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بذء

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

3 باذأهُ ذ , (T,) inf. n. مُبَاذَأَةٌ, (T, K,) in some copies of the K without ء, (TA,) and بِذَاآءٌ, (T, K,) [ He vied with him, or strove to surpass him, in foul, unseemly, or obscene, speech or language: and he held such discourse with him: these significations being indicated by the following exs., and by the saying that] the inf. ns. are syn. with مُفَاحَشَةٌ. (T, K.) You say, ↓ بَاذَأَهُ فَبَذَأَهُ [ He vied with him, or strove to surpass him, in foul, unseemly, or obscene, speech or language, and he surpassed him therein: in this case, the aor. of the latter verb is بَذُاَ , notwithstanding the final faucial letter]. (TA.) And Esh-Shaabee says, اـِذَ عَظُمَتِ الحَلْقَةُ فَاـِنَّمَا هُوَ بِذَاآءٌ وَ نِجَاآءٌ [i. e. When the ring of people becomes large, it is only an occasion of holding foul, unseemly, or obscene, and secret, discourse ]: it is said that بذاآء here signifies مفاحشة: (T:) the meaning is, that there is much بذاء and نجاء, i. e. مُنَاجَاة, therein. (TA in art. نجو. [But there, in the place of فَاـِنَّمَا هُوَ, I find فَهِىَ; and in the TA in the present art., فَاـِنَّمَا بِهِ.]) ― -b2- Also He contended with him in an altercation. (T.)

Derived headwords

باذأهُverb
  1. 1.
اـِذَ عَظُمَتِ الحَلْقَةُ فَاـِنَّمَا هُوَ بِذَاآءٌ وَ نِجَاآءٌ
فَاـِنَّمَا هُوَ
فَاـِنَّمَا بِهِ