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البغاث

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to birds, specifically a type of dusty or speckled bird. It extends to describe mixed or speckled things, and by extension, mixed groups of people. It also encompasses terms for a lion and certain food items.

Derived headwords

البَغَاثnoun
  1. 1.
    Dusty birdboth

    A dusty or greyish bird, often referring to a specific type. It is also used as a collective term for birds.

بَغَاثnoun
  1. 1.
    Sparrowsclassical

    A plural form referring to small, common birds, often translated as sparrows or lesser birds.

بَغَثَverb
  1. 1.
    To be speckledclassical

    To be speckled, mixed, or greyish in color. This verb describes the appearance of things that are not uniform.

البَغْثَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Specklednessclassical

    The state or quality of being speckled, mixed, or greyish. It refers to the characteristic of being variegated.

أَخْلاَطُ النَّاسِnoun
  1. 1.
    Mixed peopleclassical

    A term used to describe a mixture or collection of different kinds of people, implying a lack of homogeneity.

البَغْثَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    Speckled sheepclassical

    Describing a sheep that is speckled or variegated in its wool or coat.

الأَبْغَثnoun
  1. 1.
    Lionclassical

    A name for a lion, possibly due to its tawny or mixed coloration.

  2. 2.
    Dusty birdclassical

    Another term for a dusty or greyish bird.

البَغِيْثnoun
  1. 1.
    Wheatclassical

    A term for wheat.

  2. 2.
    Mixed foodclassical

    Food that is mixed or adulterated, specifically grain mixed with barley.

البَغِيْثَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Saddle-girth placeclassical

    The place on a camel where the girth or saddle strap is fastened.

Parallel reading

البغاث، مثلثة: طائر أغبر، ج: كغزلان، وشرار الطير، وع.
Al-Bughath, with three pronunciations: a dusty bird, its plural like ghazlan, and the lesser birds, and so on.
والبغثاء: الرقطاء من الغنم.
And al-Bughtha' is the speckled one among the sheep.
وقد بغث، كفرح، والاسم: البغثة، بالضم، و= أخلاط الناس.
And it is said 'baghatha', like 'faraha', and the noun is 'al-baghthah', with dammah, and it means mixed people.
والأبغث: الأسد، وع، وطائر.
And al-Abghath is the lion, and so on, and a bird.
والبغيث: الحنطة، والطعام يغش بالشعير.
And al-Bughayth is wheat, and food mixed with barley.
والبغيثاء من البعير: موضع الحقيبة.
And al-Bughaytha' from a camel is the place of the saddle-girth.
والبغاث بأرضنا يستنسر، أي: من جاورنا عز بنا.
And 'al-Bughath in our land becomes like an eagle' means: whoever neighbors us becomes strong with us.