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بثر

Root entry · 22 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns small eruptions or pustules on the skin, particularly the face. It extends to describe abundance, fullness, and sometimes scarcity or a remaining trace, with some specialized geographical and metaphorical uses.

Derived headwords

البَثْرnoun
  1. 1.
    small pustulesboth

    Small eruptions or pustules, often specifically on the face.

  2. 2.
    abundanceclassical

    A large quantity or abundance of something.

  3. 3.
    soft, easy landclassical

    Land that is soft and easy to traverse.

  4. 4.
    white stony landclassical

    Land whose stones are like those of a lava field (حرّة) but are white.

البَثَرnoun
  1. 1.
    small pustulesboth

    Small eruptions or pustules, often specifically on the face.

  2. 2.
    abundanceclassical

    A large quantity or abundance of something.

  3. 3.
    soft, easy landclassical

    Land that is soft and easy to traverse.

  4. 4.
    white stony landclassical

    Land whose stones are like those of a lava field (حرّة) but are white.

البُثُورnoun
  1. 1.
    small pustulesboth

    Small eruptions or pustules, often specifically on the face.

  2. 2.
    eruptions like smallpoxclassical

    Eruptions resembling smallpox, disfiguring the face or other parts of the body.

  3. 3.
    springs, water sourcesclassical

    Water sources or springs, especially those that are visible or bubbling up.

بَثَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to erupt, to break outboth

    The skin or face became covered with small pustules or eruptions.

يَبْثُرُverb
  1. 1.
    to erupt, to break outboth

    The skin or face became covered with small pustules or eruptions.

بَثْرًاnoun
  1. 1.
    eruptionboth

    The state or act of having small pustules or eruptions.

بُثُورًاnoun
  1. 1.
    eruptionboth

    The state or act of having small pustules or eruptions.

بَثِرٌadjective
  1. 1.
    erupted, pustularboth

    Describing a face or skin that is covered with small pustules.

تَبَثَّرَverb
  1. 1.
    to erupt, to break outboth

    The face or skin became covered with small pustules or eruptions.

  2. 2.
    to blisterclassical

    The skin became blistered.

البَثِيرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    perfect blessingclassical

    A complete and perfect blessing or favor.

البَثْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    small pustuleboth

    A single small eruption or pustule.

  2. 2.
    hot spring, lava fieldclassical

    A hot spring or a field of volcanic rock.

  3. 3.
    pit, wellclassical

    A pit or a well, especially a wide and deep one.

بَثِيرadjective
  1. 1.
    abundant, plentifulclassical

    Describing something that is abundant or plentiful.

  2. 2.
    abundant and scarceclassical

    Can mean both abundant and scarce, used as an antonym.

كثير بثيرphrase
  1. 1.
    very abundantclassical

    An emphatic way of saying 'very abundant' or 'plentiful'.

ماء بَثِرphrase
  1. 1.
    scant waterclassical

    Water that has mostly evaporated, leaving only a small amount on the ground.

  2. 2.
    bubbling waterclassical

    Water that is bubbling up or emerging from the ground.

بَثِيرٌ بَذِيرٌphrase
  1. 1.
    abundant and plentifulclassical

    A phrase emphasizing extreme abundance.

بَثْرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    small pustuleboth

    A single small eruption or pustule.

  2. 2.
    hot spring, lava fieldclassical

    A hot spring or a field of volcanic rock.

  3. 3.
    pit, wellclassical

    A pit or a well, especially a wide and deep one.

البَثْرnoun
  1. 1.
    small pustulesboth

    Small eruptions or pustules, often specifically on the face.

  2. 2.
    abundanceclassical

    A large quantity or abundance of something.

  3. 3.
    soft, easy landclassical

    Land that is soft and easy to traverse.

  4. 4.
    white stony landclassical

    Land whose stones are like those of a lava field (حرّة) but are white.

البَثُورnoun
  1. 1.
    small pustulesboth

    Small eruptions or pustules, often specifically on the face.

  2. 2.
    eruptions like smallpoxclassical

    Eruptions resembling smallpox, disfiguring the face or other parts of the body.

  3. 3.
    springs, water sourcesclassical

    Water sources or springs, especially those that are visible or bubbling up.

الحَسِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    spring waterclassical

    Water that emerges from the ground naturally, without digging.

الأحْسَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    springsclassical

    Water sources that emerge from the ground.

