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بحث

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

The root 'بحث' primarily relates to the act of searching, digging, or investigating. It encompasses physically digging in the earth, inquiring about something, and metaphorically uncovering hidden matters or secrets. The root also extends to descriptions of animals that dig or move earth, and places associated with such actions.

Derived headwords

بَحَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to search forboth

    To look for something, often by digging or investigating.

  2. 2.
    to inquire aboutboth

    To ask about something or seek information.

بحثه يبحثه بحثا — He searched for it, searching it thoroughly.
بَحْثnoun
  1. 1.
    diggingboth

    The act of digging or searching in the earth.

  2. 2.
    searchboth

    An act of inquiry or investigation.

  3. 3.
    mineclassical

    A place where minerals like gold and silver are searched for.

البحث: طلبك الشيء في التراب — The search: your seeking of a thing in the dirt.
اِبْتَحَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to search thoroughlyboth

    To search for something intensely or thoroughly.

وابتحثه — and he searched for it.
بَاحِثadjective
  1. 1.
    searchingboth

    One who searches or investigates.

بُحُوثnoun
  1. 1.
    camels that digclassical

    Camels that dig the earth with their feet as they walk.

  2. 2.
    Surah of Repentanceclassical

    A name for Surah Bara'ah (Surah At-Tawbah), so called because it investigated the hypocrites and their secrets.

البحوث من الإبل التي إذا سارت بحثت التراب بأيديها أخرا — The 'buḥūth' are camels that, when they walk, dig the earth behind them with their feet.
تَبَحَّثَverb
  1. 1.
    to search forboth

    To search for something, synonymous with investigating.

وتبحثت عن الشيء — and he searched for the thing.
اِسْتَبْحَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to search forboth

    To search for something, to investigate.

واستبحثه — and he searched for it.
مَبَاحِثnoun
  1. 1.
    barren placeclassical

    A desolate or empty place, where one might get lost.

بمباحث البقر — in the barren lands of cattle.
بَاحِثَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    false burrowclassical

    Dirt from a jerboa's burrow that appears to be a deep hole but is not.

الباحثاء، من جحرة اليرابيع: تراب يخيل إليك أنه القاصعاء، وليس بها — The bāḥithā', from the jerboa's burrow: dirt that appears to you to be a deep hole, but it is not.
البُحُوثname
  1. 1.
    Surah of Repentanceclassical

    A name for Surah At-Tawbah, derived from its function of investigating hypocrites.

أبت علينا سورة البحوث، انفروا خفافا وثقالا — Surah Al-Buḥūth commanded us, 'Go forth, light and heavy.'
بَحِيثَىnoun
  1. 1.
    children's gameclassical

    A game played with dirt, similar to digging.

البحيثى مثال خليطى: لعبة يلعبون بها بالتراب كالبحثة — Al-baḥīthā, like khalīṭī: a game they play with dirt like al-baḥthah.
البَحْثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    children's gameclassical

    A game played with dirt.

كانا يلعبان البحثة — they were playing al-baḥthah.
بَحَّاثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    dirt being searchedclassical

    The dirt in which something is being searched for.

والبحاثة التراب الذي يبحث عما يطلب فيه — And al-baḥḥāthah is the dirt in which one searches for what is sought.

Parallel reading

طلبك الشيء في التراب
Your seeking of a thing in the dirt.
كالباحث عن الشفرة
Like one searching for a knife.
كباحثة عن حتفها بظلفها
Like a female searching for her doom with her hoof.
وذلك أن شاة بحثت عن سكين في التراب بظلفها ثم ذبحت به
And that is when a sheep searched for a knife in the dirt with its hoof and then was slaughtered with it.
البحوث من الإبل التي إذا سارت بحثت التراب بأيديها أخرا
The 'buḥūth' are camels that, when they walk, dig the earth behind them with their feet.
البحث: أن تسأل عن شيء، وتستخبر
The search: is to ask about something and to seek information.
بحث عن الخبر وبحثه يبحثه بحثا: سأل
He searched for the news and searched it, searching it thoroughly: he asked.
استبحثت وابتحثت وتبحثت عن الشيء، بمعنى واحد أي فتشت عنه
I searched for, and intensely searched for, and searched for the thing, all meaning one thing, i.e., I investigated it.
البحث: الحية العظيمة لأنها تبحث التراب
The search: is a great snake because it digs the earth.
تركته بمباحث البقر أي بالمكان القفر؛ يعني بحيث لا يدرى أين هو
I left him in the barren lands of cattle, meaning in a desolate place where one does not know where he is.
الباحثاء، من جحرة اليرابيع: تراب يخيل إليك أنه القاصعاء، وليس بها
The bāḥithā', from the jerboa's burrow: dirt that appears to you to be a deep hole, but it is not.
سميت بذلك لأنها بحثت عن المنافقين وأسرارهم أي استثارتها وفتشت عنها
It was named that because it searched for the hypocrites and their secrets, meaning it stirred them up and investigated them.
أبت علينا سورة البحوث، انفروا خفافا وثقالا
Surah Al-Buḥūth commanded us, 'Go forth, light and heavy.'
البحوث: جمع بحث
Al-Buḥūth: plural of baḥth.
لعبة يلعبون بها بالتراب كالبحثة
A game they play with dirt like al-baḥthah.
كان غلامين كانا يلعبان البحثة
Two boys were playing al-baḥthah.
البحث المعدن يبحث فيه عن الذهب والفضة
Al-baḥth is the mine in which one searches for gold and silver.
والبحاثة التراب الذي يبحث عما يطلب فيه
And al-baḥḥāthah is the dirt in which one searches for what is sought.