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بعثر

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of disturbing, scattering, and overturning things. It extends to actions like searching, excavating, and demolishing, implying a thorough disruption or revelation of what is hidden. It also encompasses related abstract concepts like nausea and a dirty appearance.

Derived headwords

بَعْثَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to search thoroughlyboth

    To look into something deeply and investigate it thoroughly, as if turning things over.

  2. 2.
    to scatter and disperseboth

    To scatter something, to disperse it, and to turn its parts over one another.

  3. 3.
    to excavate and revealboth

    To extract something, to uncover it, and to bring forth what is within it.

  4. 4.
    to demolishclassical

    To demolish a basin or pool, making its bottom its top.

بَعْثَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    nauseaclassical

    A feeling of nausea or sickness in the stomach.

  2. 2.
    dirty colorclassical

    A dirty, soiled, or unkempt color or appearance.

ابن بعثرname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Ba'tharclassical

    A name referring to a poet, Ibn Ba'thar.

حملة وصلة ابنا بعثرname
  1. 1.
    Hamlah and Waslah, sons of Ba'tharclassical

    A reference to two individuals, Hamlah and Waslah, who were sons of Ba'thar, belonging to the tribe of Bakr bin 'Amir.

Parallel reading

نظر وفتش
He looked and searched.
فتش الشيء: فرقه وبدده
He scattered and dispersed the thing.
وقلب بعضه على بعض
And turned some of it over onto others.
واستخرجه فكشفه وأثار ما فيه
And he extracted it, uncovered it, and brought forth what was within it.
وهدمه وجعل أسفله أعلاه
And he demolished it, making its bottom its top.
والبعثرة: غثيان النفس
And al-ba'tharah: nausea of the soul.
واللون الوسخ
And the dirty color.
ومنه: ابن بعثر الشاعر
And from it: Ibn Ba'thar the poet.
وحملة وصلة ابنا بعثر: من بكر بن عامر
And Hamlah and Waslah, sons of Ba'thar: from Bakr bin 'Amir.