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بحح

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns hoarseness, roughness, or thickness in the voice. It extends to describe a rough or coarse sound in animals, and metaphorically, it can refer to spaciousness, abundance, or being in the midst of something.

Derived headwords

البَحَّةُ والبَحَحُ والبَحَاحُ والبَحُوحَةُ والبَحَاحَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    hoarsenessboth

    Hoarseness and roughness in the voice, which can sometimes be congenital.

بَحَّverb
  1. 1.
    to become hoarseboth

    To have a hoarse or rough voice, often due to illness or excessive shouting.

فأخذت النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، بحة — And the Prophet, peace be upon him, was afflicted with hoarseness.
يَبِحُّverb
  1. 1.
    to become hoarseclassical

    A variant form indicating the onset or presence of hoarseness.

بَحَّverb
  1. 1.
    to become hoarseboth

    The past tense form of the verb, indicating that hoarseness occurred.

بححت، بالكسر، تبح بححا — I became hoarse, with a kasra, I become hoarse with hoarseness.
تَبِحُّverb
  1. 1.
    to become hoarseboth

    The present tense form of the verb, indicating the ongoing state of hoarseness.

بُحُوحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    hoarsenessboth

    The masdar (verbal noun) for the state of being hoarse.

يقال: بح يبح بحوحا — It is said: he became hoarse, he becomes hoarse with hoarseness.
البَحَاحُnoun
  1. 1.
    hoarsenessboth

    Specifically refers to hoarseness resulting from illness.

وإن كان من داء، فهو البحاح — And if it is from an illness, then it is the hoarseness.
أَبَحُّadjective
  1. 1.
    hoarseboth

    Describing a person or animal with a hoarse or rough voice, often congenitally.

  2. 2.
    thick-voicedboth

    Having a voice that is rough and coarse.

ورجل أَبَحُّ بَيِّنُ البَحَحِ إذا كان ذلك فيه خلقة — And a hoarse man, clearly hoarse, if that is congenital in him.
ورجل أَبَحُّ ولا يقال باح — And a hoarse man, and it is not said 'baah'.
بعير أَبَحُّ وعَوْدٌ أَبَحُّ: غليظ الصوت — A hoarse camel and a hoarse old man: thick-voiced.
والبُمُّ يدعى الأَبَحَّ لغلظ صوته — And the baboon is called 'al-abahh' due to its thick voice.
وأَبَحُّ جُنْدِيٌّ، وثاقبة — And a hoarse dinar, and a piercing one.
البَحَحُnoun
  1. 1.
    hoarsenessboth

    The state of being hoarse, often used as a masdar for 'abahh'.

  2. 2.
    roughness in the chestclassical

    In camels, it refers to roughness and rattling in the chest.

قال الأزهري: البَحَحُ مصدر الأَبَحِّ — Al-Azhari said: Al-bahah is the masdar of al-abahh.
والبَحَحُ في الإبل: خشونة وحشرجة في الصدر — And al-bahah in camels: roughness and rattling in the chest.
بَحَّاءadjective
  1. 1.
    hoarse (female)both

    Describing a female with a hoarse voice.

وامرأةٌ بَحَّاءٌ وبَحَّةٌ — And a hoarse woman and a hoarse one.
بَحَّةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    hoarsenessboth

    A hoarse sound or state.

وفي صوته بَحَّةٌ، بالضم — And in his voice is a hoarseness, with dammah.
أَبْحَنِيverb
  1. 1.
    to make hoarseboth

    To cause someone to become hoarse, typically through shouting.

ما زلتُ أُصِيحُ حتى أَبْحَنِي ذلك — I kept shouting until that made me hoarse.
البَحُّnoun
  1. 1.
    hoarse onesclassical

    A plural referring to those who are hoarse.

  2. 2.
    lots (for divination)classical

    The arrows or lots used for divination or casting lots.

والبَحُّ: جَمْعُ أَبَحَّ — And al-bahh: the plural of abahh.
والبَحُّ: القِدَاحُ التي يُسْتَقْسَمُ بها — And al-bahh: the lots by which one divines.
كَسْرُ أَبَحَّnoun phrase
  1. 1.
    rich in marrowclassical

    Describing something, like bones, that is rich in marrow.

وكَسْرُ أَبَحَّ: كثير المُخِّ — And kasr abahh: rich in marrow.
البَحْبَحِيُّadjective
  1. 1.
    generousclassical

    Describing someone who is generous in spending or in hospitality.

  2. 2.
    spaciousclassical

    Describing a dwelling that is spacious.

