بضع

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

The root بضع (b-ḍ-ʿ) primarily relates to cutting, dividing, and partiality. It extends to concepts of trade goods, specific types of wounds, numerical ranges, pieces of flesh, and sexual intercourse. The root also encompasses notions of satiation and satisfying a need.

Derived headwords

البضاعةnoun

1.
a portion of your wealth that you send for tradeboth
a portion of your wealth that you send for trade

أبضعتverb

1.
To make merchandiseclassical
To make something into merchandise or goods for trade.
2.
To make satiatedclassical
To make someone satiated or satisfied, especially with water.
3.
To satisfyclassical
To satisfy someone's need or question, to provide a definitive answer.

استبضعتهverb

1.
To make merchandise ofclassical
To make something into merchandise or goods for trade.

الباضعةnoun

1.
the wound that cuts the skin, tears the flesh, and causes bleeding, but the blood does not flowboth
the wound that cuts the skin, tears the flesh, and causes bleeding, but the blood does not flow

باضعadjective

1.
Cuttingclassical
Describing a sword that cuts or severs something.

بضعnoun

1.
a number between three and nineboth
a number between three and nine
2.
a number between three and nine (for feminine)both
a number between three and nine (for feminine)
3.
plural of 'piece of meat'both
plural of 'piece of meat'
4.
he cut it openboth
he cut it open

بضعةnoun

1.
a number between three and nine (for masculine)both
a number between three and nine (for masculine)

بضعverb

1.
a number between three and nineboth
a number between three and nine
2.
a number between three and nine (for feminine)both
a number between three and nine (for feminine)
3.
plural of 'piece of meat'both
plural of 'piece of meat'
4.
he cut it openboth
he cut it open

المبضعnoun

1.
what is used to cut open a vein or skinboth
what is used to cut open a vein or skin

بضعتverb

1.
To cutboth
To cut something, especially flesh.
2.
To splitboth
To split or cut open a wound.
3.
To be satiatedclassical
To be satiated or quenched with water.

بضعت من الماءverb

1.
To be satiated with waterclassical
To be quenched or satisfied by drinking water.

بضعت منهverb

1.
To be weary ofclassical
To become weary or tired of someone or something.

البضعnoun

1.
marriage, sexual intercourseboth
marriage, sexual intercourse

المباضعةnoun

1.
sexual intercourseboth
sexual intercourse

البضاعnoun

1.
sexual intercourseboth
sexual intercourse

البضيعadjective

1.
Islandclassical
An island, especially a small one in the sea.
2.
Fleshclassical
Flesh, meat.
3.
Veinclassical
A vein.

تبضعverb

1.
To sweatclassical
To sweat, to exude perspiration.

بئر بضاعةname

1.
Well of Bid'ahclassical
A specific well mentioned in hadith, whose name can be pronounced with either a kasra or damma.

Parallel reading

طائفة من مالك تبعثها للتجارة.

A portion of wealth that you send out for trade.

أبضعت الشئ واستبضعته، أي جعلته بضاعة.

You made something into merchandise and had it made into merchandise, meaning you made it into merchandise.

كمستبضع تمر إلى هجر

Like one who takes dates as merchandise to Hajar

وهى الشجة التي تقطع الجلد وتشق اللحم وتدمي، إلا أنه لا يسيل الدم ; فإن سال فهي الدامية.

It is the wound that cuts the skin and splits the flesh and bleeds, but the blood does not flow profusely; if it flows profusely, it is called 'al-damiya'.

والباضعة أيضا: الفرق من الغنم.

And al-badi'ah also: a flock of sheep.

سيف باضع، إذا مر بشئ بضعه، أي قطع منه بضعة.

A cutting sword, if it passes over something, it cuts a piece from it.

وهو ما بين الثلاث إلى التسع.

It is what is between three and nine.

تقول: بضع سنين، وبضعة عشر رجلا، وبضع عشرة امرأة

You say: a few years, and thirteen men, and thirteen women

فإذا جاوزت لفظ العشر ذهب البضع لا تقول بضع وعشرون.

And when you exceed the word 'ten', the 'bith' is gone; you do not say 'twenty-something'.

والبضعة: القطعة من اللحم، هذه بالفتح، وأخواتها بالكسر مثل: القطعة، والفلذة، والفدرة، والكسفة، والخرقة، والجذوة وما لا يحصى.

And al-biḍ'ah: a piece of flesh, this is with a fatha, and its sisters are with a kasra, such as: al-qiṭ'ah, al-filthah, al-fudrah, al-kisfah, al-khirqah, al-jadhwah, and countless others.

والجمع بضع، مثل تمرة وتمر.

And the plural is biḍ', like tamrah and tamr.

وبضعت اللحم بضعا بالفتح: قطعته.

And you cut the flesh with a biḍ' (fatha) meaning you cut it.

وبضعت الجرح: شققته.

And you split the wound: you cut it open.

والمبضع: ما يبضع به العرق والأديم.

And al-mibḍa': what is used to cut the vein and the leather.

وبضعت من الماء بضعا: رويت.

And you were satiated with water with a biḍ' (fatha), meaning you were quenched.

حتى متى تكرع ولا تبضع

Until when will you drink greedily and not be satiated?

وربما قالوا: بضعت من فلان إذا سئمت منه.

And sometimes they say: 'I became weary of so-and-so' if you grew tired of him.

وأبضعنى الماء: أروانى.

And the water made me satiated: it quenched me.

وسألني فلان عن مسألة فأبضعته، إذا شفيته.

And so-and-so asked me a question, and I satisfied him, meaning I cured him.

والبضع بالضم: النكاح، عن ابن السكيت.

And al-biḍ' (damma): sexual intercourse, according to Ibn al-Sikkit.

قال: يقال ملك فلان بضع فلانة.

He said: It is said that so-and-so possessed so-and-so's chastity/sexual rights.

والمباضعة: المجامعة، وهى البضاع.

And al-mubāḍa'ah: sexual intercourse, and it is al-biḍā'.

كمعلمة أمها البضاع

Like a woman teaching her mother sexual intercourse.

والبضيع: الجزيرة في البحر.

And al-baḍī': the island in the sea.

والبضيع: اللحم ; يقال: دابة كثيرة البضيع.

And al-baḍī': flesh; it is said: an animal with much flesh.

ورجل خاظى البضيع.

And a man with thick flesh.

ويقال جبهته تبضع، أي تسيل عرقا.

And it is said his forehead sweats, meaning it flows with perspiration.

إلا الحميم فإنه يتبضع

Except the hot water, for it sweats.

والبضيع: العرق.

And al-baḍī': the vein.

وبئر بضاعة التى في الحديث، تكسر وتضم.

And the well of Bid'ah which is in the hadith, it is pronounced with a kasra and a damma.