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ب ث ث

2 verbs · 2 nouns and adjectives

Verbs

Nouns and adjectives

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 11 entries
  • بَثَّهُ Form I He spread it
    , (Lth, T, S, M, A, K,) aor. (Lth, T, M, L, K) and , (M, L, K,) the latter [anomalous, and therefore] thought by MF to be a mistake, arising from confounding بَثَّ with بَتَّ, he not knowing any authority for it except the K, (TA,) inf. n. بَثٌ; (Lth, T, M, L;) and ↓ ابثّهُ, (S, M, K,) inf. n. إِبْثَاثٌ; (TA;) and ↓ بثّثهُ, (K,) or this has an intensive signification; (S;) and ↓ بَثْبَثَهُ, (S, K,) inf. n. بَثْبَثَةٌ; (S;) He spread it; (S, A, K;) he dispersed it, scattered it, or disseminated it; (Lth, T, S, * M, A, K;) namely, a thing; (Lth, T, M, A, * L;) or (tropical:) news, tidings, or information. (S, A, L, K.) You say, بَثُّوا الخَيْلَ فِى الغَارَةِ They spread, or dispersed, the horses, or horseme in the hostile incursion. (T, M, * A, L.) And بَثَّ الجُنْدَ فِي البِلَادِ He (the Sultán) spread, or dispersed, the army in the provinces. (Msb.) And بَثَّ كِلَابَهُ He (the hunter, A, L) spread, or dispersed, his dogs (T, A, L) عَلَ الصَّيْدِ [against the chase, or game]. (A.) And بَثَّ ٱللّٰهُ الخَلْقَ, (aor. , inf. n. بَثٌّ, Msb,) God spread, or dispersed, mankind, or the beings whom He created, فِي الأَرْضِ [in the earth]: (T, A:) or God created them. (Msb.) وَبَثٌّ مِنْهُمَا رِحَالًا كثيرًا وَنِسَآءٌ, in the Kur [iv. 1.], means And spread, or dispersed, and multiplied, from them two, many men, and women. (T.) You say also, بُثَّتِ البُسُطُ The carpets were spread. (T.) And بَثَّ المَتَاعَ بِنَوَاحِى البَيْتِ He spread out the furniture, or utensils, in the sides of the tent, or house, or chamber. (A.) And بَثَّ الغُبَارَ, (K,) and ↓ بَثْبَثَهُ, (S, K,) He, or it, raised the dust. (S, K.) And التَُّرَابَ ↓ بَثْبَثَ He, or it, raised the dust, or earth, and removed it from that which was beneath it. (M.) And ↓ بَثْبَثُوهُ They uncovered him. (Hr, M, L, from a trad. respecting a dying Jew.) And بَثَّ الحَدِيثَ (assumed tropical:) He spread, published, or revealed, the discourse, narration, or information. (Msb.) And, accord. to IF, بَثَّ السِّرَّ and ↓ ابثّهُ (assumed tropical:) [He spread, published, or revealed, the secret]. (Msb.) And بَثَثْتُهُ مَا فِي نَفْسِى, aor. ; and إِيَّاهُ ↓ أَبْثَثَتُهُ; (tropical:) I revealed, or showed, to him what was in my mind. (A.) And سِرِىّ ↓ أَبْثَثْتُكَ, (S,) or السِّرَّ; (K;) and بَثَثْتُكَ السِّرَّ, (K,) inf. n. بَثٌّ; (TA;) (assumed tropical:) I revealed, or showed, to him my secret, or the secret: (S, K:) or سِرِّى ↓ أَبْثَثْتُهُ (T) and سِرِّى ↓ بَاثَثْتُهُ (A) (tropical:) I acquainted him with my secret: (T, A:) and الحَدِيثَ ↓ ابثّهُ (assumed tropical:) he acquainted him with the discourse, narration, or information. (M.) And بَثَّهُ شُقُورَهُ (assumed tropical:) He complained to him of his state, or condition. (M, in art. شقر.)
  • بثّث الخَبَرَ Form II He spread, or disseminated, the news, tidings, or information, much
    He spread, or disseminated, the news, tidings, or information, much: (S:) or i. q. بَثَّهُ, q. v. (K.)
