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بتع

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

بَتِعٌ بتع A horse long in the neck, and at the same time strong in its base: fem. with ة: (As, S, K:) or long in the neck. (IAar.) You say also عُنُقٌ بَتِعٌ (ISh, TA) and بَتِعَةٌ (TA) A strong neck: or an excessively long neck: (TA:) or a thick and fleshy neck: (ISh:) and ↓ أَبْتَعُ [in like manner] signifies full, applied to a رُسْغ, [app. here meaning a pastern], (K,) accord. to Lth, who cites, from Ru-beh, the phrase رُسْغًا أَبْتَعَ: but IB thinks that the right reading is جِيدًا أَبْتَعَ [ a full neck ]. (TA.) ― -b2- Also A tall man: (L, TA:) in this sense, accord. to the K, ↓ بِتْعٌ, which is a mistake: (TA:) fem. with ة. (L, TA.) ― -b3- And Strong in the joints, applied to a body, (Lth, K,) and to a man; as also ↓ أَبْتَعُ: (K:) fem. of the former with ة: (TA:) and of ↓ the latter, بَتْعَاآءُ: and pl. of the latter, بُتْعٌ. (K.)

Derived headwords

بَتِعٌ
  1. 1.
رُسْغًا أَبْتَعَ
جِيدًا أَبْتَعَ