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بهق

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of whiteness or paleness appearing on the skin, distinguishing it from other skin conditions. It also extends to describing mottled or variegated appearances.

Derived headwords

البَهَقnoun
  1. 1.
    a whiteness that affects the skin, differing from its color, not leprosyboth

    a whiteness that affects the skin, differing from its color, not leprosy

بَهِقَverb
  1. 1.
    to have vitiligoboth

    To be afflicted with the skin condition of whiteness (al-bahq).

  2. 2.
    to be mottledclassical

    To have a variegated or patchy appearance.

أَبْهَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause vitiligoclassical

    To cause the skin to develop patches of whiteness.

تَبَهَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to become mottledclassical

    To develop a mottled or variegated appearance.

بَهِيقadjective
  1. 1.
    mottledclassical

    Having patches of different colors; variegated.

بَهَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a patch of whitenessboth

    A distinct patch of white on the skin, characteristic of al-bahq.

بَوَهُقnoun
  1. 1.
    vitiligoclassical

    A synonym for al-bahq, referring to the skin condition of white patches.

بَهَقَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    a white spotboth

    A single white spot or patch on the skin.

Parallel reading

البَهَق: بياض يعترى الجلد يخالف لونه، ليس من البرص.
Al-bahq: whiteness that affects the skin, differing in color from it, not from leprosy.
فيها خطوط من سواد وبلق كأنه في الجلد توليع البهق
In it are lines of blackness and patches, as if on the skin it were the variegation of al-bahq.