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بوء

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

بَاآءٌ بذاآء : see بَاآءَةٌ. -A2- A libidinous man. (TA in باب الالف الليّنة.) -A3- The name of the letter ب, q. v.; as also بَا: pl. of the former بَاآءَاتٌ; and of the latter أَبْوَاآءٌ. (TA ubi suprà.) The dim. is بُيَيَّةٌ, meaning A little ب: and a ب faintly pronounced: [and app. بُوَيَّةٌ also, as the medial radical is generally held to be و:] and in like manner is formed the dim. of every similar name of a letter. (Lth, on the letter حَاآء, in TA, باب الالف اللينّة.)

Derived headwords

بَاآءٌ
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الالف الليّنة
باب الالف اللينّة