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باخ

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the cessation or subsiding of intense states like fire and anger, and the exhaustion or weariness of a person. It also extends to the deterioration or spoilage of meat and a state of confusion or mixing.

Derived headwords

بَاخَverb
  1. 1.
    to subsideboth

    Said of fire and anger, meaning to become calm or extinguished.

  2. 2.
    to be exhaustedclassical

    Said of a man, meaning to become weary or tired.

بُؤُوخnoun
  1. 1.
    spoilageclassical

    The state of meat having changed or become spoiled.

بُوخnoun
  1. 1.
    confusionclassical

    A state of mixing or confusion.

أَبْخَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to extinguishclassical

    To cause something, like fire, to go out or cease.

Parallel reading

باخ النار والغضب: سكن
Fire and anger subsided: they became calm.
و الرجل: أعيا
And a man: he became exhausted.
و اللحم بؤوخا: تغير
And meat: it became spoiled (changed).
وهم في بوخ، بالضم، أي: اختلاط
And they were in a state of confusion (buخ, with damma), meaning: mixing.
وأبختها: أطفأتها
And I extinguished it: I made it go out.