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البحت

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of purity, sincerity, and exclusivity. It extends to meanings of being unadulterated, genuine, and unmixed, as well as the act of revealing or being open with something.

Derived headwords

البُحْتnoun
  1. 1.
    purityboth

    The pure, unadulterated essence of something. It is also described as splendor or magnificence.

  2. 2.
    exclusivityclassical

    Something that is exclusive or unique, not to be duplicated or diminished.

بَحَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to be pureboth

    To become pure, unadulterated, or genuine.

بَحُوتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    purityclassical

    The state or quality of being pure or genuine.

بَاحَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to be sincereboth

    Affection or friendship became sincere and pure between individuals.

  2. 2.
    to revealboth

    To reveal or disclose something to someone.

  3. 3.
    to feed exclusivelyclassical

    To feed an animal exclusively with a particular type of fodder, such as thorny plants.

مُحَمَّد بْن عَلِي بْن بُحْتname
  1. 1.
    Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Buhtboth

    A specific individual, a traditionist (muhaddith).

Parallel reading

البحت: الصرف، والخالص من كل شيء
Al-buht: The pure, and the unadulterated of everything.
وهي بهاء
And it is splendor.
وقيل: لا يثنى ولا يجمع، ولا يحقر
And it was said: it is not dualized, nor pluralized, nor diminished.
وبحت، ككرم، بحوتة: صار بحتا
And buht, like karuma, buhutah: it became pure.
وباحته الود: خالصه
And the affection between them: it became sincere.
وباحته الود: خالصه، و فلانا: كاشفه
And the affection between them: it became sincere, and he revealed to him: he disclosed to him.
وباحته الود: خالصه، و فلانا: كاشفه، و دابته بالضريع ونحوه: أطعمها إياه بحتا
And the affection between them: it became sincere, and he revealed to him: he disclosed to him, and his animal with thorny plants and the like: he fed it exclusively with it.
ومحمد بن علي بن بحت: محدث
And Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Buht: a traditionist.