بلتع

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root describes someone who is clever, eloquent, and perhaps overly talkative or boastful. It encompasses traits of being witty, sharp-tongued, and sometimes pretentious or self-admiring.

Derived headwords

البِلْتَعَةnoun

1.
cleverness, witboth
It refers to being shrewd, tactful, and possessing a refined wit or cleverness.
2.
loquacity, shrewishnessclassical
Specifically for women, it denotes being garrulous, quarrelsome, and sharp-tongued.

المُتَبَلْتِعadjective

1.
pretentious, boastfulboth
One who tries to appear clever and witty but lacks substance, often speaking pretentiously and self-importantly.

بَلْتَعadjective

1.
clever, eloquentboth
Describes a person who is sharp, witty, and a skilled speaker.

مُتَبَلْتِعadjective

1.
clever, eloquentboth
Similar to 'بلتع', it describes someone who is sharp, witty, and a skilled speaker.

بِلْتَعِيّadjective

1.
clever, eloquentboth
An adjective derived from the root, describing someone who is sharp, witty, and a skilled speaker.

بَلْتَعَانِيّadjective

1.
clever, eloquentboth
Another adjective form indicating sharpness, wit, and eloquence.

تَبَلْتَعَverb

1.
to act clever, to boastboth
To behave in a way that suggests cleverness or eloquence, often with an undertone of self-admiration or pretentiousness.

بِلْتَعَةname

1.
a nameboth
A proper noun, used as a name.

أبو بِلْتَعَةname

1.
a kunyaboth
A kunya (patronymic or teknonymic) used as a name, notably for Hatib ibn Abi Balta'ah.

Parallel reading

البلتعة: التكيس والتظرف.

Al-bilt'ah: Cleverness and sophistication.

والمتبلتع: الذي يتحذلق في كلامه ويتدهى ويتظرف ويتكيس وليس عنده شيء.

And al-mutabalta' is one who affects cleverness in his speech, is pretentious, sophisticated, and tactful, yet has nothing substantial.

ورجل بلتع وظريف متكلم

And a man who is clever, witty, and eloquent.

والأنثى بالهاء

And the feminine form is with the 'taa' marbuta'.

إذا ما مشى أو قال قولا تبلتعا

When he walks or says something, he acts cleverly.

وقال ابن الأعرابي: التبلتع إعجاب الرجل بنفسه وتصلفه

And Ibn al-A'rabi said: Al-tabalta' is a man's self-admiration and arrogance.

ارعوا فإن رعيتي لن تنفعا،

Graze, for my flock will not benefit.

لا خير في الشيخ، وإن تبلتعا

There is no good in an old man, even if he acts clever.

والبلتعة من النساء: السليطة المشاتمة الكثيرة الكلام

And al-bilt'ah from women: the sharp-tongued, quarrelsome, and garrulous one.

وذكره الأزهري في الخماسي.

And Al-Azharī mentioned it among the pentasyllabic roots.

بلتعة: اسم.

Bilt'ah: A name.

وأبو بلتعة: كنية

And Abu Bilt'ah: a kunya.

ومنه حاطب بن أبي بلتعة.

And among them is Hatib ibn Abi Balta'ah.