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البهجة

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of beauty, joy, and happiness. It extends to expressions of delight, exuberance, and the flourishing of nature. It also encompasses notions of falsity and worthlessness.

Derived headwords

البَهْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Beautyboth

    The quality of being pleasing to the senses or mind, especially the standards by which such qualities are judged.

  2. 2.
    Joyboth

    A feeling of great pleasure and happiness.

بَهَجَverb
  1. 1.
    To be beautifulboth

    To possess beauty or attractiveness.

  2. 2.
    To be joyfulboth

    To experience or show great pleasure and happiness.

بَهَجَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Joyfulnessboth

    The state of being full of joy.

بَهَاجَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Radianceboth

    Light or illumination, often associated with beauty and joy.

  2. 2.
    Splendorboth

    Magnificent and splendid appearance.

بَهِيجٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Joyfulboth

    Feeling, expressing, or causing great pleasure and happiness.

  2. 2.
    Beautifulboth

    Pleasing the senses or mind aesthetically.

مِبْهَاجٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Joyfulboth

    Causing or expressing great pleasure and happiness.

فَرِحَverb
  1. 1.
    To be joyfulboth

    To feel or show great pleasure and happiness.

أَفْرَحَverb
  1. 1.
    To make joyfulboth

    To cause someone to feel great pleasure and happiness.

  2. 2.
    To delightboth

    To please someone greatly.

أَبْهَجَverb
  1. 1.
    To make joyfulboth

    To cause someone to feel great pleasure and happiness.

  2. 2.
    To delightboth

    To please someone greatly.

الابْتِهَاجnoun
  1. 1.
    Joyboth

    A feeling of great pleasure and happiness.

  2. 2.
    Delightboth

    Great pleasure.

تَبَاهَجَverb
  1. 1.
    To be radiantclassical

    To shine brightly, often used for gardens or nature.

تَبْهِيجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Beautificationclassical

    The act of making something more beautiful.

  2. 2.
    Adornmentclassical

    The act of making something more attractive or impressive.

بَاهَجَverb
  1. 1.
    To rivalclassical

    To compete with someone or something in an attempt to achieve or surpass them.

  2. 2.
    To vie withclassical

    To compete eagerly with someone in order to achieve or to win something.

اسْتَبْهَجَverb
  1. 1.
    To rejoiceboth

    To feel or show great delight or happiness.

  2. 2.
    To be gladboth

    To be pleased and happy.

مِبْهَاجٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Fat camel humpclassical

    A description of a camel's hump when it is plump and well-fed.

أَبْهَجَتِ الأَرْضُverb phrase
  1. 1.
    The land flourishedclassical

    The vegetation of the land became abundant and beautiful.

البَهْرَجnoun
  1. 1.
    Falsityclassical

    The state or quality of being untrue.

  2. 2.
    Worthlessnessclassical

    The state or quality of lacking value or importance.

  3. 3.
    Permissibleclassical

    Allowable or permitted.

Parallel reading

البَهْجَة: الحسن
Joy/Beauty: handsomeness.
بَهَجَ ككرم
He was joyful like karuma (to be noble).
فهو بهيج
So he is joyful.
وهي مبهاج
And she is joyful.
وكخجل: فرح
And like khajila (to be shy): he was happy.
فهو بهيج وبهج
So he is joyful and happy.
وكمنع: أفرح وسر، كأبهج
And like mana'a (to prevent): he made happy and pleased, like ab'haja (to make joyful).
والابتهاج: السرور
And al-ibtihaj: delight.
تباهج الروض: كثر نوره
The garden was radiant: its light was abundant.
والتبهيج: التحسين
And al-tabhij: beautification.
باهجه: باراه وباهاه
He rivaled him: he competed with him and vied with him.
واستبهج: استبشر
And he rejoiced: he was glad.
والمبهاج: السمينة من الأسنمة
And al-mabhaj: the fat one from the humps (of a camel).
وأبهجت الأرض: بهج نباتها
And the land flourished: its plants were beautiful.
البهرج: الباطل، والرديء، والمباح
Al-bahraj: the false, the inferior, and the permissible.