← Back to Al-Sihah

بعا

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of committing a crime, offense, or transgression. It encompasses the act of wrongdoing and the state of being guilty of an offense.

Derived headwords

البَعْوnoun
  1. 1.
    crimeboth

    An act that is considered an offense against the law or a moral code; a transgression.

  2. 2.
    offenseboth

    An illegal act or a serious mistake; a violation of a rule or law.

  3. 3.
    guiltclassical

    The state of having committed a crime or offense.

بَعَاverb
  1. 1.
    to commit a crimeclassical

    To perform an illegal or wrongful act.

  2. 2.
    to transgressclassical

    To violate a law, command, or moral code.

Parallel reading

الجناية والجرم
Crime and offense.
وإبسالى بنى بغير جرم
And they handed over my sons without any crime
بعوناه ولا بدم مراق
We committed against them, nor with shed blood.