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, aor. , inf. n. بَحْثٌ, He scraped it up; [as one who seeks to find a thing therein;] namely, the dust, or earth: (L:) and he searched, or sought, for it, or after it, (namely, a thing,) in the dust, or earth; as also ↓ ابتحثهُ: (L, TA:) thus each is made trans. by itself: and authors often say, بَحَثَ فِيهِ [meaning he searched, or inquired, into it; investigated, scrutinized, or examined, it]: (TA:) one says, بَحَثَ فِى الأَرْضِ he dug up the earth; and thus it is used in the Kur v. 34: (Msb:) but accord. to the usage commonly known and obtaining, (TA,) you say, بَحَثَ عَنْهُ, (S, A, L, Msb, K,) aor. as above, (L, Msb, K,) and so the inf. n.; (L, Msb;) as well as بَحَثَهُ; (L;) and عنه ↓ ابتحث; (T, S, L, K;) [in some copies of the K انبحث, which is said in the TA to be a mistake; and ↓ ابتحثهُ; (see above;)] and عنه ↓ تبحّث; (T, L, K;) and عنه ↓ استبحث; (L, K;) and ↓ استبحثهُ; (L;) [he scraped up the dust, or earth, from over it: and hence,] he searched, or sought, for it, after it, or respecting it; he inquired, and sought for information, respecting it; he searched, or inquired, into it; investigated, scrutinized, or examined, it; he inquired respecting it, and searched to the utmost after it; (S, * A, * L, Msb, * K; *) namely, a thing, (S, L,) or an affair, or event. (Msb.) You say also, أَخَاهُ عَنْ سِرِهِّ ↓ استبحث He examined his brother respecting his secret. (A in art. نبث.)

[باحثهُ عَنْ أَمْرٍ, inf. n. مُبَاحَثَةٌ, He searched, or inquired, with him into a thing; or investigated, scrutinized, or examined, with him a thing, or an affair: and particularly, in the way of disputation.] ― -b2- عَادَتُهُ أَنْ يُبَاحِثَ وَيُبَاهِتَ [His custom is to engage with another in mutual scrutiny of secrets, or faults, or the like, and in mutual calumniation, &c.: see 6]. (A in art. بهت.)

see 1.

They searched, or inquired, into each other's secrets. (A in art. نبث.)

see 1, in three places. ― -b2- ابتحث also signifies He played with the dust, or earth, termed بحاثة; or at the game called البحثة. (K.) In a copy of the K, the verb is here incorrectly written انبحث. (TA.)

see 1, in three places.

, (so in the K,) or ↓ بحِيثٌ, (so in the L,) accord. to Sh, (L,) A mine (L, K) in which one searches for gold and silver. (L.) -A2- Also the former, A great serpent; (K;) because it scrapes up the dust or earth. (TA.)

, (as written in the L,) or البَحْثَةُ, (as in the K,) accord. to Sh, (L,) and ↓ البُحّيّثَى, (L, K,) accord. to ISh, (L,) A certain game with ↓ بُحَاثَة, i. e, dust, or earth. (L, K.) You say, لَعِبَ البُحْثَةَ He played the game thus called. (L.)

Camels that scrape up the dust, or earth, with their fore feet, backwards, (AA, T, L, K,) in going; i. e., throwing it behind them; or, as some say, with their feet. (TA.) ― -b2- البَحُوثُ, (K,) or سُوَرةُ البَحُوثِ, (L,) thus written in the Fáïk, and if so, بَحُوثٌ is an intensive epithet, applying alike to a masc. and a fem. noun, like صَبُورٌ; (TA;) or, accord. to some, سُورَةُ البُحُوثِ, (L,) pl. of بَحْثِ; (TA;) a name of The chapter of the Kur-án called سُورَةُ التَّوْبَةِ, (L, K,) and البَرَآءَةِ; (L;) [chap. ix.;] given to it because it inquires respecting the hypocrites and their secrets. (L.)

: see بَحْثٌ. ― -b2- A secret: whence the prov., بَدَا بَحِيثُهُمْ [Their secret became apparent, or revealed]. (TA. [But in the S, in art. نجث, q. v., we find بَدَا نَجِيثُ القَوْمِ; and so in Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 159.])

Dust, or earth, (Az, K,) which is scraped up from what is searched for therein. (Az, TA.) See البُحْثَةُ.

: see البُحْثَةُ.