بضع

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

The root بضع (b-d-ʿ) primarily relates to the concept of cutting, dividing, or separating. This extends to physical pieces of flesh, metaphorical parts of a whole, and even the act of sexual intercourse. It also encompasses notions of fullness, satisfaction, and specific numerical ranges.

Derived headwords

بَضَعَverb

1.
to cutboth
To cut or sever something, particularly flesh.
2.
to splitboth
To split or tear, as in skin being split by a whip.
3.
to be satisfied (with water)both
To drink water until satisfied or full.
4.
to understandclassical
To comprehend or understand something.
5.
to become wearyclassical
To become weary or tired of something or someone.

بَضَعَ اللحمَ يبضعه بضعاً — He cut the flesh.

كلها تبضع وتحدر — all of them split the skin and drew blood.

بِضْعَةnoun

1.
piece of fleshboth
A piece or chunk of flesh, especially one that is collected together.
2.
part ofboth
A part or portion of something, used metaphorically to denote similarity or belonging.
3.
whipsclassical
Whips, or possibly swords.

أعطيته بضعة من اللحم — I gave him a piece of flesh.

فاطمة بضعة مني — Fatimah is a part of me.

بَضْعnoun

1.
cuttingboth
The act of cutting or severing.
2.
sexual intercourseboth
Sexual intercourse.
3.
marriage contractclassical
The marriage contract or the right to marry.
4.
a number (3-10)both
A number between three and ten, often used with tens.

البضع: النكاح — Bith' means sexual intercourse.

في بضع سنين — within a number of years (between three and ten).

بَضْعَةٌ وَعِشْرُونَother

1.
twenty-somethingboth
A number between twenty and thirty, specifically twenty-plus a number from three to nine.

بضع وعشرون درجة — twenty-something degrees.

بَضْعٌ وَسِتُّونَother

1.
sixty-somethingclassical
A number between sixty and seventy.

لا بارك الله في بضع وستين، من السنين تملاها بلا حسب — May God not bless sixty-something years, which you fill without reckoning.

تَبْضِيعٌnoun

1.
cuttingclassical
The act of cutting or severing.

بَضَعَهُ تبضيعاً — He cut it.

بَاضِعٌadjective

1.
cuttingboth
Something that cuts or severs.
2.
cutting (wound)classical
A type of wound that cuts the skin and flesh.

سيف باضع إذا مر بشيء بضعه — A sword is cutting if it passes through something and cuts it.

الباضعة من الشجاج: التي تقطع الجلد وتشق اللحم — The cutting (wound) is that which cuts the skin and splits the flesh.

مَبْضُوعٌadjective

1.
cutclassical
Something that has been cut or severed.

ومبضوعة من رأس فرع شظية — and cut from the tip of a splinter.

مِبْضَعٌnoun

1.
scalpelboth
A surgical knife or scalpel, used for cutting.

المِبْضَع: المشرط — The 'mibda'' is the scalpel.

أَبْضَعَverb

1.
to make satisfied (with water)both
To make something or someone satisfied with water; to quench thirst.
2.
to give a trade goodboth
To give someone a trade good or merchandise.
3.
to marry offclassical
To marry off a woman.

أَبْضَعَنِي الماءُ — The water satisfied me.

أَبْضَعَهُ البِضَاعَةَ — He gave him the merchandise.

بَضُعَverb

1.
to be satisfied (with water)classical
To drink water until satisfied.
2.
to understandclassical
To understand.
3.
to become wearyclassical
To become weary or tired of.

بَضُعَ من الماء وبه يبضع بضوعاً وبضعاً — He drank water until satisfied.

بَضُعَ هو يبضع بضوعاً — He understood.

بَضِيعٌadjective

1.
wateryclassical
Water that is fresh and satisfying.
2.
fleshyclassical
Having abundant flesh, especially in the thigh.
3.
seaclassical
The sea.
4.
islandclassical
An island, especially one in the sea.
5.
veinclassical
A vein.

ماءٌ باضعٌ وبَضِيعٌ — Fresh and satisfying water.

دابة كثيرة البَضِيع — An animal with abundant flesh.

ساد تجرم في البَضِيع ثمانيا — He stayed on the island for eight nights.

بَضَاعَةnoun

1.
merchandiseboth
Goods or merchandise, especially those intended for trade.
2.
piece of moneyclassical
A piece or portion of money.
3.
tradeboth
The act of trading or the goods involved in trade.

وجئنا ببضاعة مزجاة — And we have brought some merchandise, of a rather low grade.

أبْضَعَهُ البِضَاعَةَ — He gave him the merchandise.

اِبْتَضَعَverb

1.
to takeclassical
To take or acquire something, especially merchandise.
2.
to marryclassical
To marry.

اِبْتَضَعَ منه: أخذ — He took from him.

اِبْتَضَعَ فلانٌ — So-and-so got married.

