌ; and see سَامُّ أَبْرَصَ, voce أَبْرَصُ; and بَرِيصَةً.]

[Leprosy; particularly the malignant species thereof termed “leuce;”] a certain disease, (S, TA,) well known, (TA,) which is a whiteness; (S;) a whiteness incident in the skin; (M;) a whiteness which appears upon the exterior of the body, by reason of a corrupt state of constitution. (A, K.) ― -b2- (tropical:) What has become white, in a beast, in consequence of his being bitten. (K, TA.)

(assumed tropical:) i. q. بَلُّوقَةٌ; (ISh;) pl. بِرَاصٌ, (ISh, K,) which signifies White places, (ISh,) or portions distinct from the rest, (K,) in sand, which give growth to nothing. (ISh, K.) ― -b2- The pl. also signifies (assumed tropical:) The alighting-places of the jinn, or genii: (K:) [reminding us of our fairy-rings:] in which sense, also, it is pl. of بُرْصَةٌ. (TA.) ― -b3- Also, the sing., (assumed tropical:) An aperture in clouds, or mist, through which the face of the sky is seen. (M, TA.)

: see سَامُّ أَبْرَصَ, voce أَبْرَصُ.

A shining, or glistening; syn. بَصِيصٌ (A, K) and بَرِيقٌ. (A.) -A2- Also A certain plant, resembling the سُعْد [or cyperus], (AA, K,) growing in channels of running water. (AA.) -A3- أَبُو بَرِيصٍ: see بُرْصٌ.

dim. of أَبْرَصُ, q. v. -A2- أَبُو بُرَيْصٌ: see بُرْصٌ. -A3- أَبُو بُرَيص is also the name of A certain bird, otherwise called بلعة, [so written in the TA, without any syll. signs,] accord. to IKh, and mentioned in the K in art. بلص. (TA.)

A certain small reptile (دَابَّةٌ صَغِيرَةٌ), smaller than the وَزَغَة; when it bites a thing, the latter is not cured. (M, TA.) [See also بُرْصٌ; and see سَامُّ أَبْرَصَ, voce أَبْرَصُ.]