بدغ

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of crawling or moving along the ground, specifically in a manner associated with defecation and soiling oneself. It also extends to metaphorical meanings of being stained by evil or having a defect.

Derived headwords

بَدَغَverb

1.
to crawl on the groundclassical
To move along the ground using one's posterior, often in a manner associated with defecation and soiling oneself.
2.
to be soiled with fecesclassical
To become smeared or stained with one's own feces.
3.
to be stained with evilclassical
To be tainted or corrupted by wrongdoing or evil deeds.

بَدْغًاnoun

1.
crawling motionclassical
The act or manner of crawling on the ground, as described for the verb.
2.
soiling oneselfclassical
The state or act of being soiled with feces.

بَدَغًاnoun

1.
crawling motionclassical
The act or manner of crawling on the ground, as described for the verb.
2.
soiling oneselfclassical
The state or act of being soiled with feces.

البَدْغُnoun

1.
fat personclassical
A fat, corpulent, or stout person.
2.
defectclassical
A flaw, blemish, or defect, particularly one that is noticeable.

البَدَغُnoun

1.
fat personclassical
A fat, corpulent, or stout person.
2.
defectclassical
A flaw, blemish, or defect, particularly one that is noticeable.

الأَبْدَغُnoun

1.
place nameclassical
A place, the name of which is believed to be derived from this root.

Parallel reading

بدغ الرجل يبدغ بدغا وبدغا: تزحف على الأرض باسته وتلطخ بخرئه.

The man crawled, he crawls, badghan and badaghan: he crawls on the ground with his posterior and soils himself with his feces.

وبدغ بعذرته: تلطخ بها، وكذلك إذا تلطخ بالشر؛

And he soiled himself with his feces: he became smeared with them, and likewise if he became smeared with evil.

والملغ يلكى بالكلام الأملغ، ... لولا دبوقاء استه لم يبدغ ويروى يبطغ.

And the slanderer stumbles with eloquent speech, ... if not for the looseness of his anus, he would not crawl (or be soiled).

وبدغ بدغا: تلطخ بالشر.

And he soiled himself with evil: he became stained with wrongdoing.

والبدغ والبدغ البادن السمين،

And al-badgh and al-badagh are the fat, corpulent ones.

والبدغ المعيب،

And al-badgh is the defective one.

ومننه لقب قيس بن عاصم البدغ لأبنة كانت به، زعموا؛

And from this, Qais bin Asim was nicknamed al-Badgh due to a defect he had, they claim.

والأبدغ «1» قال ابن دريد: أحسبه موضعا.

And al-Abdagh, Ibn Duraid said: I think it is a place.

وزعم ابن الأعرابي أن بعض العرب عذر عذرة فسمي البدغ مثال التعب، والله أعلم.

And Ibn al-A'rabi claimed that some Arabs referred to feces as 'badgh' as an example of exertion/trouble, and God knows best.