بيح

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to making something known or public, often in a secret or informal way. It also encompasses a specific type of fish and related fishing equipment.

Derived headwords

بَاحَ بِهِverb

1.
to reveal a secretboth
To make something known, especially a secret, to someone.

البَيَّاحnoun

1.
a type of fishclassical
A type of small fish, about a span in length, considered very delicious.

يا رب شيخ من بني رباح، ... إذا امتلا البطن من البياح، صاح بليل أنكر الصياح — O Lord, a sheikh from the Banu Rubah, ... when the belly is full of the Bayah, he cries at night with a strange cry.

البَيَّاحَةnoun

1.
whale netclassical
A net used for catching whales.

أيما أحب إليك كذا أو كذا أو بياح مربب — Which do you prefer, such and such, or a dyed Bayah?

مُرَبَّبadjective

1.
dyedclassical
Something that has been colored or dyed.

بياح مربب — dyed Bayah

بَيحانname

1.
nameboth
A proper name.

Parallel reading

أشعره سرا

to make him aware of it secretly.

والبياح، بكسر الباء مخفف: ضرب من السمك صغار أمثال شبر، وهو أطيب السمك

And the Bayah, with a kasrah on the baa, light: a type of fish, small, like a span, and it is the most delicious fish.

وربما فتح وشدد

And sometimes it is opened (fatḥah) and doubled (shaddah).

والبياحة: شبكة الحوت

And the Bayahah: a net for whales.

وفي الحديث: أيما أحب إليك كذا أو كذا أو بياح مربب

And in the hadith: Which do you prefer, such and such, or a dyed Bayah?

هو ضرب من السمك، وقيل: الكلمة غير عربية

It is a type of fish, and it was said: the word is non-Arabic.

والمربب: المعمول بالصباغ

And the Murabbab: made with dye.

وبيحان: اسم، والله أعلم

And Bayhan: a name, and God knows best.