בָּאַשׁ (b. h.; √בא , v. בּוֹא) to be disordered, bad (cmp. רַע).
Hif. - הִבְאִישׁ 1) to cause decay, to make smell badly. Ex. R. s. 26; a. e. —2) (with דברים, or sub. דברים) to use insulting language. Koh. R. to X, 1. —3) (neut. v.) to deteriorate, ferment, decay. Ter. X, 2 אע"פ שה׳ מימיו מותרין Ms. M. (ed. מימיו מימיו corr. acc.) though the barley has begun to ferment &c. Cant. R. to I, 2ᵇ המים מַבְאִישִׁים liquids grow stale. Pesik. B’shall. p. 81ᵇ דג מב׳ ill-smelling fish. —4) (v. בְּאוּשָׁה) [to begin to ferment, to boil,] to be in the early stage of ripening, to be b’ushah. Maasr. I, 2 grapes are subject to the law of tithes משהִבְ׳ from the time they would be called b’ushah, cmp. Y. ib. 48ᵈ. Shebi. IV, 8. Tosef. Maasr. I, 1.