بلغ

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

The root بلغ (balagha) primarily concerns the concept of reaching, attaining, or arriving at a destination or state. It extends to concepts of maturity, sufficiency, intensity, and eloquence, often implying the completion or achievement of a goal.

Derived headwords

بَلَغَverb

1.
to reachboth
To arrive at a place or come close to it.
2.
to matureboth
For a boy to reach puberty or maturity.
3.
to achieveboth
To attain a desired outcome or goal.
4.
to be sufficientboth
To be enough or adequate.

بُلُوغnoun

1.
reachingboth
The act of arriving at a place or attaining a state.
2.
maturityboth
The state of reaching puberty or adulthood.

أَبْلَغَverb

1.
to deliverboth
To convey a message or information; to communicate.
2.
to informboth
To make someone aware of something.

مُبَالِغٌ فِيهِadjective

1.
exaggeratedboth
Excessive or overstated, especially in praise or description.

بَالِغadjective

1.
excellentclassical
Of high quality or standard; good.
2.
matureboth
Having reached maturity or puberty.

مَبْلَغnoun

1.
amountboth
A sum of money or quantity of something.
2.
extentboth
The limit or degree to which something extends.

بَالِغَةadjective

1.
matureboth
A girl who has reached puberty or maturity.

بَلَغَverb

1.
to exert oneselfclassical
To exert oneself to the utmost; to strive hard.

تَبَلْغَةnoun

1.
ropeclassical
A rope used to connect the bucket to the well pulley.

أَحْمَقُ بَلَغadjective

1.
extremely foolishclassical
A person who is foolish to an extreme degree, yet still achieves their aims.

بُلْغَةnoun

1.
extreme foolishnessclassical
A state of extreme foolishness.

أَمْرُ اللهِ بَلَغadjective

1.
effectiveclassical
God's command is effective and inescapable, reaching wherever it is intended.

جَيْشٌ بَلَغadjective

1.
effectiveclassical
An army that is effective and reaches its objectives.

بَلَغٌ مَلَغٌadjective

1.
wickedclassical
A person who is cunning and wicked.

بَلِيغٌadjective

1.
eloquentboth
Fluent and articulate, able to express the depth of one's thoughts.

بَلَاغnoun

1.
sufficiencyboth
That which is enough; adequacy.
2.
communicationboth
The act of conveying or delivering something.
3.
messageboth
That which has been conveyed or delivered, such as from the Quran or Sunnah.

إِبْلاغnoun

1.
deliveryboth
The act of delivering or conveying.
2.
notificationboth
The act of informing someone.

تَبْلِيغnoun

1.
deliveryboth
The act of conveying or transmitting.

مُبَالَغَةnoun

1.
exertionboth
Striving hard and not falling short.
2.
exaggerationboth
Going beyond the proper limits; excessiveness.

بَالِغَاءnoun

1.
heelsclassical
The hocks or heels of an animal, likely referring to trotters.

بَلَاغَاتnoun

1.
slanderclassical
Malicious gossip or slander.

بُلْغَةnoun

1.
sustenanceboth
What one lives by; provisions for living.

بُلْغَيْنnoun

1.
calamityclassical
A great disaster or calamity.

تَبَلَّغَverb

1.
to be content withclassical
To be satisfied with something; to make do with it.
2.
to reachclassical
To make an effort to reach a place, even if it is difficult.
3.
to intensifyclassical
For an illness or condition to become severe.

بَالَغَverb

1.
to exert oneselfboth
To exert oneself in a matter; not to fall short.
2.
to exaggerateboth
To go to extremes or exceed limits.

تَبْلِيغverb

1.
to urge onclassical
To extend one's hand on the reins of a horse to increase its speed.

Parallel reading

بلغ المكان بلوغا: وصل إليه، أو شارف عليه

He reached the place, arriving at it or nearing it.

والغلام: أدرك

And for a boy: he reached maturity.

وشيء بالغ: جيد

And something excellent: it is good.

وقد بلغ مبلغا

And it has reached a certain extent.

وجارية بالغ وبالغة: مدركة

And a young woman, بالغ and بالغة: is mature.

