باسط

Arabic

Root
ب س ط (b-s-ṭ)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of بَسَطَ (basaṭa, “to extend, to stretch”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baː.sitˤ/

Participle

بَاسِط • (bāsiṭ) (form I)

  1. active participle of بَسَطَ (basaṭa, “to extend, to stretch”)
  2. (anatomy) extensor (causing the joint to extend)
    Coordinate term: قَابِض (qābiḍ)
    عَضَلَة بَاسِطَة ― ʕaḍala(t) bāsiṭa ― an extensor muscle

Derived terms

  • البَاسِط (al-bāsiṭ, “the Munificent, one of the names of God in Islam”)
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