بطغ

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of being smeared or stained, particularly with filth or excrement. It also extends to the meaning of being helped or supported in an endeavor.

Derived headwords

بَطَغَverb

1.
to be smearedclassical
To be smeared or stained, especially with filth or excrement.
2.
to be stainedclassical
To be stained or soiled by something.

بَطْغًاnoun

1.
smearingclassical
The act or state of being smeared or stained.

يَبْطَغُverb

1.
he smearsclassical
He is smeared or stained, especially with filth or excrement.

بَطَغَ بالشيءverb

1.
to be smeared withclassical
To be smeared or stained by something.

بَطَغَ بالأرضverb

1.
to crawl on the groundclassical
To move by dragging oneself along the ground, to crawl.

أَبْطَغَverb

1.
to helpclassical
To help someone to carry a load, to support them.

Parallel reading

بَطَغَ بالعذرة يبطغ بطغا: تلطخ

He was smeared with excrement, he smears, smearing: to be smeared.

قال رؤبة: لولا دبوقاء استه لم يبطخ

Ru'bah said: If it were not for the filth of his anus, he would not be smeared.

وهو لغة في بدغ، ويروى لم يبدغ أي لم يتلطخ بالعذرة

And it is a dialectal variant of 'badagha', and it is narrated 'he did not badagha', meaning he was not smeared with excrement.

وبطغ بالشيء: تلطخ به

And he was smeared with a thing: he was stained by it.

وبطغ بالأرض أي تمسح بها وتزحف

And he was smeared with the ground, meaning he dragged himself upon it and crawled.

أزقن زيد عمرا إذا أعانه على حمله لينهض به

Zayd helped 'Amr if he assisted him with his load so he could carry it.

ومثله أبطغه وأبدغه وعدله ولونه وأسمعه وأنآه ونواه وحوله: بمعنى أعانه

And similarly, 'abṭagahu', 'abdagahu', 'ʿadalahu', 'lawnahu', 'asmaʿahu', 'anāhu', 'nawāhu', and 'ḥawwalahu' mean: he helped him.