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بهنس

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a proud, strutting gait, often associated with lions. It can also refer to a docile or submissive camel.

Derived headwords

البَهَنْسَىnoun
  1. 1.
    strutting, proud walkboth

    The act of walking with a proud, ostentatious gait. It is synonymous with 'al-bahansah'.

البَهَنْسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    strutting, proud walkboth

    The act of walking with a proud, ostentatious gait. It is synonymous with 'al-bahansy'.

يَبَهْنِسُverb
  1. 1.
    to strutboth

    To walk with a proud, ostentatious gait, like a lion.

يَتَبَهْنَسُverb
  1. 1.
    to strutboth

    To walk with a proud, ostentatious gait, like a lion. This is a variant form of 'yabahnis'.

بَهَنَسٌadjective
  1. 1.
    docile, submissiveclassical

    Describing a camel that is docile and easy to manage.

بَهَانِسٌadjective
  1. 1.
    docile, submissiveclassical

    Describing a camel that is docile and easy to manage. This is the plural form of 'bahans'.

Parallel reading

البَهَنْسَى: التبختر، وهو البهنسة.
Al-bahansy: Strutting, which is al-bahansah.
والأسد يبهنس في مشيه ويتبهنس أي يتبختر؛
And the lion struts in its walk and 'yatabahnas', meaning it struts.
خص بعضهم به الأسد وعم بعضهم به.
Some specified it for the lion, while others generalized it.
وجمل بهنس وبهانس: ذلول.
And a camel 'bahans' and 'bahans', meaning docile.