  • بَاثَثَتُهُ سِرِّى Form III Between them two is a mutual revealing of secrets
    : see 1; last sentence but one. ― -b2- بَيْنَهُمَا مُبَاثَّةٌ (tropical:) [Between them two is a mutual revealing of secrets: see 6]. (A.)
  • أَبْثَ3َ Form IV I revealed, or showed, or have revealed or shown, to thee my
    see 1, in six places. ― -b2- أَبْثَثْتُكَ [without a second objective complement,] (assumed tropical:) I revealed, or showed, or have revealed or shown, to thee my بَثّ, (S, TA,) whence the verb in this sense is derived; (TA;) i. e., my state, (S,) or my grief, or sorrow. (S, TA.)
  • تَبَاثُّوا Form VI They revealed secrets, one to another
    (assumed tropical:) [They revealed secrets, one to another: see 3]. (K, in art. نجث.)
  • انبثّ Form VII It spread
    It spread; (S, A, K;) it became dispersed, scattered, or disseminated; (S, * M, A, K;) namely, a thing; (M, L;) or (tropical:) news, tidings, or information. (S, A, L, K.) You say, انبثّت الخَيْلُ The horses, or horsemen, spread, or became dispersed, or dispersed themselves, (M, L,) in a hostile incursion. (L.) And انبثّ الجَرَادُ فِى الأَرْضِ The locusts spread, or became dispersed, or dispersed themselves, in the land. (M, A, L.)
  • استبثّهُ إِيَّاهُ Form X He asked him, or petitioned him, to reveal it to him
    (assumed tropical:) He asked him, or petitioned him, to reveal it to him. (M, L, K.)
  • بَثْبَثَ He inquired respecting the affair or event, scrutinized it, and sought information respecting it
    , inf. n. بَثْبَثَةٌ: see 1, in four places. ― -b2- بَثْبَثَ الأَمْرَ (assumed tropical:) He inquired respecting the affair or event, scrutinized it, and sought information respecting it. (T, L.)
  • بَثٌ Scattered, strewn, dispersed, and separate
    (As, S, M, A, K) and ↓ مُنْبَثٌّ, (A, TA,) both applied to dates, (تَمْرٌ, As, S, &c.,) Scattered, strewn, dispersed, and separate, (As, S, K,) one from another: (As, S:) or separate, or disunited, not being packed, or not campact: (A:) or not well packed, (S, M,) so that they are separated, or disunited: (M:) or scattered; not in the bag or other receptacle; like فَثٌّ: (M:) تَمْرٌ بَثٌ being a phrase [in which the latter word is an inf. n. used in the sense of a pass. part. n.,] like مَآءٌ غَوْرٌ. (S.) -A2- A state, or condition. (S, K.) ― -b2- Grief, or sorrow, (T, S, M,) which one makes known to his companion or friend: (T:) or violent, or intense, grief or sorrow; and violent, or severe, disease or sickness; as though, in consequence of its violence, one made it known to his companion or friend: (T, TA:) or the most violent or intense grief or sorrow. (K.) حَضَرَنِى بَثِّى, occurring in a trad., means My grief, or sorrow, became violent, or intense. (TA.)
  • زَرِابِىُّ مَبْثُوثَةٌ Goodly carpets, or the like
    [in the Kur lxxxviii. 16] means Goodly carpets, or the like, (Bd,) spread: (A, Bd:) or, accord. to Fr, many in number. (T.)
  • مُنْبَثٌّ Scattered
    : see بَثٌ. ― -b2- Scattered dust: so in the Kur [lvi. 6]. (T.) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) Swooning (K) from grief, or sorrow. (TA.)

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