الباثِرnoun
  1. 1.
    envious personclassical

    Someone who is envious or harbors ill will.

المَبْثُورnoun
  1. 1.
    envious personclassical

    Someone who is envious or has been envied.

  2. 2.
    rich personclassical

    A person who is completely and perfectly wealthy.

Parallel reading

البثر والبثر والبثور: خراج صغار، وخص بعضهم به الوجه، واحدته بثرة وبثرة.
Al-bathr, al-bathar, and al-buthoor: small pustules, and some specified them for the face; the singular is bathrah and bathrah.
وقد بثر جلده ووجهه يبثر بثرا وبثورا: وبثر، بالكسر، بثرا وبثر، بالضم، ثلاث لغات، فهو وجه بثر.
And his skin and face became covered with pustules, breaking out with bathran and buthooran: bathara (with kasr) bathran and bathara (with damma) are three linguistic variations, so it is a pustular face.
وتبثر وجهه: بثر.
And his face became covered with pustules: it erupted.
وتبثر جلده: تنفط.
And his skin became covered with pustules: it blistered.
قال أبو منصور: البثور مثل الجدري يقبح على الوجه وغيره من بدن الإنسان، وجمعها بثر.
Abu Mansur said: Al-buthoor are like smallpox, disfiguring the face and other parts of the human body, and their plural is bathr.
ابن الأعرابي: البثرة تصغيرها البثيرة، وهي النعمة التامة.
Ibn al-A'rabi said: Al-bathrah is the diminutive of al-batheerah, which is the perfect blessing.
والبثرة: الحرة.
And al-bathrah: the hot spring/lava field.
والبثر: أرض سهلة رخوة.
And al-bathr: soft, easy land.
والبثر: أرض حجارتها كحجارة الحرة إلا أنها بيض.
And al-bathr: land whose stones are like the stones of a lava field, except they are white.
والبثر: الكثير.
And al-bathr: the abundant.
يقال: كثير بثير، إتباع له وقد يفرد.
It is said: katheerun batheerun, as an emphatic follow-up, and it may be used alone.
وعطاء بثر: كثير وقليل، وهو من الأضداد.
And a gift of batheer: abundant and scarce, and it is one of the antonyms.
وماء بثر: بقي منه على وجه الأرض شيء قليل.
And bathr water: a small amount remained on the surface of the earth.
وبثر: ماء معروف بذات عرق؛ قال أبو ذؤيب: فافتنهن من السواء، وماؤه ... بثر، وعانده طريق مهيع
And Bathr: a known water source at Dhat 'Irq; Abu Dhu'ayb said: So he charmed them from Al-Sawa', and its water was ... scant, and the easy road opposed him.
والمعروف في البثر: الكثير.
And what is known for al-bathr: the abundant.
وقال الكسائي: هذا شيء كثير بثير بذير وبجير أيضا.
Al-Kisa'i said: This is something abundant, batheer, bahtheer, and bujayr also.
الأصمعي: البثرة الحفرة.
Al-Asma'i said: Al-bathrah is the pit.
قال أبو منصور: ورأيت في البادية ركية غير مطوية يقال لها بثرة، وكانت واسعة كثيرة الماء.
Abu Mansur said: And I saw in the desert an unlined well called Bathrah, and it was wide and abundant in water.
الليث: الماء البثر في الغدير إذا ذهب وبقي على وجه الأرض منه شيء قليل، ثم نش وغشى وجه الأرض منه شبه عرمض؛ يقال: صار ماء الغدير بثرا.
Al-Layth: Bathr water in a pond, when it evaporates and only a small amount remains on the surface of the earth, then it thickens and covers the earth like a film; it is said: the water of the pond became bathr.
والبثر: الحسي [الحسي].
And al-bathr: al-hasi (spring water).
والبثور: الأحساء، وهي الكرار؛ ويقال: ماء باثر إذا كان باديا من غير حفر، وكذلك ماء نابع ونبع.
And al-buthoor: al-ahsa', which are the springs; and it is said: water is baathir if it is emerging without digging, likewise water that is gushing and springing forth.
والباثر: الحسود.
And al-baathir: the envious one.
والبثر والمبثور: المحسود.
And al-bathr and al-mabthoour: the envied one.
والمبثور: الغني التام الغنى.
And al-mabthoour: the one with complete wealth.