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بعض

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of division, separation, and parts of a whole. It encompasses the act of dividing something into pieces and the resulting pieces themselves. It also includes a distinct meaning related to insects, specifically mosquitoes.

Derived headwords

بَعَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to make something one partboth

    to make something one part

  2. 2.
    he divided it into parts, so it became dividedboth

    he divided it into parts, so it became divided

تَبْعِيضverb
  1. 1.
    to be dividedboth

    To be divided or broken into parts.

تَبْعِيضًاnoun
  1. 1.
    dividingboth

    The act of dividing something into pieces.

بَعَضْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    I divided itboth

    I divided it into parts.

بَعَضْتُهُ تَبْعِيضًاverb
  1. 1.
    I divided it into piecesboth

    I divided it into pieces, meaning I fragmented it.

بَعَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to make something one partboth

    to make something one part

  2. 2.
    he divided it into parts, so it became dividedboth

    he divided it into parts, so it became divided

تَبَعَّضَverb
  1. 1.
    to be dividedboth

    To be divided or separated into parts.

بَعْضnoun
  1. 1.
    to make something one partboth

    to make something one part

  2. 2.
    he divided it into parts, so it became dividedboth

    he divided it into parts, so it became divided

بَعْضٌ مِنَ الشَّيْءِnoun
  1. 1.
    a part of the thingboth

    A portion or segment of a specific thing.

أَبْعَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    partsboth

    Plural of 'part'; multiple portions or segments of a whole.

بَعُوضnoun
  1. 1.
    mosquitoesboth

    mosquitoes

بَعُوضَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a single mosquitoboth

    a single mosquito

Parallel reading

بعض الشئ: واحد أبعاضه.
A part of the thing: one of its parts.
وقد بعضته تبعيضا، أي جزأته، فتبعض.
And I divided it into pieces, meaning I fragmented it, so it became divided.
والبعوض: البق، الواحدة بعوضة.
And mosquitoes: the bugs, the singular is a mosquito.