بهه

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to nobility, high status, and greatness. It also extends to sounds associated with powerful animals, particularly the rumbling or deep vocalizations of a bull or stallion.

Derived headwords

الأبهnoun

1.
Nobilityclassical
Nobility, high status, or eminence.
2.
Greatnessclassical
Greatness or elevated standing, especially before a ruler.

بهverb

1.
to be nobleclassical
To be noble, to increase in prestige and standing before a ruler.

به إذا نبل وزاد في جاهه ومنزلته عند السلطان — He is noble if he is distinguished and increases in prestige and status with the sultan.

بهparticle

1.
Wow!classical
A word of admiration or exclamation used to express wonder or admiration for something.

به به: كلمة إعظام كبخ بخ — 'Bah bah': a word of admiration like 'bakh bakh'.

به بهparticle

1.
Wow! Wow!classical
A phrase of admiration used when marveling at something, similar to 'bakh bakh'.

قال: به به ... سنخ ذا أكرم أصل — He said: 'Bah bah!'... This is of noble origin and honorable lineage.

به به إنك لضخمother

1.
Wow, you are huge!classical
An exclamation of surprise or remark upon someone's large size, possibly with a tone of disapproval or astonishment.

به به إنك لضخم — 'Bah bah, indeed you are large!'

البهبهnoun

1.
Many soundsclassical
A multitude of sounds, often referring to a great deal of noise.

يقال إن حوله من الأصوات البهبه أي الكثير — It is said that around him are the 'bahbah' sounds, meaning many.

البهبهnoun

1.
Rumbling soundclassical
The deep, rumbling sound made by a male animal, such as a bull or stallion.

والبهبه: من هدير الفحل — And 'al-bahbah': from the rumbling of the stallion.

البهبهةnoun

1.
Deep rumblingclassical
A high-pitched or resonant rumbling sound, specifically referring to the vocalization of a stallion.

والبهبهة: الهدر الرفيع — And 'al-bahbahah': the resonant rumbling.

البهباهnoun

1.
Deep rumblingclassical
Similar to 'al-bahbah', referring to the deep, resonant sound of a stallion's rumbling.

قال رؤبة يصف فحلا: ... برجس بخباخ الهدير البهبه — Ru'bah said, describing a stallion: ... with a strong, rumbling sound, the 'bahbah'.

بهبهverb

1.
to rumbleclassical
To make a deep, rumbling sound, as a bull or stallion does when vocalizing.

والبعير يبهبه في هديره — And the camel makes a rumbling sound in its bellowing.

البهبهيadjective

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Large and boldclassical
Describing someone who is large, imposing, and courageous or audacious.

والبهبهي الجسيم الجريء — And 'al-bahbahiyy': the large and bold one.

Parallel reading

الأبه: الأبح.

Al-ubbah: the noble.

أبو عمرو: به إذا نبل وزاد في جاهه ومنزلته عند السلطان، قال: ويقال للأبح أبه.

Abu Amr said: 'Bah' means to be noble and to increase in prestige and status with the sultan. He said: 'Al-ubbah' is also called 'ubbah'.

وقد به يبه أي بح يبح.

And he 'bah' means he 'bahah', i.e., he was noble.

وبه به: كلمة إعظام كبخ بخ.

And 'bah bah': a word of admiration like 'bakh bakh'.

قال يعقوب: إنما تقال عند التعجب من الشيء؛ قال الشاعر: من عزاني قال: به به ... سنخ ذا أكرم أصل

Ya'qub said: It is only said upon marveling at something. The poet said: Whoever consoled me said: 'Bah bah!'... This is of noble origin and honorable lineage.

ويقال للشيء إذا عظم: بخ بخ وبه به.

And it is said of something when it is great: 'Bakh bakh' and 'Bah bah'.

وفي الحديث: به به إنك لضخم ؛ قيل: هي بمعنى بخ بخ.

And in the hadith: 'Bah bah, indeed you are large!'; it is said to mean 'bakh bakh'.

يقال: بخبخ به وبهبه، غير أن الموضع لا يحتمله إلا على بعد لأنه قال إنك لضخم كالمنكر عليه، وبخ بخ لا تقال في الإنكار.

It is said: 'Bakhbakh' and 'bahbah' to him, except that the context does not allow it except distantly because he said 'you are large' as if disapproving of him, and 'bakh bakh' is not said in disapproval.

المفضل الضبي: يقال إن حوله من الأصوات البهبه أي الكثير.

Al-Mufaddal al-Dabbi said: It is said that around him are the 'bahbah' sounds, meaning many.

والبهبه: من هدير الفحل.

And 'al-bahbah': from the rumbling of the stallion.

والبهبهة: الهدر الرفيع؛ قال رؤبة يصف فحلا: ودون نبح النابح الموهوه ... رعابة يخشي نفوس الأنه برجس بخباخ الهدير البهبه

And 'al-bahbahah': the resonant rumbling. Ru'bah said, describing a stallion: ... beyond the bark of the howling barker... a strong one fearing the souls of the weak, with a strong, rumbling sound, the 'bahbah'.

ويروى: بهباه الهدير البهبه.

And it is narrated: 'bahbahah' the rumbling, the 'bahbah'.

الجوهري: البهباه في الهدير مثل البخباخ.

Al-Jawhari said: 'Al-bahbah' in rumbling is like 'al-bakhbakh'.

ابن الأعرابي: في هدره بهبه وبخبخ، والبعير يبهبه في هديره.

Ibn al-A'rabi said: In its rumbling is 'bahbah' and 'bakhbakh', and the camel 'bahbah's' in its rumbling.

ابن سيده: والبهبهي الجسيم الجريء؛ قال: لا تراه في حادث الدهر إلا ... وهو يغدو ببهبهي جريم

Ibn Sidah said: And 'al-bahbahiyy' is the large and bold one. He said: You do not see him in the vicissitudes of time except... he goes forth as a large, bold one.