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بحح

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a hoarseness or roughness in the voice. It also extends to concepts of being strong, established, or central, particularly in relation to a dwelling.

Derived headwords

بَحَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    In his voice is hoarseness, with a ḍamma and shadda.both

    In his voice is hoarseness, with a ḍamma and shadda.

بَحَّحْتُverb
  1. 1.
    I became hoarse, with kasra and fatḥa, I become hoarse with fatḥa in both, hoarseness.both

    I became hoarse, with kasra and fatḥa, I become hoarse with fatḥa in both, hoarseness.

أَبَحَّverb
  1. 1.
    a hoarse man.both

    a hoarse man.

بَحَحًاnoun
  1. 1.
    hoarsenessboth

    The state or condition of being hoarse.

أَبَحُّadjective
  1. 1.
    a hoarse man.both

    a hoarse man.

بَحَّاءadjective
  1. 1.
    a hoarse woman.both

    a hoarse woman.

البَحَحnoun
  1. 1.
    hoarsenessboth

    The hoarseness in the voice.

أَبَحُّnoun
  1. 1.
    a hoarse man.both

    a hoarse man.

البَحُّnoun
  1. 1.
    arrows for divinationclassical

    Plural of 'abuhh', referring to arrows used for casting lots or divination.

أَبَحَّنِيverb
  1. 1.
    to make me hoarseboth

    To cause one to become hoarse.

التَبَحْبُحnoun
  1. 1.
    the ability to settle and reside.both

    the ability to settle and reside.

بُحْبُوحَةnoun
  1. 1.
    the middle of the house, with the two ba's having damma.both

    the middle of the house, with the two ba's having damma.

Parallel reading

في صوته بحة بالضم
His voice has a hoarseness (with damma).
يقال بححت بالكسر أبح بححا
It is said, 'I became hoarse' (with kasra) 'I become hoarse' (masdar).
ورجل أبح
And a hoarse man.
ولا يقال باح
And it is not said 'baah' (for hoarse).
وامرأة بحاء
And a hoarse woman.
وبينا البحح
And the hoarseness is clear.
وقال أبو عبيدة: بححت بالفتح أبح بحا، لغة فيه
Abu Ubaidah said: 'I became hoarse' (with fatha) 'I become hoarse' (masdar), a dialect for it.
وامرأة بحة: في صوتها بحة
And a hoarse woman: there is hoarseness in her voice.
والبح: جمع أبح
And 'al-buhh': is the plural of 'abahh' (hoarse person).
وربما وصفوا به القداح التى يستقسم بها
And sometimes they describe by it the arrows with which lots are cast.
قروا أضيافهم ربحا ببح
They gave their guests sustenance with the arrows.
تقول: ما زلت أصيح حتى أبحني ذلك
You say: I kept shouting until that made me hoarse.
والتبحبح: التمكن في الحلول والمقام
And 'at-tabahbuh': is being firmly established in dwelling and staying.
وبحبوحة الدار: وسطها
And the 'bahboohah' of the house: is its middle.
قومي تميم هم القوم الذين هم * ينفون تغلب عن بحبوحة الدار
My people, Tamim, are the people who * repel Taghlib from the middle of the house.