بوغ

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns dust, earth, and fine soil, often in the context of being airborne or loose. It extends metaphorically to describe low or foolish people and also relates to the concept of agitation, overpowering, or spreading.

Derived headwords

البوغاءnoun

1.
dustboth
General term for dust or earth, particularly loose, fine soil that can be blown by the wind.
2.
loose soilclassical
Specifically, soft earth that resembles fine powder or dust.
3.
flying dustclassical
Dust that is airborne, carried by the wind.
4.
fine dustclassical
Dust so fine that it flies when touched.

الترابnoun

1.
earthboth
General term for earth or soil.

التربةnoun

1.
soilclassical
A specific type of soil, often described as soft or loose.

ذريرةnoun

1.
fine powderclassical
A fine powder, used here to describe the texture of loose earth.

كثبان رملnoun

1.
sand dunesclassical
Mounds of sand, referring to the context of the poetic verse.

الدمنnoun

1.
dung heapsclassical
Heaps of dung, used in the context of dust being mixed with them.

سباخnoun

1.
salty soilboth
A type of soil, often saline or marshy.

سفلتهمnoun

1.
lowly peopleclassical
The lowest or most base of people.

حمقاهمnoun

1.
their foolsclassical
Their foolish or stupid individuals.

طاشهمnoun

1.
their recklessnessclassical
Their foolishness, recklessness, or light-mindedness.

البوغnoun

1.
fungal growthclassical
The substance found inside a truffle or similar fungus.

تبوغ به الدمverb

1.
blood agitatedclassical
The blood became agitated or stirred up.

تبوغ الرجل بصاحبهverb

1.
overpowered his companionclassical
A man overpowered or got the better of his companion.

تبوغ الشرverb

1.
evil spreadclassical
Evil became widespread or extensive.

تبوقverb

1.
spread widelyclassical
To spread or become extensive, used for evil or similar concepts.

المبوغ عليهnoun

1.
one enviedclassical
The one who is envied.

المبيغ عليهnoun

1.
one who enviesclassical
The one who envies.

Parallel reading

التراب عامة

Dust in general.

هي التربة الرخوة التي كأنها ذريرة

It is the soft soil that is like fine powder.

تشج بها بوغاء قف، وتارة ... تسن عليها ترب آملة عفر

Sand dunes are eroded by dust from a barren place, and at another time... soft earth is smoothed over them.

لعمرك، لولا أربع ما تعفرت ... ببغدان، في بوغائها، القدمان

By your life, if not for four things, the feet would not have become dusty... in Baghdad, in its dust.

البوغاء التراب الهابي في الهواء

Al-bughaa' is the dust flying in the air.

هو التراب الذي يطير من دقته إذا مس

It is the dust that flies from its fineness when touched.

تلفه في الريح بوغاء الدمن

The dust of dung heaps is carried by the wind.

إنما هي سباخ وبوغاء

It is only saline soil and dust.

وبوغاء الناس: سفلتهم وحمقاهم وطاشهم

And the 'bughaa'' of people refers to their lowlifes, their fools, and their recklessness.

والبوغ: الذي يكون في أجواف الفقعة وهو من ذلك

And al-bugh is what is inside a truffle, and it is from this.

وتبوغ به الدم: هاج كتبيغ

And the blood agitated with it, meaning it became agitated like 'tabegh'.

وتبوغ الرجل بصاحبه فغلبه

And a man overpowered his companion and defeated him.

وتبوغ الشر وتبوق إذا اتسع

And evil spread and became widespread when it became extensive.

من هذا المبوغ عليه ومن هذا المبيغ عليه؟

From this one who is envied, and from this one who envies?