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بطغ

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of being smeared or stained with something. It also extends to the meaning of crawling or moving along the ground, particularly in a low or creeping manner.

Derived headwords

بَطَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to be smearedboth

    To be stained or smeared with something.

  2. 2.
    to crawlclassical

    To move along the ground by dragging oneself, to creep.

بَطْغnoun
  1. 1.
    smearingclassical

    The act of being smeared or stained.

  2. 2.
    crawlingclassical

    The act of crawling or moving along the ground.

Parallel reading

بَطَغَ بالشئ: تَلَطَّخَ به
He was smeared with the thing: he became stained with it.
لغة في بَدَغَ
A variant pronunciation of badagha (to smear).
بَطَغَ بالأرض، أي تَمَسَّحَ بها وتَزْحَفُ
He crawled along the ground, meaning he smeared himself on it and crept.
والملغ يلكى بالكلام الاملغ لولا دبوقاء استه لم يبطغ
And the slanderer stumbles with eloquent speech; if not for the looseness of his anus, he would not crawl.