بغث

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to birds, specifically a type of bird and its characteristics, and by extension, to things that are inferior, mixed, or common. It also extends to descriptions of color and location.

Derived headwords

البَغَاثnoun

1.
A type of birdboth
A bird that is grayish in color, smaller than a vulture, and slow in flight.

أَبْغَثadjective

1.
Grayishboth
Close to the color of dust or ash; a grayish hue.

الأَبْغَثnoun

1.
Sandy placeclassical
A location characterized by sand.

البَغْثَاءnoun

1.
Spotted sheepclassical
A ewe that is spotted or speckled, similar to a 'ruqta'.
2.
Mixed peopleboth
A mixture or multitude of people; the common folk.

بَغَثَانnoun

1.
Plural of Bagathclassical
The plural form of 'bagath' (a type of bird), used when referring to one bird as singular.

بَغَاثَةnoun

1.
Male and female Bagathclassical
The term used for both the male and female of the 'bagath' bird.

بِغَاثnoun

1.
of birds - with fatḥa, ḍamma, and kasra on the ba': their worst, and what does not hunt among them.both
of birds - with fatḥa, ḍamma, and kasra on the ba': their worst, and what does not hunt among them.
2.
it is the plural of 'bughāthah', and it is a name for both male and female, like 'naʿāmah' and 'naʿām'.both
it is the plural of 'bughāthah', and it is a name for both male and female, like 'naʿāmah' and 'naʿām'.
3.
it is singular and its plural is 'bughthān', like 'ghazāl' and 'ghizlān'.both
it is singular and its plural is 'bughthān', like 'ghazāl' and 'ghizlān'.

Parallel reading

البغاث: طائر أبغث إلى الغبرة، دوين الرخمة بطئ الطيران.

Al-Bagath: a bird that is grayish, smaller than a vulture, and slow in flight.

إن البغاث بأرضنا يستنسر

Indeed, the common birds in our land act like eagles.

أي من جاورنا عز بنا.

Meaning, whoever neighbors us gains strength through us.

فمن جعل البغاث واحدا فجمعه بغثان، مثل غزال وغزلان.

And whoever considers 'al-bagath' as singular, its plural is 'baghathan', like 'ghazal' and 'ghizlan'.

ومن قال للذكر والانثى بغاثة فالجمع بغاث، مثل نعامة ونعام.

And whoever calls the male and female 'bagatha', its plural is 'bagath', like 'na'amah' and 'na'am'.

بغاث الطير: شرارها وما لا يصيد منها.

The inferior birds: their worst ones and those that are not hunted.

والأبغث قريب من الأغبر.

And 'al-abghath' is close to 'al-aghbar' (dusty/ash-colored).

والأبغث: مكان ذو رمل.

And 'al-abghath': a place with sand.

والبغثاء من الغنم: مثل الرقطاء.

And 'al-baghtha' from the sheep: like the spotted one.

والبغثاء: أخلاط الناس، يقال: دخلنا في البغثاء، أي في عامة الناس وجماعتهم.

And 'al-baghtha': mixtures of people. It is said: 'We entered into al-baghtha', meaning into the common people and their assembly.