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Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of baseness, lowliness, and obscurity. It also encompasses meanings of making something clear, intentionality, and divine actions like causing laughter or bringing someone.

Derived headwords

بَيِّnoun
  1. 1.
    base manclassical

    A base, ignoble, or contemptible man.

بَيِّname
  1. 1.
    descendant of Adamclassical

    A descendant of Adam, specifically one who went astray in the land when his kin dispersed, leaving no trace.

بَيَّةname
  1. 1.
    narratorclassical

    A narrator of hadith, specifically mentioning Yusuf bin Hilal bin Biyyah.

بَيَّاكverb
  1. 1.
    to make laughclassical

    To make someone laugh.

  2. 2.
    to bring nearclassical

    To bring someone close.

  3. 3.
    to bringclassical

    To cause someone to come.

  4. 4.
    to cause to settleclassical

    To cause someone to settle in a place.

  5. 5.
    to follow greetingclassical

    Used as a follow-up to a greeting, though considered of little substance.

بَيَّاname
  1. 1.
    sheikhclassical

    A sheikh or teacher, specifically mentioning Muhammad bin Abd al-Jabbar bin Bayya.

بَايname
  1. 1.
    narratorclassical

    A narrator of hadith, specifically mentioning Ibn Bay.

بَيَّتَverb
  1. 1.
    to make clearboth

    To make something clear and explicit.

  2. 2.
    to intendboth

    To intend or plan something deliberately.

تَبْيِيْتnoun
  1. 1.
    clarificationboth

    The act of making something clear or explicit.

  2. 2.
    deliberate intentionboth

    The act of deliberately intending or planning something.

Parallel reading

الرجل الخسيس، كابن بيان، وابن بي.
The base man, like Ibn Bayan and Ibn Bay.
وهي بن بي: من ولد آدم، ذهب في الأرض لما تفرق سائر ولده، فلم يحس منه أثر، ms1761 وفقد.
And she is Bint Bay: from the offspring of Adam, who went into the earth when the rest of his offspring dispersed, and no trace of him was felt, and he was lost.
ويوسف بن هلال ابن بية، كمية: محدث.
And Yusuf bin Hilal, son of Biyyah, a narrator of hadith.
وبياك الله: أضحكك الله، أو قربك، أو جاء بك، أو بوأك، أو إتباع لحياك، وليس بشيء.
And 'Biyyak Allah': May Allah make you laugh, or bring you near, or bring you, or cause you to settle, or as a follow-up to your greeting, and it is nothing.
ومحمد بن عبد الجبار بن بيا: شيخ للسلفي.
And Muhammad bin Abd al-Jabbar bin Bayya: a sheikh for al-Salafi.
وابن باي: محدث.
And Ibn Bay: a narrator of hadith.
وبييت الشيء تبييا: بينته، وأوضحته.
And I made the thing clear (bayyaltu shay'an tabyiyan): I made it evident and clarified it.
وتبييت الشيء: تعمدته.
And tabyit al-shay': I deliberately intended it.