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بهق

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns a type of skin discoloration, specifically white patches that are distinct from leprosy. It also includes a place name.

Derived headwords

البَهَقnoun
  1. 1.
    White patches on skinboth

    A whiteness that affects the body, differing in color from the rest of the skin, but not considered leprosy.

  2. 2.
    Vitiligo-like conditionclassical

    A condition characterized by white spots on the body, distinct from leprosy.

بَهَقverb
  1. 1.
    To have white patchesclassical

    To be afflicted with the condition of 'bahq', i.e., white patches on the skin.

بُهْقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    White spotclassical

    A white spot or patch, referring to the discoloration described under 'bahq'.

بَيَهَقname
  1. 1.
    A place nameboth

    The name of a specific location.

Parallel reading

البَهَق: بياض دون البرص
Al-bahq: whiteness less than leprosy.
فيه خطوط من سواد وبلق
It has lines of blackness and patches of white.
كأنها في الجسم توليع البهق
As if they were in the body the mottling of al-bahq.
البهق: بياض يعتري الجسد بخلاف لونه ليس من البرص
Al-bahq: whiteness that befalls the body, differing from its color, and is not from leprosy.