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Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns committing an offense or crime, often involving a transgression or wrongdoing. It can also extend to the concept of borrowing or lending, particularly for specific purposes like hunting or racing, and in a more figurative sense, to causing harm or leading someone to something negative.

Derived headwords

بَعَاverb
  1. 1.
    to commit a crimeboth

    To commit an offense, a crime, or a transgression.

  2. 2.
    to borrowclassical

    To borrow something, especially an animal for a specific purpose like hunting or racing.

بَعْوnoun
  1. 1.
    offenseboth

    An offense, a crime, or a transgression.

  2. 2.
    loanclassical

    A loan, or the act of borrowing.

  3. 3.
    borrowed animalclassical

    The act of borrowing a dog for hunting or a horse for racing.

اسْتَبْعَىverb
  1. 1.
    to borrow (for sport)classical

    To borrow an animal, such as a dog for hunting or a horse for racing.

أَبْعَىverb
  1. 1.
    to spoilclassical

    To spoil or ruin a horse.

بَاعَىverb
  1. 1.
    to gambleclassical

    To gamble with someone, or to win from them.

بُعَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    gamblingclassical

    The act of gambling or winning from someone.

بِالعَيْنprepositional phrase
  1. 1.
    to strike with the evil eyeclassical

    To strike someone with the evil eye.

عَلَيْهِم شَرًّاprepositional phrase
  1. 1.
    to bring evil upon themclassical

    To lead them towards evil or to drive them to it.

Parallel reading

الجناية، والجرم
The offense, and the crime.
وقد بعى
And he committed an offense.
والعارية
And the loan.
أو أن تستعير كلبا تصيد به
Or to borrow a dog with which to hunt.
أو فرسا تسابق عليه
Or a horse to race with.
كالاستبعاء
Like borrowing (for sport).
وأبعاه فرسا: أخبله
And he spoiled a horse for him: he ruined it.
وباعه بعوا: قمره
And they gambled with him: he lost to them.
وأصاب منه
And he won from him.
وبالعين: أصابه بها
And with the eye: he struck him with it (the evil eye).
وعليهم شرا: ساقه
And he drove them to evil: he led them to it.