بهء

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of beauty, splendor, and attractiveness. It also extends to meanings of emptiness, desolation, and even a negative connotation of being ill-favored or afflicted.

Derived headwords

بَهَأَverb

1.
to be beautifulboth
To possess beauty, comeliness, or attractiveness.
2.
to be pleasingclassical
To be agreeable or delightful to the senses or mind.

بَهَاءًnoun

1.
beautyboth
Splendor, magnificence, comeliness, and attractiveness.

بُهُوءًاnoun

1.
beautyclassical
A masdar (verbal noun) indicating the state or quality of being beautiful or splendid.

أَنِسَverb

1.
to be familiarclassical
To be intimate with, to feel at home with, or to be accustomed to.

كَابْتَهَأَverb

1.
to be familiarclassical
To become familiar or intimate with someone or something.

قَطَامnoun

1.
womanclassical
A specific term for a woman, possibly implying a certain characteristic or type.

بِهَاءnoun

1.
ill-favoredclassical
Describing a female camel (ناقة) as being afflicted with a defect or being in a bad state.

بَهَأَ البيتverb

1.
to empty a houseclassical
To clear a house of its furnishings and belongings.

أَبْهَأَ البيتverb

1.
to empty a houseclassical
To make a house empty of its contents, or to tear it.

Parallel reading

مثلثة الهاء

with the three vowels on the ha'

بهئا وبهوءا وبهاء

as bah'an, bahu'an, and baha'an

أنس، كابتهأ

to be familiar, like kabta'a

وكقطام: امرأة

And as qatama: a woman

وما بهأت له: مافطنت

And 'I did not bah'a for him': I did not notice/realize

وناقة بهاء: بسوء

And a female camel (naqah) bahaa': meaning afflicted with evil/badness

وبهأ البيت، كمنع: أخلاه من المتاع

And he bah'a the house, like man'a: he emptied it of furnishings

أو خرقه كأبهأه

Or he tore it, like abha'ahu