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بذء

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of dislike, contempt, and disdain, often stemming from a negative perception or judgment of something. It extends to describing someone with a foul or offensive tongue, and also relates to barrenness or lack of pasture in land.

Derived headwords

بَذَأَهُ، كَمَنَعَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to dislikeboth

    To have a negative opinion of someone or something, finding it displeasing or objectionable.

  2. 2.
    to despiseboth

    To look down upon someone or something with contempt and disdain, refusing to accept or approve of it.

ازْدَرَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to despiseboth

    To look down upon with contempt and disdain; to scorn.

ذَمَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    to blameboth

    To express disapproval of someone or something; to criticize or condemn.

تَبَذَّأَهُ الْعَيْنُverb
  1. 1.
    to be displeasing to the eyeclassical

    When something appears to the eye as described, but upon closer inspection, it is found to be different or less appealing than expected.

بَذَأَ الْأَرْضَverb
  1. 1.
    to find pasture badboth

    To find the pasture of the land to be undesirable or poor.

الْبَذِيءُadjective
  1. 1.
    foul-mouthedboth

    A person who uses vulgar, offensive, or indecent language.

بَذِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to be scornedclassical

    To be held in contempt or disdain; to be slighted.

بَذُؤَverb
  1. 1.
    to be foul-mouthedclassical

    To speak vulgarly or offensively.

بَذَأَ الْمَكَانَverb
  1. 1.
    to become barrenboth

    For a place to become devoid of pasture or sustenance, making it desolate.

الْمُبَاذَأَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    foul talkboth

    The act of engaging in vulgar, offensive, or indecent speech.

الْبَذَاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    vulgarityboth

    The quality of being offensive, indecent, or coarse in speech.

بَذَاءَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    vulgarityboth

    The quality of being offensive, indecent, or coarse in speech.

بَذْأَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    dislikeclassical

    A feeling of aversion or distaste.

بَذَاءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    dislikeclassical

    A feeling of aversion or distaste.

بَاذَأَ الرَّجُلَverb
  1. 1.
    to quarrel withclassical

    To engage in a dispute or argument with someone.

أَبْذَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to utter vulgarityclassical

    To speak in a foul, offensive, or indecent manner.

بَذَأَتْهُ عَيْنِيverb
  1. 1.
    my eye disdained itclassical

    My perception or judgment of it was negative; I found it contemptible upon seeing it.

بَذَاءٌ وَنَجَاءٌphrase
  1. 1.
    vulgarity and escapeclassical

    A combination of offensive speech and a means of getting away or being free.

فَبَذَأْتُهَا عَيْنِيverb
  1. 1.
    my eye disdained itclassical

    Upon seeing it, my eye found it contemptible or objectionable.

Parallel reading

رَأْيٌ مِنْهُ حَالًا كَرِهَهَا
An opinion from him of something he disliked.
ازْدَرَاهُ وَلَمْ يَقْبَلْهُ، وَلَمْ تُعْجِبْهُ مِرْآتُهُ
He despised it, did not accept it, and its appearance did not please him.
سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْهُ فَبَذَأَهُ، أَيْ ذَمَّهُ
I asked him about it, and he disparaged it, meaning he blamed it.
يُقَالُ بَذَأَتْهُ عَيْنِي بَذْءًا إِذَا طَرَأَ لَكَ وَعِنْدَكَ الشَّيْءُ ثُمَّ لَمْ تَرَهُ كَذَلِكَ
It is said, 'My eye disdained it' when something appears to you and is with you, but then you do not see it as such.
فَإِذَا رَأَيْتَهُ كَمَا وُصِفَ لَكَ قُلْتَ: مَا تَبَذَّأُهُ الْعَيْنُ
And if you see it as it was described to you, you say: 'The eye does not find it objectionable.'
بَذَأَ الْأَرْضَ: ذَمَّ مَرْعَاهَا
He found the land's pasture bad: he criticized its grazing grounds.
وَكَذَلِكَ الْمَوْضِعُ إِذَا لَمْ تَحْمَدْهُ
And likewise the place if you do not praise it.
الْبَذِيءُ: الرَّجُلُ فَاحِشُ اللِّسَانِ
The foul-mouthed: the man who is indecent of tongue.
وَقَدْ بَذِيَ كَأَنَّهُ عُنِيَ
And he was scorned, as if he were meant.
وَبَذُؤَ كَكَرَمٍ أَوْ كَكَتَبَ
And he was foul-mouthed, like 'karuma' or like 'kataba'.
بَذَأَ الْمَكَانُ: صَارَ لَا مَرْعًى فِيهِ فَهُوَ مَجْدِبٌ
The place became barren: it became without pasture, so it is desolate.
الْمُبَاذَأَةُ: الْمُفَاحَشَةُ
The mutual foul talk: the mutual indecency.
وَفِي بَعْضِ النُّسَخِ بَذَاءٌ كَسَمَاءٍ
And in some versions: 'badhā'' like 'samā'.
بَاذَأْتُ الرَّجُلَ إِذَا خَاصَمْتَهُ
I quarreled with the man if you disputed with him.
وَأَبْذَأَ: جِئْتَ بِالْبَذَاءِ
And 'abdhā'a': you brought forth vulgarity.
وَقَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ: إِذَا عَظُمَتِ الْخِلْقَةُ فَإِنَّمَا بِهِ بَذَاءٌ وَنَجَاءٌ
And Al-Sha'bi said: If the creation is great, then it is with him vulgarity and escape.
وَصِفَتْ لِي أَرْضُ كَذَا فَأَبْصَرْتُهَا فَبَذَأَتْهَا عَيْنِي، أَيْ ازْدَرَيْتُهَا
Such and such land was described to me, and I saw it, and my eye disdained it, meaning I scorned it.