والبَحْبَحِيُّ الواسع في النفقة، الواسع في المنزل — And al-bahbahiyy: generous in spending, spacious in dwelling.
تَبَحْبَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to dwell comfortablyboth

    To live or dwell in a spacious and comfortable manner.

  2. 2.
    to be immersed inboth

    To be deeply involved or immersed in something, like glory or a situation.

وتبحبح في المجد أي أنه في مجد واسع — And he dwelled comfortably in glory, meaning he was in vast glory.
وقد تبحبحت في الدار إذا توسطتها وتمكنت منها — And you have dwelled comfortably in the house if you have settled in its midst and become established in it.
تفطر اللحاء وتبحبح الحياء أي اتسع الغيث وتمكن من الأرض — The bark split and the modesty expanded, meaning the rain widened and permeated the earth.
ابْتِحَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    abundanceclassical

    A state of plenty, prosperity, and abundance.

ويقال: القوم في ابْتِحَاحٍ أي في سعة وخصب — And it is said: the people are in abundance, meaning in spaciousness and fertility.
البَحْبُوحَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    middleboth

    The middle or central part of something, like a settlement or a house.

  2. 2.
    best partclassical

    The choicest or best part of something.

والبَحْبُوحَةُ: وسط المحلة — And al-bahboohah: the middle of the encampment.
وبَحْبُوحَةُ الدار: وسطها — And the middle of the house: its center.
من سره أن يسكن بَحْبُوحَةَ الجنة فليلزم الجماعة — Whoever is pleased to dwell in the middle of Paradise, let him adhere to the congregation.
بَحْبَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to settle inboth

    To settle comfortably and firmly in a place.

وقد بَحْبَحَ وتبحبح إذا تمكن وتوسط المنزل والمقام — And he settled and settled comfortably if he became established and occupied the dwelling and the place.
بَحْبَاحnoun
  1. 1.
    nothing leftclassical

    An expression indicating that nothing remains.

قلنا: بَحْبَاحٌ أي لم يبق — We said: 'bahbah', meaning nothing remained.
البَحَّاءnoun
  1. 1.
    a moundclassical

    A specific type of elevated ground or mound found in the desert.

والبَحَّاءُ في البادية رابية تُعرف برابية البَحَّاء — And al-bahhaa' in the desert is a mound known as the mound of al-Bahhaa'.