وبلغ الرجل، كعني: جهد

And the man exerted himself, as in 'he was tired': he strove hard.

والتبلغة: حبل يوصل به الرشاء إلى الكرب، ج: تبالغ

And the تبلغة: is a rope by which the bucket-rope is connected to the well pulley, plural: تبالغ.

وأحمق بلغ، ويكسر، وبلغة، أي: مع حماقته يبلغ ما يريد، أو نهاية في الحمق

And an extremely foolish person, بلغ, and with kasra, and بلغة, meaning: despite his foolishness, he achieves what he wants, or reaches an extreme in foolishness.

واللهم سمع لا بلغ، وسمعا لا بلغا، ويكسران، أي: نسمع به ولا يتم، أو يقوله من سمع خبرا لا يعجبه

And O Allah, let us hear but not reach, or hear but not attain, and both are with kasra, meaning: we hear of it but it is not completed, or it is said by one who hears news he dislikes.

وأمر الله بلغ، أي: بالغ نافذ، يبلغ أين أريد به

And God's command is بالغ, meaning: effective and penetrating, reaching wherever it is intended.

وجيش بلغ: كذلك

And an army بالغ: is likewise effective.

ورجل بلغ ملغ، بكسرهما: خبيث

And a man بلغ ملغ, with kasra for both: is wicked.

والبلغ، ويكسر، وكعنب وسكارى وحبارى: البليغ الفصيح، يبلغ بعبارته كنه ضميره، بلغ ككرم

And the eloquent person, البَلَغ, and with kasra, and like 'anab, sukara, and habara: is the eloquent, fluent speaker, who reaches with his expression the core of his inner thoughts, he is بلغ like karam.

والبلاغ، كسحاب: الكفاية، والاسم من الإبلاغ والتبليغ، وهما: الإيصال

And sufficiency, البلاغ, like sahabi: is adequacy, and it is the noun from الإبلاغ and التبليغ, and they both mean: delivery.

وفي الحديث: "كل رافعة رفعت علينا من البلاغ"، أي: ما بلغ من القرآن والسنن، أو المعنى من ذوي البلاغ، أي: التبليغ، أقام الاسم مقام المصدر، ويروى بالكسر، أي: من المبالغين في التبليغ، من بالغ مبالغة وبلاغا: إذا اجتهد ولم يقصر

And in the Hadith: 'Every raising that was raised to us from the البلاغ', meaning: what has been conveyed from the Quran and Sunnah, or the meaning is from those who convey, meaning: التبليغ, using the noun in place of the masdar, and it is narrated with kasra, meaning: from those who exert themselves greatly in التبليغ, from بالغ مبالغة وبلاغا: when one strives hard and does not fall short.

والبالغاء: الأكارع، معرب "بايها"

And البالغاء: are the trotters, a Persian loanword 'payha'.

والبلاغات: الوشايات

And البلاغات: are slanderous tales.

والبلغة، بالضم: ما يتبلغ به من العيش

And sustenance, البُلْغَة, with damma: is what one lives by.

والبلغين، في قول عائشة، رضي الله تعالى عنها، لعلي، رضي الله تعالى عنه: بلغت منا البلغين، ويضم أوله: الداهية، أرادت: بلغت منا كل مبلغ

And the calamity, البُلْغَيْن, in the saying of Aisha, may God have mercy on her, to Ali, may God have mercy on him: 'You have reached us with the calamity', and its first letter is with damma: calamity, she meant: 'You have reached us to the utmost extent'.

وبلغ الفارس تبليغا: مد يده بعنان فرسه ليزيد في جريه

And the horseman urged on, تَبْلِيغًا: he extended his hand on his horse's reins to increase its speed.

وتبلغ بكذا: اكتفى به

And he was content with such-and-such: he was satisfied with it.

والمنزل: تكلف إليه البلوغ حتى بلغ

And the destination: he took the trouble to reach it until he arrived.

وبه العلة: اشتدت

And with it the illness: it intensified.

وبالغ في أمري: لم يقصر

And he exerted himself in my affair: he did not fall short.