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بحرت

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe something pure, unadulterated, and unadorned. It is used to intensify the meaning of falsehood, implying a complete and unmixed lie.

Derived headwords

البحريتnoun
  1. 1.
    purityclassical

    That which is pure, unadulterated, and not obscured by anything.

حبريتadjective
  1. 1.
    utterly falseclassical

    An intensifier for falsehood, meaning a complete and unmixed lie.

بحريتadjective
  1. 1.
    utterly falseclassical

    An intensifier for falsehood, meaning a complete and unmixed lie.

حنبريتadjective
  1. 1.
    utterly falseclassical

    An intensifier for falsehood, meaning a complete and unmixed lie.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وقال ابن الأعرابي: هو الخالص المجرد الذي لا يستره شيء
And Ibn al-A'rabi said: It is the pure, unadulterated thing which nothing conceals.
يقال: كذب حبريت
It is said: a completely false lie.
وبحريت
And a completely false lie.
وحتبريت
And a completely false lie.
كل ذالك بمعنى واحد
All of that is in one meaning.