بهت

3 باهتهُ باهى باهت باهته باهتة باهتته بآهته آهة , inf. n. مُبَاهَتَةٌ: see 1. ― -b2- [Also He engaged with him in mutual calumny, slander, or false accusation: a meaning indicated, but not expressed, in the A.] You say, بَيْنَهُمَا مُبَاهَتَةٌ [ Between them two is mutual calumniation, &c.]: and عَادَتُهُ أَنْ يُبَاحِثَ وَيُبَاهِتَ [ His custom is to engage with another in mutual scrutiny of secrets, or faults, or the like, and in mutual calumniation, &c.]: and وَلَا تَمَاقَتُوا ↓ لَا تَبَاهَتُوا [ Calumniate ye not one another, &c., nor hate ye one another on account of any foul, or evil, affair ]. (A.) ― -b3- And He confounded, perplexed, or amazed, him (namely, his hearer,) by what he forged against him. (TA.)