بلهق

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a cunning, intelligent person, often with negative connotations of being foolish, talkative, or boastful. It also refers to a place and can denote a specific type of red color.

Derived headwords

البلهقnoun

1.
cunning personclassical
A highly intelligent and shrewd individual, often implying a degree of craftiness or trickery.
2.
foolish talkative womanclassical
A woman characterized by foolishness and excessive, often nonsensical, speech.
3.
red colorclassical
A description of a strong, intense red color.

بلهقadjective

1.
foolish, talkativeclassical
Describing a woman who is foolish and speaks excessively.
2.
redclassical
Intensely red in color.

بلهقةnoun

1.
foolish talkclassical
Excessive, foolish, or boastful speech.
2.
arroganceclassical
A sense of arrogance or haughtiness conveyed through speech.

بلهقname

1.
place nameclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific location.

بلهقverb

1.
to speak foolishlyclassical
To speak excessively, foolishly, or boastfully, often with the intent to deceive.

بلاهقnoun

1.
noisy, quarrelsome peopleclassical
Plural form referring to people who are quarrelsome, loud, and difficult.

Parallel reading

البلهق: الداهية.

Al-Bilhaq: the cunning one.

وامرأة بلهق: حمقاء كثيرة الكلام

And a woman (is) bilhaq: foolish and talkative.

وفيها بلهقة، وهي أيضا الحمراء الشديدة.

And in her is bilhaqa, and it (is) also the intense red.

وبلهق: موضع.

And Bilhaq: a place.

والبلهقة: البهلقة، وذلك مذكور في ترجمة بهلق.

And al-bilhaqa: al-bahlaqa, and that is mentioned in the entry for bahlaq.

سمعت الكلابي يقول: البلهق والبلهق، بالضم والكسر، الكثيرة الكلام وهي التي لا صيور لها.

I heard al-Kilabi say: Al-bilhaq and al-bilhaq, with damma and kasra, (means) the very talkative one, she who has no restraint.

ولقينا فلان فبلهق لنا في كلامه وعدته فيقول السامع لا يغركم بلهقته فما عنده خير.

And we met so-and-so, and he spoke boastfully to us in his words and promises, so the listener says, 'Do not be deceived by his bilhaqa, for he has no good.'

الليث: البلهق الضجور الكثير الصخب، وتقول بلهق، والجمع بلاهق.

Al-Layth: Al-bilhaq (is) the irritable, loud-mouthed one. And you say bilhaq, and the plural is bilahaq.

في كلامه طرمذة وبلهقة ولهوقة أي كبر.

In his speech is tirmadha, bilhaqa, and lawhuqa, meaning arrogance.