بوء

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of settling, inhabiting, or returning to a place. It extends to concepts of suitability, equality, and taking responsibility for an action, particularly in the context of retribution or consequence.

Derived headwords

المَباءَةnoun

1.
dwelling placeboth
The place where a people settles or inhabits; it can also refer to the lair of a wild bull or the resting place of camels.

تَبَوَّأَverb

1.
a dwelling: he settled in itboth
a dwelling: he settled in it

بَوَّأَverb

1.
he prepared a dwelling for himboth
he prepared a dwelling for him
2.
him a dwelling: he prepared it and enabled him to settle in itboth
him a dwelling: he prepared it and enabled him to settle in it

اسْتَباءَverb

1.
to adopt as a dwellingclassical
To take something as a dwelling place or habitat.

بِيئةnoun

1.
conditionboth
A state or condition, often used in the phrase 'bad condition' (بِيئة سُوء).
2.
environmentboth
The surroundings or environment, often implying a good or bad quality.

أَباءَverb

1.
source of additionboth
source of addition
2.
plural of 'ab'both
plural of 'ab'

الباءَةnoun

1.
marriageclassical
A term for marriage, derived from the idea of a man settling with his family and becoming established with his wife.
2.
dwelling placeclassical
A variant pronunciation or form of المباءة, meaning a dwelling place.

البَواءnoun

1.
equalityboth
equality

يَتَباءَverb

1.
to be equalclassical
To be equal or equivalent, often used in the context of retribution or agreement.

أَباءَverb

1.
source of additionboth
source of addition
2.
plural of 'ab'both
plural of 'ab'

اسْتَباءَverb

1.
to kill in retributionclassical
To kill someone in retaliation for a previous killing; to hold someone accountable for a death.

باءَ بِـverb

1.
to be responsible forboth
To be held accountable for something, especially a death or a sin; to suffer the consequences.
2.
to return withclassical
To return with something, often implying a negative consequence or burden.
3.
to acknowledgeclassical
To acknowledge or admit to something, particularly one's rights or obligations.

بُوءٌverb

1.
to be killed in retributionclassical
To be the one for whom someone is killed in retribution; to be responsible for a death that leads to one's own.

تَبُوءُverb

1.
to go intoclassical
To go into or disappear into a vast, empty space, like a desert.

Parallel reading

المباءة: منزل القوم في كل موضع

The dwelling place: the home of a people in every location.

وتبوأت منزلا: أي نزلته

And I inhabited a dwelling: meaning, I settled in it.

وبوأت للرجل منزلا وبوأته منزلا بمعنى، أي هيأته ومكنت له فيه

And I prepared a place for the man, and I prepared a place for him, meaning, I made it ready and enabled him to be in it.

واستباءه، أي اتخذه مباءة

And he adopted it as a dwelling place, meaning, he took it as a place to inhabit.

وهو ببيئة سوء، مثال: بيعة، أي بحالة سوء

And he is in a bad condition, like 'bay'ah', meaning, in a bad state.

وإن إِنه لحسن البيئة

And indeed, he is of good condition/environment.

وبوأت الرمح نحوه، أي سددته نحوه

And I aimed the spear towards him, meaning, I directed it towards him.

وأبأت الإبل: رددتها إلى المباءة

And I returned the camels: meaning, I returned them to their dwelling place.

والباءة مثال الباعة، لغة في المباءة

And 'al-ba'ah' like 'al-ba'ah', a dialectal variant of 'al-mabā'ah'.

ومننه سمي النكاح: باء وباءة، لان الرجل يتبوأ من أهله، أي يستمكن منها، كما يتبوأ من داره

And from it, sexual intercourse is named 'ba'' and 'ba'ah', because a man settles with his family, meaning, he becomes established with her, just as he settles in his house.

والبواء: السواء

And 'al-bawā'': equality.

ويقال: دم فلان بواء لدم فلان، إذا كان كفؤا له

And it is said: the blood of so-and-so is equal to the blood of so-and-so, if he is his equal.

وفى الحديث: " أمرهم أن يتباءوا " والصحيح يتباوؤوا على مثال يتقاولوا

And in the hadith: 'He ordered them to be equal', and the correct form is 'yatabāwa'ū' on the pattern of 'yutaqāwalū'.

ويقال: كلمناهم فأجابونا عن بواء واحد، أي: أجابونا جوابا واحدا

And it is said: We spoke to them, and they answered us with one response, meaning, they gave us a single answer.

وأبأت القاتل بالقتيل، واستبأته إذا قتلته به، أيضا

And I brought the killer to justice for the slain, and I held him accountable for him, if I killed him for him, also.

أبو زيد: باء الرجل بصاحبه: إذا قتل به، ومنه قولهم: باءت عرار بكحل، وهما بقرتان قتلت إحداهما بالاخرى

Abu Zayd: A man is held accountable for his companion: if he is killed for him. And from this is their saying: 'Arar was held accountable for Kuhal', and they were two cows, one of which killed the other.

ويقال: بؤ به، أي كن ممن يقتل به

And it is said: 'Bū' bihi', meaning, be among those who are killed for him.

وباءوا بغضب من الله: رجعوا به، أي صار عليهم

And they returned with the wrath of God: meaning, they became subject to it, meaning, it became upon them.

وكذلك باء بإثمه يبوء بوءا

And likewise, he returned with his sin, returning with it, a return.

وتقول: باء بحقه، أي أقر، وذا يكون - أبدا - بما عليه، لا له

And you say: He acknowledged his right, meaning, he admitted it, and this is always regarding what is upon him, not for him.

أنكرت باطلها وبؤت بحقها عندي، ولم تفخر على كرامها

I denied her falsehood and acknowledged her right to me, and she did not boast over her noble ones.

وفى أرض كذا فلاة تبئ في فلاة، أي تذهب

And in such-and-such land is a desert that disappears into a desert, meaning, it goes away.