Parallel reading

كله غلظ في الصوت وخشونة، وربما كان خلقة.
All of it is thickness in the voice and roughness, and it may be congenital.
بح يبح «1» ويبح: كذا أطلقه أهل التجنيس وحله ابن السكيت فقال: بححت، بالكسر، تبح بححا.
Bah yabah and yabahh: thus the lexicographers stated it, and Ibn al-Sikkit clarified it, saying: I became hoarse, with a kasra, I become hoarse with hoarseness.
وفي الحديث: فأخذت النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، بحة ؛
And in the Hadith: And the Prophet, peace be upon him, was afflicted with hoarseness;
البحة، بالضم: غلظ في الصوت.
Al-buhhah, with dammah: thickness in the voice.
يقال: بح يبح بحوحا، وإن كان من داء، فهو البحاح.
It is said: he became hoarse, he becomes hoarse with hoarseness; and if it is from an illness, then it is al-bahaah.
ورجل أَبَحُّ بَيِّنُ البَحَحِ إذا كان ذلك فيه خلقة.
And a hoarse man, clearly hoarse, if that is congenital in him.
قال الأزهري: البَحَحُ مصدر الأَبَحِّ.
Al-Azhari said: Al-bahah is the masdar of al-abahh.
قال ابن سيده: وأرى اللحياني حكى بححت تبحح، وهي نادرة لأن مثل هذا إنما يدغم ولا يفك، وقال: رجل أَبَحُّ ولا يقال باح؛ وامرأة بَحَّاءٌ وبَحَّةٌ ؛
Ibn Sidah said: And I think Al-Lahyani narrated 'bahah tabahh', and it is rare because such a thing is usually assimilated and not separated. He also said: a hoarse man, and it is not said 'baah'; and a hoarse woman and a hoarse one;
وفي صوته بَحَّةٌ، بالضم.
And in his voice is a hoarseness, with dammah.
ويقال: ما زلتُ أُصِيحُ حتى أَبْحَنِي ذلك.
And it is said: I kept shouting until that made me hoarse.
قال الأزهري: بَحَحْتُ أَبَحُّ هي اللغة العالية، قال: وبَحَحْتُ، بالفتح، أَبَحُّ، لغة ؛
Al-Azhari said: 'bahah abahh' is the elevated dialect. He said: and 'bahah abahh', with fatha, is a dialect;
وأَبَحُّ جُنْدِيٌّ، وثاقبة ... سبكت، كثاقبة من الجمر أراد بالأَبَحِّ: دينارا أَبَحُّ في صوته.
And a hoarse dinar, and a piercing one... cast like a piercing ember. He intended by 'al-abahh': a dinar that is hoarse in its sound.
والبَحَحُ في الإبل: خشونة وحشرجة في الصدر.
And al-bahah in camels: roughness and rattling in the chest.
بَعِيرٌ أَبَحُّ وعَوْدٌ أَبَحُّ: غليظ الصوت.
A hoarse camel and a hoarse old man: thick-voiced.
والبُمُّ يدعى الأَبَحَّ لغلظ صوته.
And the baboon is called 'al-abahh' due to its thick voice.
والبَحُّ: جَمْعُ أَبَحَّ.
And al-bahh: the plural of abahh.
والبَحُّ: القِدَاحُ التي يُسْتَقْسَمُ بها؛
And al-bahh: the lots by which one divines;
إذا الحسناء لم ترحض يديها، ... ولم يقصر لها بصر بستر قروا أضيافهم ربحا ببح، ... يعيش بفضلهن الحي سمر هم الأيسار، إن قحطت جمادى، ... بكل صبير غادية وقطر قال: والصبير من السحاب الذي يصير بعضه فوق بعض درجا، ويروى: يجيء بفضلهم المش أي المسح. أراد بالبح القداح التي لا أصوات لها.
When the beautiful one does not wash her hands, ... and her sight is not limited by a veil, they hosted their guests with profit by lots, ... the living survive by their bounty. They are the diviners, if Jumada is dry, ... with every layered cloud and rain. He said: and al-sabir is from the clouds that pile up layer upon layer, and it is narrated: their bounty brings the wiping. He meant by 'al-bahh' the lots that have no sounds.
وكَسْرُ أَبَحَّ: كثير المُخِّ؛
And kasr abahh: rich in marrow;
والبَحْبَحِيُّ الواسع في النفقة، الواسع في المنزل.
And al-bahbahiyy: generous in spending, spacious in dwelling.
وتبحبح في المجد أي أنه في مجد واسع.
And he dwelled comfortably in glory, meaning he was in vast glory.
وجعل الفراء التبحبح من الباحة، ولم يجعله من المضاعف.
And Al-Farra' made al-tabahbah from 'al-bahah' and did not make it from the doubled roots.
ويقال: القوم في ابْتِحَاحٍ أي في سعة وخصب.
And it is said: the people are in abundance, meaning in spaciousness and fertility.
والبَحْبُوحَةُ: وسط المحلة.
And al-bahboohah: the middle of the encampment.
قومي تميم، هم القوم الذين هم، ... ينفون تغلب عن بَحْبُوحَةِ الدار
My people are Tamim, they are the people who ... repel Taghlib from the middle of the house.
من سره أن يسكن بَحْبُوحَةَ الجنة فليلزم الجماعة، فإن الشيطان مع الواحد، وهو من الاثنين أبعد ؛
Whoever is pleased to dwell in the middle of Paradise, let him adhere to the congregation, for Satan is with the one, and he is further from the two;
وقد تبحبحت في الدار إذا توسطتها وتمكنت منها.
And you have dwelled comfortably in the house if you have settled in its midst and become established in it.
وقد بَحْبَحَ وتبحبح إذا تمكن وتوسط المنزل والمقام؛
And he settled and settled comfortably if he became established and occupied the dwelling and the place;
وأهدى لها أكبشا، ... تبحبح في المربد وزوجك في النادي، ... ويعلم ما في غد «1» أي متمكنة في المربد، وهو الموضع.
And gifted her rams, ... dwelling comfortably in the sheep pen. And your husband is in the gathering place, ... and knows what tomorrow holds. Meaning established in the sheep pen, which is the place.
تفطر اللحاء وتبحبح الحياء أي اتسع الغيث وتمكن من الأرض.
The bark split and the modesty expanded, meaning the rain widened and permeated the earth.
وقال أعرابي في امرأة ضربها الطلق: تركتها تبحبح على أيدي القوابل.
And a Bedouin said about a woman in labor: I left her struggling (or settling) in the hands of the midwives.
وزعم الكسائي أنه سمع رجلا من بني عامر يقول: إذا قيل لنا أبقي عندكم شيء؟ قلنا: بَحْبَاحٌ أي لم يبق.
And Al-Kisa'i claimed that he heard a man from Banu 'Amir say: If we were asked 'Do you have anything left?', we would say: 'bahbah', meaning nothing remained.
والبَحَّاءُ في البادية رابية تعرف برابية البَحَّاء؛
And al-bahhaa' in the desert is a mound known as the mound of al-Bahhaa';