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بهر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

8 ابتهر أبتهر ابتهر ٱبتهر He arrogated to himself, or professed, a thing falsely. (S, K.) El-Akhtal says, وَمَا بِى اـِنْ مَدَحْتُهُمُ ا@بْتِهَارُ And there is not in me, if I praise them, false profession: (S:) or ابتهر signifies he said what was false, and swore to it. (TA.) ― -b2- He said that he had transgressed, or acted vitiously, or committed adultery or fornication, when he had not done so. (K.) And ابتهر بِذَنْبٍ He asserted himself to have committed a crime, or sin, when he had not done so. (TA, from a trad.) ― -b3- ابتهرها He asserted falsely that he had had sexual intercourse with her: (M, TA:) ابتارها signifies “ he asserted the same with truth: ” (TA:) or ابتهر signifies he charged, or upbraided, a person with that which was in him; (K, TA;) and ابتار, “ he charged, or upbraided, with that which was not in him. ” (TA.) See an ex. voce بَارَ in art. بور. ― -b4- Also He (a poet) mentioned her (a girl) in his poetry. (JK.) اُبْتُهِرَ بِفُلَانَةَ He became, or was rendered, notorious, or infamous, on account of such a woman [ with whom he was said to have had an illicit connexion ]. (S, K.) -A2- See also 7.

Derived headwords

ابتهرverb
  1. 1.
وَمَا بِى اـِنْ مَدَحْتُهُمُ ا@بْتِهَارُ
ابتهر بِذَنْبٍ
اُبْتُهِرَ بِفُلَانَةَ