بهث

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to primarily relate to a specific tribal name and, by extension, a derogatory term for promiscuity or fornication.

Derived headwords

بَهْثَةname

1.
Tribal nameclassical
The name of a tribe belonging to the Sulaym clan. It refers to Bahtha ibn Sulaym ibn Mansur.

بَهْثَةnoun

1.
Promiscuityclassical
A term used to describe someone as promiscuous or a fornicator.

بَهْثَة بالضم: أبو حى من سليم.

Bahtha (with dammah): the father of a tribe from Sulaym.

وهو بهثة ابن سليم بن منصور.

And he is Bahtha ibn Sulaym ibn Mansur.

وقال الجهنى (3) : تنادوا يال بهثة إذ رأونا

And Al-Juhani said: 'They called out, O people of Bahtha, when they saw us.'

فقلنا أحسنى ملا جهينا

So we said, 'May we be well, O Jahina.'

وفلان لبهثة، أي لزنية.

And so-and-so is of Bahtha, meaning a fornicator.