Arabic edit

Noun edit

بَسَطَ يَدَهُ (basaṭa yadahu)

  1. (idiomatic) to give generously
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 17:29:
      وَلَا تَجْعَلْ يَدَكَ مَغْلُولَةً إِلَى عُنُقِكَ وَلَا تَبْسُطْهَا كُلَّ الْبَسْطِ فَتَقْعُدَ مَلُومًا مَّحْسُورًا
      walā tajʕal yadaka maḡlūlatan ʔilā ʕunuqika walā tabsuṭhā kulla l-basṭi fa-taqʕuda malūman mmaḥsūran
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation edit

See بَسَطَ (basaṭa)