ب س م

Arabic

Root

ب س م • (b-s-m)

1. related to smiling

Derived terms

Verbs and verb derivatives

• Form I: بَسَمَ (basama, “to smile”)
  • Verbal noun: بَسْمْ (basm)
  • Active participle: بَاسِم (bāsim)
• Form V: تَبَسَّمَ (tabassama, “to smile”)
  • Verbal noun: تَبَسُّم (tabassum)
  • Active participle: مُتَبَسِّم (mutabassim)
  • Passive participle: مُتَبَسَّم (mutabassam)
• Form VIII: اِبْتَسَمَ (ibtasama, “to smile, smile at”)
  • Verbal noun: اِبْتِسَام (ibtisām)
  • Active participle: مُبْتَسِم (mubtasim)
  • Passive participle: مُبْتَسَم (mubtasam)

Nouns

• بَسْمَة (basma)
• بَسَّام (bassām)

References

Lane, Edward William (1863) “ب س م”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate