Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

بَاعَ, (Ṣ, TA,) aor. يَبُوعُ, (TA,) inf. n. بَوْعٌ, (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA,) He extended his arms to their full reach; expl. by بَسَطَ بَاعَهُ; (TA;) and the inf. n. by مَدُّ البَاعِ; with a thing; as alsoتبوّع↓. (Ḳ.)

He (a camel) stretched forth his fore legs to the full (مَدَّ أَبْوَاعَهُ); as alsoتبوّع↓; and in like manner a gazelle: (TA:) and he (a horse) stepped far, or took long steps, in his running; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) and in like manner one says [بَاعَت] of a she-camel. (Ṣ.) You say, مَرَّ يَبُوعُ, andيَتَبَوَّعُ↓, He went along stretching forth his fore-legs to the full extent of his step. (L.)

بَاعَ بِالمَالِ, aor. يَبُوعُ, (TA,) inf. n. بَوْعٌ, (Lth, Ḳ,) He extended his arm, or hand, [liberally, or bountifully,] with the property. (Lth, Ḳ, TA.) You say also, بُعْ بُعْ, meaning † Stretch forth thine arms, or hands, (بَا عَيْكَ,) in acts of obedience to God. (IAạr.) Andتَبَوَّعَ↓ لِلْمَسَاعِى ‡ He stretched forth his arms (مَدَّ بَاعَهُ) [to attain means of honour and elevation]. (TA.) Andمَا يُدْرَكُ تَبَوُّعُهُ↓ † The point to which he has reached is not to be attained: (Ḳ, TA:) and, as Lḥ says, لَا تَبْلُغُونَ تَبَوُّعَهُ↓ † Ye will not, or shall not, reach the point to which he has attained: originally, his length of step. (TA.)

إِذَا بَاعَ ٱنْبَاعَ↓ When he accomplishes his want, he goes away. (Ḥar p. 592.)

بَاعَ الحَبْلَ, (Mṣb, TA,) first pers. بُعْتُهُ, (Ṣ,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (Ṣ, Mṣb, TA,) He measured the rope by the باع [or fathom]; (Mṣb;) he extended his باع [or arms stretched to the full reach] with the rope; (Ṣ;) or he extended the rope with his باع; or, which is nearly the same in meaning, he extended his arms with the rope until it became a باع [or fathom in measure]; (TA;) like as you say, شَبَرْتُهُ from الشِّبْرُ. (Ṣ, TA.)

[And hence,] يَبُوعُ الأَرْضَ He traverses the ground with wide step and quick motion. (Ḥam p. 720.)

انباع andتبوّع↓, said of a rope, signify the same [app. It was measured by the باع, or fathom]. (Ḳ, TA.)

انباعت الحَيَّةُ The serpent extended itself, after gathering itself together and coiling itself, in order to spring. (Lḥ, Ḳ.)

Also انباع, said of a man, He leaped, or sprang, after being still: or he made an assault; or leaped, or sprang, and made a violent seizure. (TA.) [Hence,] مُخْرَنْبِقٌ لِيَنْبَاعَ Silent in order to leap, or spring, (Ḳ, and Ṣ in art. خربق,) when he finds an opportunity; (Ṣ in that art.;) on account of a misfortune which he desires [to effect]; (Ṣ, Ḳ, in that art.;) or in order to make an assault: (TA:) or looking, or waiting, for an opportunity to leap, or spring, upon his enemy, or the object of his want, when able to do so; and in like manner, مُخْرَنْطِمٌ لِيَنْبَاعَ: (TA in art. خربق:) a prov., (Ḳ,) applied to a man who is silent respecting a misfortune [which he desires to effect]; (TA;) or applied to a man who is long silent until he thinks his object inadvertent, and who is possessed of cunning: (Aṣ, TA in art. خربق:) accord. to one relation, لِيَنْبَاقَ, i. e. to bring about, or effect, a بَائِقَة, meaning a calamity, or misfortune: (Ḳ:) or لينباع may be for لَيْنَبَع, from نَبَعَ المَآءُ. (Ḥar p. 62.) [Hence also,] انباع الشُّجَاعُ مِنَ الصَّفِّ The courageous man went, or came, out, or forth, from the rank. (AAF.)

انباع لِى فِى سِلْعَتِهِ He treated me in an easy manner in the sale of his commodity, or article of merchandise, and strained himself (اِمْتَدَّ) to give his consent to it. (Ḳ, TA.) And hence,اِنْبَيَاعٌ↓, as used by Sakhrel-Ghei in describing the conduct of a man towards a beautiful woman, or, accord. to one relation, اِبْتِيَاعٌ↓, The acting, or behaving, towards another, boldly, in a free and easy manner, or without shyness; syn. اِنْبِسَاطٌ; as also بَيْعٌ (TA.)

انباع also signifies He ran in a gentle manner, with a bending and a twisting of himself; from بَاعَ, aor. يَبُوعُ. (Aḥmad Ibn-ʼObeyd.)

And he went away. (Ḥar p. 592: see 1.)

And It (sweat) flowed: (Mṣb, Ḳ:) or, as El-Fárábee says, extended. (Mṣb.) 'Antarah says, describing the sweat of a she-camel,

* يَنْبَاعُ مِنْ ذِفْرَى غَضُوبٍ جَسْرَةٍ *

[Flowing, or extending, from the part behind the ear of a she-camel quickly angered, spirited, or tall, or tall and bulky, or strong, and bold to endure travel]: ينباع being originally يَنْبَوِعُ; or, as most of the lexicologists say, originally يَنْبَعُ, the ا being inserted after the fet-ḥah of the ب to render its sound full. (TA.)

بَاعٌ A fathom; the space that is between [the extremities of] the two hands when they are extended to the right and left; (Mṣb;) the measure of the extension of the two arms (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA) with what is between them of the body; (TA;) as alsoبَوْعٌ↓ andبُوعٌ↓; (Ḳ;) the last of the dial. of Hudheyl: (TA:) said by AḤát to be of the masc. gender: (Mṣb:) pl. أَبْوَاعٌ (Mṣb, Ḳ) and بِيعَانٌ. (Ḥam p. 475.)

[And hence,] † The body, including the limbs; [because a fathom in height;] as in the phrase رَجُلٌ طَوِيلُ البَاعِ † A man tall in the body; which has also another meaning, to be seen below: but you do not say, قَصِيرُ البَاعِ as meaning short in the body. (TA.)

[Also The arms; and particularly when extended to their full reach; as also the pl.: and in like manner, the fore legs of a beast: see several examples in the first paragraph of this art.]

[And hence, ‡ Reach; power; or ability.] You say, هُوَ قَصِيرُ البَاعِ ‡ He is lacking in power, or ability: a phrase which has also another meaning, to be seen below. (TA.) And قَصُرَ بَاعُهُ عَنْ ذٰلِكَ ‡ He was unable to attain, or to do, or effect, that: in this case, بوع↓ is not used. (TA.)

And ‡ Reach, power, or ability, in the means, or causes, of attaining honour; or in generous, or honourable, qualities or actions: (TA:) ‡ eminence; nobility; honour; generosity: (Lth, Ṣ, Ḳ:) in which senses, بوع↓ is not used. (Lth.) A poet says,

* لَهُ فِى المَجْدِ سَابِقَةٌ وَبَاعُ *

[He has precedence and eminence in glory, honour, dignity, or nobility]. (Lth.) And رَجُلٌ طَوِيلُ البَاعِ ‡ A man of large generosity. (TA.) And قَصِيرُ البَاعِ ‡ Niggardly: a phrase which has also another meaning, mentioned above. (TA.)

بَوْعٌ and بُوعٌ: see بَاعٌ, in four places.

The former also signifies A place that is broken, or crushed, (مَكَانٌ مُنْهَضِمُ,) in a small ravine (لِصْب) of a mountain. (Ibn-ʼAbbád, Ḳ.)

بَاعَةٌ The court (سَاحَة) of a house: (Ibn-ʼAbbád, Ḳ:) a dial. var. of بَاحَةٌ. (TA.)

بَوَّاعٌ † A large-bodied camel. (TA.)

بَائِعٌ A young gazelle that stretches forth its fore legs to the full (يَبُوعُ) in going along: (Ḳ, TA:) an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant: (TA:) pl. بُوعٌ (Ḳ) and بَوَائِعُ. (TA.) Andأَبْوَاعُ↓, a determinate noun, is applied to The ewe, because she does so in going along: and she is called to be milked thereby; (Ibn-ʼAbbád, Ḳ;) by saying, أَبْوَاعُ أَبْوَاعُ. (Ibn-ʼAbbád.) You say also نَاقَةٌ بَائِعَةُ A she-camel that steps far, or takes long steps: pl. بَوَائِعُ. (TA.) Andفَرَسٌ بَيِّعٌ↓, (Ḳ,) originally بَيْوِعٌ, (TA,) A horse that steps far, or takes long steps. (Z, Ḳ.)

مُنْبَاعٌ Anything that flows; or extends: (Mṣb:) anything sweating, or exuding sweat. (TA.)