Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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بحث بحثر بحر


Q. 1. ⇒ بحثر

بَحْثَرَ, [inf. n. بَحْثَرَةٌ,] He took, drew, or pulled, a thing out, or forth; and uncovered it, laid it open, or exposed it; (Abu-l-Jarráh, Ṣ, Ḳ;) as also بَعْثَرَ. (Abu-l-Jarráh, Ṣ.) It is said in the Ḳur [c. 9], accord. to one reading, بُعْثِرَ بُحْثِرَ مَا فِى القُبُورِ, [instead of بُعْثِرَ,] meaning [When that which is in the graves is taken forth and uncovered; i. e.,] when the dead are raised to life; syn. بُعِثَ; and it is not improbable that بَحْثَرَ may be composed of بَحَثَ and أَثَرَ [app. a mistranscription for أَثَارَ], accord. to the opinion of those who hold that quadriliteral and quinqueliteral words are composed of two. (TA.)

Root: بحثر - Entry: Q. 1. Signification: A2

He searched, or sought, for, or after, a thing in the dust or earth, or the like; syn. بَحَثَ [which IbrD thinks may be a mistake for بَعَثَ: but see بَعْثَرَ]. (L, Ḳ, and Bḍ in c. 9.)

Root: بحثر - Entry: Q. 1. Signification: A3

He separated, disunited, scattered, dispersed, or dissipated, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) a thing. (Ṣ.) He scattered, or dispersed, his household goods, or his commodities, and turned them over, one upon another; as also بَعْثَرَ. (Fr, Ṣ.)

Root: بحثر - Entry: 1. Dissociation: B

It (milk) curdled, or coagulated, and formed little clots of curd; syn. تَقَطَّعَ وَتَحَبَّبَ. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)


Q. 2. ⇒ تبحثر

تَبَحْثَرَ It (a thing, Ṣ) became separated, disunited, scattered, dispersed, or dissipated. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)


مُبَحْثِرٌ

لَبَنٌ مُبَحْثِرٌ Milk curdling, or coagulating, and forming little clots of curd. (Ḳ. [See Q. 1.]) When the upper portion is thick and the lower thin, it is termed هَادِرٌ. (TA.)


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