Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

بَرَعَ الجَبَلَ He ascended, or ascended upon, the mountain. (TA.)

And بَرَعَ صَاحِبَهُ He was, or became, superior to his companion; he excelled him; (IAạr;) he overcame him. (Ḳ.)

بَرَعَ, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) aor. ـَ {يَبْرَعُ}; (Mṣb, MṢ, PṢ, [accord. to the TA, which is followed in the TḲ, ـُ, which is evidently a mistake,]) and بَرُعَ, aor. ـُ {يَبْرُعُ}; (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ;) and بَرِعَ, aor. ـَ {يَبْرَعُ}; (Ṣgh, Ḳ;) inf. n. بُرُوعٌ, (M, Ḳ,) which is of بَرَعَ, (TA,) and بَرَاعَةٌ, (Ṣ, M, Mṣb, Ḳ,) which is of بَرُعَ [and is the more common]; (Mṣb, TA;) He excelled in knowledge, or courage, or other qualities: (Mṣb:) or he excelled his companions in knowledge, &c.: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or he was, or became, accomplished, perfect, or complete, in every excellence, and in goodliness. (M, Ḳ.)

تبرّع بِالعَطَآءِ He gave what was not incumbent, or obligatory, on him; he gave supererogatorily: (Ḳ:) or he gave gratuitously, unasked, or unbidden: (TA:) as though he affected بَرَاعَة [or excellence] therein, and generosity. (Z, TA.) And تبرّع بِالأَمْرِ He did, or performed, the thing, or affair, disinterestedly; not seeking, or desiring, a compensation. (Mṣb.) And تبرّع بِالجِهَادِ [He engaged unbidden, or disinterestedly, in war against unbelievers]. (Mṣb in art. طوع.)

بَارِعٌ Anything overtopping. (IAạr.)

Excelling in knowledge, or courage, or other qualities: (Mṣb:) or excelling his companions in knowledge, &c.: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or accomplished, perfect, or complete, in every excellence, and in goodliness: (Ḳ:) fem. with ة {بَارِعَةٌ}. (Ḳ.) Andبَرِيعَةٌ↓, applied to a woman, (IAạr,) Excelling in goodliness, or beauty, and in intelligence. (IAạr, Ḳ.) And بَارِعَةٌ, applied to a girl, Goodly, or beautiful. (TA.)

أَمْرٌ بَارِعٌ A case, a state, or condition, or an affair, exalted, or of high estimation; (TA;) goodly, or comely. (Ḳ, TA.)

سَعْدٌ البَارعِ A certain نَجْم [or asterism]. (TA, [in which it is here said to be “of the Mansions,” i. e., of the Mansions of the Moon; but it seems that لَيْسَ, or the like, has been omitted by a copyist; for it is said in art. سعد, (q. v.,) on several authorities, to be not of the Mansions of the Moon.])

أَبْرَعُ This is larger, bigger, or more bulky, than he, or it. (Ḳ, TA.)

فَعَلَهُ مُتَبَرِّعًا He did it without its being incumbent, or obligatory, on him; supererogatorily: or gratuitously, unasked, or unbidden: or disinterestedly; not seeking, or desiring, a compensation: syn. مُتَطَوِّعًا. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)