Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

بَحَّ, (L,) first pers. بَحِحْتُ, aor. يَبَحُّ, (ISk, Ṣ, L, Ḳ,) and ISd says, I see, or think, that Lḥ has mentioned يَبْحَحُ, which is extr. with respect to rule, (TA,) inf. n. بَحَحٌ; (ISk, Ṣ, L, Ḳ;) and first pers. بَحَحْتُ, (AO, T, Ṣ, Ḳ,) but the former is the more chaste, (T, TA,) aor. يَبَعُّ (AO, Ṣ, Ḳ) and يَبِعُّ and يَبُعُّ, [which last is contr. to analogy,] (L,) inf. n. بَعُّ (AO, Ṣ, Ḳ) and بَحَحٌ and بَحَاحٌ and بُحُوحٌ and بَحَاحَةٌ and بُحُوحَةٌ; (Ḳ;) He had a hoarse, rough, harsh, or gruff, voice; (L;) he was taken with a hoarseness, harshness, roughness, or gruffness, of the voice. (Ḳ.)

It is tropically used in speaking of inanimate things; as in بَعَّ العُودُ, meaning ‡ [The lute] was rough [in sound: see أَبَعُّ]. (A.)

ابحّهُ It (crying out, or vociferating,) rendered him hoarse, rough, harsh, or gruff, in voice. (Ṣ,* Ḳ.)

هُمْ فِى ٱبْتِحَاحٍ They are in a state of amplitude, and of plenty, or of abundance of herbage or of the goods or conveniences or comforts of life. (Ḳ.)

تَبَحْبَعَ الدَّارَ, (Ḳ,) andبَحْبَعَهَا↓, (TA,) † He was, or became, [established] in the middle, or midst, [which is the best part,] of the دار [i. e. abode, or district, or country,, &c.], (Ḳ, TA,) and became possessed of mastery, dominion, or authority, and power, over it. (TA.) Fr, however, makes تَبَحْبُحٌ to be from ٰالبَاحَةُ [q. v.], not from a reduplicative root. (TA.)

تبحبح also signifies † He was, or became, settled, or established, in authority and power, (syn. تَمَكَّنَ,) in alighting, and taking up his abode, or sojourning; (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA;) and was, or became, [established] in the middle, or midst, [or best part,] of the place of abode; (TA;) and soبحبح↓. (Ḳ, TA.)

Also ‡ He took a wide, an ample, or a large, range. (A.)

[Hence,] تبحبح الحَيَا † The rain became of wide extent, and had influence upon the land. (TA, from a trad.)

And تَبَحْبَحَتِ العَرَبُ فِى لُغَاتِهَا ‡ The Arabs were copious, or took a wide range, in their dialects. (A.)

And تبحبح فِى المَجْدِ † He became in an ample state of glory, honour, or dignity. (TA.)

An Arab of the desert said, of a woman in labour, تَرَكْتُهَا تَبَحْبَحُ عَلَى أَيْدِى القَوَابِلِ [app. † I left her obtaining delivery by the hands of the midwives]. (AZ, TA.)

بُحَّةٌ (Ṣ, A, L, Ḳ) andبُحَاحٌ↓ (L) Hoarseness, roughness, harshness, or gruffness, of the voice; (E, Ḳ;) which is sometimes natural: or the former is applied absolutely, and the latter to that which arises from disease. (L.) You say, فِى صَوْتِهِ بُحَّةٌ [In his voice is hoarseness,, &c.]. (Ṣ, A.)

بَحْبَحِىٌّ † Ample in expenditure: and having an ample place of abode. (Fr, Ḳ.)

بُحْبُوحَةٌ † The middle, or midst, [or best part,] syn. وَسَطٌ, (AʼObeyd, Ṣ, A, Ḳ,) of an abode, or a district, or country, (Ṣ, A,) or a place, (Ḳ,) and of a place where one alights and abides, (TA,) and of Paradise, and of anything, and the best part thereof; (AʼObeyd, TA;) [like وَسَطٌ, by which it is explained; because what is between the two extremes is generally the best: it may be well rendered the heart, or very heart, of a thing;] andبُحْبُوحٌ↓, also, has the former of these significations [and by implication the other likewise]. (TA, voce بُؤْبُؤٌ, where see an ex.) Jereer says,

* قَوْمِى تَمِيمٌ هُمُ القَوْمُ الذَّينَ هُمُ *

* يَنْفُونَ تَغْلِبَ عَنْ بُحْبُوحَةِ الدَّارِ *

[My people are Temeem: they are the people who drive away Teghlib from the middle, or best part, of the country]. (Ṣ.) [It is said in the A, that this word, as syn. with وَسَطٌ, in relation to an abode or the like (دار), is tropical; but I see no reason for this, unless by وسط be meant the “best part.”]

أَبَحٌّ, applied to a man, (Ṣ, L, Ḳ,) or أَبَحٌّ الصَّوْتِ, (A,) Having a hoarse, rough, harsh, or gruff, voice: (L, Ḳ:) fem. بَحَّآءُ; with which بَحَّةٌ↓ is syn.: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) pl. بُحٌّ. (Ṣ.) بَاحٌّ is not allowable. (Ṣ.)

And أَبَحُّ applied to a lute (عُودٌ), ‡ Rough (Ḳ, TA) in sound. (TA.)

Also ‡ The base, or thick, chord of a lute; syn. بَمُّ; because of its rough sound. (TA.)

‡ A [gold coin of the kind called] دِينَار; (Ḳ, TA;) because of its harsh sound [when one rings it]. (TA.)

‡ A قِدْح [or gaming-arrow] (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA) by means of which lots, or portions, are divided: (Ṣ, TA:) pl. بُحٌّ: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or such an arrow that has no sound. (TA.) Khufáf Ibn-Nudbeh says,

* قَرَوْا أَضْيَافَهُمْ رَبَحًا بِبُحٍّ *

* يَعِيشُ بِفَضْلِهِنَّ الحَىُّ سُمْرِ *

[They entertained their guests with young weaned she-camels, on the superabundant remains of which the tribe lived, by means of tawny-coloured gaming-arrows whereby the lots that determined who should afford the entertainment were divided: or, accord. to the TA, ربحا here signifies fat, as a subst.; but this is inconsistent with the affixed pronoun relating to it]. (Ṣ.)

† Fat, as an epithet, not a subst. (Ḳ.)

كِسْرٌ أَبَحُّ † [A portion of a limb,, &c.,] having much fat. (TA.)