اِسْتَبْضَعَverb

1.
to make merchandiseclassical
To make something one's merchandise or trade good.
2.
to seek intercourseclassical
To seek sexual intercourse, especially for procreation (a pre-Islamic practice).

اِسْتَبْضَعَ الشيءَ — He made it his merchandise.

فاستبضعي منه — and seek intercourse with him.

بَاضَعَverb

1.
to have intercourseboth
To have sexual intercourse with a woman.

بَاضَعَهَا مُبَاضَعَةً وبِضَاعاً — He had intercourse with her.

مُبَاضَعَةnoun

1.
intercourseboth
Sexual intercourse.
2.
direct contactclassical
Direct physical contact or intimacy.

المُبَاضَعَة: المُجَامَعَة — Al-mubada'ah means intercourse.

وبَاضَعَهُ أَهْلُهُ صَدَقَةٌ — and his intimacy with his family was charity.

بِضَاعٌnoun

1.
intercourseclassical
Sexual intercourse.
2.
dowryclassical
The dowry given to a woman.

المُبَاضَعَة: المُجَامَعَة، وهي البِضَاعٌ — Al-mubada'ah means intercourse, and it is al-bida'.

بَضِيعَةnoun

1.
piece of fleshclassical
A piece of flesh, particularly from the thigh.

ما انماز من لحم الفخذ، الواحد بَضِيعَة — what is separated from the flesh of the thigh, the singular is bid'ah.

تَبَضَّعَverb

1.
to sweatclassical
To sweat or exude moisture, especially in drops.

جبهته تتبضع — His forehead sweats.

بَاضِعَةnoun

1.
cutting woundclassical
A wound that cuts the skin and flesh, causing bleeding.

الباضعة من الشجاج: التي تقطع الجلد وتشق اللحم — The cutting (wound) is that which cuts the skin and splits the flesh.

Parallel reading

بَضَعَ اللحمَ يبضعه بضعاً وتبضيعه

He cut the flesh, cutting it and severing it.

والبِضْعَة: القطعة منه

And the 'bid'ah' is the piece of it.

فاطمة بضعة مني

Fatimah is a part of me.

دما عند شلو تحجل الطير حوله، ... وبضع لحام في إهاب مقدد

Blood around a carcass, around which the birds hobble, ... and a piece of meat in tanned hide.

وإن فلانا لشديد البضعة حسنها إذا كان ذا جسم وسمن

And so-and-so is indeed strong of body and handsome if he is corpulent and fat.

أنه ضرب رجلا أقسم على أم سلمة ثلاثين سوطا كلها تبضع وتحدر

That he struck a man who swore against Umm Salamah with thirty lashes, all of which split the skin and drew blood.

والمِبْضَع: المشرط، وهو ما يبضع به العرق والأديم

And the 'mibda'' is the scalpel, which is used to cut the vein and the skin.

أبْضَعَنِي الماءُ

The water satisfied me.

حتى متى تكرع ولا تبضع؟

Until when will you gulp and not be satisfied?

أبْضَعَهُ بالكلام وبضعه به: بين له ما ينازعه حتى يشتفي

He clarified it to him with words and cut it with them: he explained to him what was bothering him until he was satisfied.

بَضُعَ من صاحبه يبضع بضوعا إذا أمره بشيء فلم يأتمر له فسئم أن يأمره بشيء أيضا

He became weary of his companion, becoming weary if he ordered him to do something and he did not obey, so he became tired of ordering him anything else.

والمباضعة: المجامعة، وهي البضاع

And al-mubada'ah: intercourse, which is al-bida'.

ملك فلان بضع فلانة إذا ملك عقدة نكاحها

So-and-so possessed the 'bith'' of so-and-so if he possessed the knot of her marriage.

وفي الحديث: عتق بضعك فاختاري

And in the hadith: 'Your 'bith'' is freed, so choose.'

فإن البضع يزيد في السمع والبصر أي الجماع

For indeed, sexual intercourse increases hearing and sight.

تستأمر النساء في إبضاعهن أي في إنكاحهن

Women are consulted about their 'ibda'' (marriage), meaning about their marriage.

وجئنا ببضاعة مزجاة

And we have brought some merchandise, of a rather low grade.

المدينة كالكير تنفي خبثها وتبضع طيبها

The city is like a bellows, expelling its impurities and giving forth its good.

في بضع سنين

in a number of years (between three and ten).

بضعة عشر رجلا

thirteen men.

صلاة الجماعة تفضل صلاة الواحد ببضع وعشرين درجة

The prayer of the congregation is preferred over the prayer of an individual by twenty-something degrees.

مر بضع من الليل أي وقت

A portion of the night passed, meaning a time.

جبهته تبضع وتتبضع أي تسيل عرقا

His forehead sweats and oozes, meaning it flows with sweat.

ساد تجرم في البضيع ثمانيا

He traveled through the island for eight nights.