[
A cause of good: plural, apparently,
↓
مَحَاسِنُ; like as
مَسَاوٍ, originally
مَسَاوِيءُ, is said to be plural of
مَسَاءَةٌ, originally
مَسْوَأَةٌ]. You say,
هٰذَا الطَّعَامُ
مَحْسَنَةٌ لِلْجِسْمِ [
This food is a cause of good, i. e.
beneficial, to the body]. (
S.)