بهر

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of shortness, nobility, and accusation. It extends to physical attributes like heavy buttocks leading to breathlessness, and metaphorical accusations, including false claims of sexual acts.

Derived headwords

البَهْتَرَةnoun

1.
shortnessclassical
Refers to something being short, particularly in stature.

البَهِيْرَةnoun

1.
noblewomanclassical
A woman who is a leader and is of noble status.
2.
breathless womanclassical
A woman whose heavy buttocks cause her to become breathless and pant when she walks.

تهادى كما قد رأيت البهيرا — She moved gracefully, as you have seen the noblewoman.

بَهَرَverb

1.
to accuse falselyclassical
To falsely accuse someone, particularly a woman, of something.

بُهْتَانnoun

1.
false accusationboth
A false accusation or slander, especially one made against a woman.

ابْتَهَرَverb

1.
to falsely accuseclassical
To falsely accuse a woman, implying a sexual act was committed.
2.
to falsely claimclassical
To falsely claim to have done something one has not actually done.

الابْتِهَارnoun

1.
false accusationclassical
The act of falsely accusing someone, especially a woman, of a sexual act.
2.
false claimclassical
The act of falsely claiming to have committed a deed.

ابْتَارَverb

1.
to accuse of what is trueclassical
To accuse someone of something they have actually done.

الابْتِيَارnoun

1.
accusation of truthclassical
The act of accusing someone of something that is true.

بُهْرَاءname

1.
Buhra' (tribe)classical
A tribe from Yemen, known by this name.

وقد علمت بهراء أن سيوفنا ... سيوف النصارى لا يليق بها الدم — And Buhra' knew that our swords... the swords of Christians, blood is not fitting for them.

بَهْرَاوِيّadjective

1.
نسب to Buhra'classical
Relating to or attributed to the tribe of Buhra'.

بَهْرَانِيّadjective

1.
نسب to Buhra' (irregular)classical
An irregular form of attribution to the tribe of Buhra'.

Parallel reading

وهذا خطأ والذي أراد الليث البهترة بمعنى القصيرة

And this is an error, and what Al-Layth intended was Al-Bahterah meaning short.

وأما البهيرة من النساء فهي السيدة الشريفة

As for Al-Bahirah among women, she is the noble lady.

ويقال للمرأة إذا ثقلت أردافها فإذا مشت وقع عليها البهر والربو: بهيرة

And it is said of a woman, if her buttocks are heavy, so that when she walks, breathlessness and panting befall her: she is Bahirah.

وبهـرها ببهتان: قذفها به

And he accused her with a falsehood: he slandered her with it.

والابتهار: أن ترمي المرأة بنفسك وأنت كاذب

And Al-Ibtehaar is: to accuse a woman of yourself while you are lying.

وقيل: الابتهار أن ترمي الرجل بما فيه

And it was said: Al-Ibtehaar is to accuse a man of what is in him.

والابتيار أن ترميه بما ليس فيه

And Al-Ibteyaar is to accuse him of what is not in him.

أنه رفع إليه غلام ابتهر جارية في شعره فلم يوجد الثبت فدرأ عنه الحد

That a young man was brought to him who had falsely accused a slave girl in his hair, but no proof was found, so he averted the punishment from him.

الابتهار بالذنب أعظم من ركوبه وهو أن يقول فعلت ولم يفعل

Falsely claiming a sin is greater than committing it, which is to say 'I did it' when one has not done it.

وبهراء: حي من اليمن

And Buhra': a tribe from Yemen.

قال كراع: بهراء، ممدودة، قبيلة، وقد تقصر

Kara' said: Buhra', elongated, a tribe, and it may be shortened.

والنسب إلى بهراء بهراوي، بالواو على القياس، وبهراني مثل بحراني على غير قياس

And the attribution to Buhra' is Bahraawi, with a waw according to analogy, and Bahrani like Bahraani, not according to analogy.