بغث

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes colors, specifically a whitish hue tinged with green or red. It also extensively covers a category of birds, often characterized by their color, lack of predatory nature, or weakness, and is used metaphorically for low-ranking individuals.

Derived headwords

البَغْثnoun

1.
whitish-green colorboth
A color that is whitish and tends towards green.
2.
whitish-red colorboth
Alternatively, a color that is whitish and tends towards red.
3.
birds (plural)classical
A plural form referring to birds, particularly those not of prey.

البَغْثَةnoun

1.
whitish-green colorboth
A color that is whitish and tends towards green.
2.
whitish-red colorboth
Alternatively, a color that is whitish and tends towards red.

أَبْغَثadjective

1.
whitish-greenboth
Describing something that is whitish and tends towards green, often used for color.
2.
bird (color)classical
A type of bird characterized by its whitish-green or ash-like color.

بَغْثَاءadjective

1.
whitish-green (female)both
The feminine form of 'abghath', describing something whitish and tending towards green.
2.
whitish-red (female)both
The feminine form of 'abghath', describing something whitish and tending towards red.

البَغَاثnoun

1.
birds (non-prey)classical
A general term for birds that are not birds of prey; the weak or common birds.
2.
small birdsclassical
Refers to small, weak birds, sometimes including their young.
3.
a type of birdclassical
A specific type of bird, described as white or tending towards ash-grey, slow-flying and smaller than a vulture.

الأَبْغَثnoun

1.
water birdclassical
A type of water bird, ash-colored and long-necked.
2.
a type of birdclassical
A bird whose color is ash-grey, similar to 'al-aghbar'.

البُغَاثnoun

1.
birds (non-prey)classical
A general term for birds that are not birds of prey; the weak or common birds.

البَغَاثَةnoun

1.
weak bird (singular)classical
A single weak or common bird, used for both male and female.

بُغَاثَةnoun

1.
weak bird (singular)classical
A single weak or common bird, used for both male and female.

البُغْثَانnoun

1.
birds (plural)classical
A plural form for 'al-baghath', referring to non-prey birds.

الأَبَاغِثnoun

1.
birds (plural)classical
A plural form for 'al-baghath' or 'al-abghath', referring to birds.

البَغْثَاءnoun

1.
mixed sheepclassical
A type of sheep that is spotted with black and white, predominantly white.
2.
mix of peopleclassical
A mixture or gathering of people.

البَغِيْثnoun

1.
mixed foodclassical
Food mixed with barley, similar to 'al-lagheeth'.

بُغَاثnoun

1.
birds (plural)classical
A plural form for 'baghathah', referring to non-prey birds.

بُغَاثَانnoun

1.
birds (plural)classical
A plural form for 'baghathah', referring to non-prey birds.

بُغَاثname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name mentioned by Al-Tha'labi.

يوم بغاثname

1.
Battle of Bu'athclassical
A historical battle between the Aws and Khazraj tribes, though 'Bu'ath' (with 'ayn') is the correct name.

الأَبْغَثname

1.
place nameclassical
A place characterized by sand and stones.

البَغْثَاءnoun

1.
crowd of peopleclassical
A crowd or multitude of people.

Parallel reading

البغث والبغثة: بياض يضرب إلى الخضرة؛ وقيل: بياض يضرب إلى الحمرة

Al-baghth and al-baghthah: a whiteness that tends towards green; and it was said: a whiteness that tends towards red.

الذكر أبغث، والأنثى بغثاء

The male is abghath, and the female is baghtha'.

والأبغث: طائر غلب عليه غلبة الأسماء، وأصله الصفة للونه

And al-abghath: a bird upon which the name prevailed, and its origin is an adjective for its color.

البغاث والأبغث من طير الماء، كلون الرماد، طويل العنق

Al-baghath and al-abghath are water birds, ash-colored, long-necked.

والجمع البغث والأباغث

And the plural is al-baghth and al-abaghith.

والبغاث، عندي، غير الأبغث

And al-baghath, in my opinion, is different from al-abghath.

فأما الأبغث، فهو من طير الماء، معروف، وسمي أبغث لبغثته، وهو بياض إلى الخضرة

As for al-abghath, it is a known water bird, and it was named abghath because of its baghthah, which is a whiteness towards green.

وأما البغاث: فكل طائر ليس من جوارح الطير؛ يقال: هو اسم للجنس من الطير الذي يصاد

And as for al-baghath: it is every bird that is not a bird of prey; it is said: it is a generic noun for birds that are hunted.

وبغاث الطير وبغاثها: ألائمها وشرارها، وما لا يصيد منها، واحدتها بغاثة، بالفتح، الذكر والأنثى في ذلك سواء

And baghath al-tayr and its baghath: its inferior and worst birds, and those that are not hunted, its singular is baghathah (with fatha), male and female are the same in this.

وفي حديث جعفر بن عمرو: رأيت وحشيا، فإذا شيخ مثل البغاثة : هي الضعيف من الطير، وجمعها بغاث

And in the hadith of Ja'far bin Amr: I saw a wild animal, and there was an old man like al-baghathah: it is the weak among birds, and its plural is baghath.

وفي حديث عطاء: في بغاث الطير مد أي إذا صاده المحرم

And in the hadith of Atta: in baghath al-tayr is a ram (a fine) if it is hunted by a pilgrim in ihram.

والبغاث طائر أبيض، وقيل: أبغث إلى الغبرة، بطيء الطيران، صغير دوين الرخمة

And al-baghath is a white bird, and it was said: abghath towards ash-grey, slow-flying, smaller than a vulture.

والبغاث ما لا يصيد من الطير، وأما الأبغث من الطير، فهو ما كان لونه أغبر، وقد يكون صائدا وغير صائد

And al-baghath is what is not hunted among birds, but al-abghath among birds is what is ash-colored, and it may be predatory or non-predatory.

فجعل الأبغث صفة لما كان صائدا أو غير صائد، بخلاف البغاث الذي لا يكون منه شيء صائدا

So he made al-abghath an adjective for what is predatory or non-predatory, unlike al-baghath, none of which is predatory.

وقيل: البغاث أولاد الرخم والغربان

And it was said: al-baghath are the young of vultures and crows.

والبغثاء من الضأن، مثل الرقطاء: وهي التي فيها سواد وبياض، وبياضها أكثر من سوادها

And al-baghtha' from sheep, like al-raqtaa': it is that which has black and white, and its whiteness is more than its blackness.

والبغيث: الطعام المخلوط يغش بالشعير كاللغيث

And al-bagheeth: mixed food adulterated with barley, like al-lagheeth.

ودخل في بغثاء الناس وبرشاء الناس أي جماعتهم

And he entered into baghtha' al-nas and barsha' al-nas, meaning their multitude.

الليث: يوم بغاث: يوم وقعة كانت بين الأوس والخزرج؛ قال الأزهري: إنما هو بعاث، بالعين، وقد مر تفسيره

Al-Layth: Yawm Baghath: a day of a battle that occurred between the Aws and Khazraj; Al-Azhari said: it is actually Yawm Bu'ath (with 'ayn), and its explanation has passed.

إن البغاث بأرضنا يستنسر يضرب مثلا للئيم يرتفع أمره

Indeed, the common birds in our land become eagles is a proverb for a base person whose status is elevated.

والبغاث الطير الذي يصاد ويستنسر أي يصير كالنسر الذي يصيد ولا يصاد

And al-baghath is the bird that is hunted and becomes like an eagle, meaning it becomes like the eagle that hunts and is not hunted.