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بهت

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of lying, fabricating falsehoods, and attributing false actions to someone. It also extends to meanings of being astonished, confused, or suddenly taken by surprise. The root can also refer to a type of stone or a specific astronomical calculation.

Derived headwords

بَهَتَ، كَمَنَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to lie about someoneboth

    To attribute to someone something they did not do; to fabricate lies against them.

  2. 2.
    to be astonishedboth

    To be bewildered or stunned, often by seeing something unexpected.

  3. 3.
    to be overcome by argumentclassical

    To be silenced and rendered unable to respond due to a conclusive argument.

يَبْهَتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    he lies about himboth

    He attributes to him something he did not do; he fabricates lies against him.

بَهْتاًnoun
  1. 1.
    falsehoodboth

    A lie, especially one that attributes false actions to someone.

وَبَهْتاًnoun
  1. 1.
    falsehoodboth

    A lie, especially one that attributes false actions to someone.

وَبُهْتاناًnoun
  1. 1.
    falsehoodboth

    A lie, especially one that attributes false actions to someone.

البُهْتَانَةnoun
  1. 1.
    falsehoodboth

    A lie, especially one that attributes false actions to someone. It is described as a falsehood whose falsity causes bewilderment.

  2. 2.
    lyingboth

    The act of fabricating lies against someone.

البَهْتnoun
  1. 1.
    falsehoodboth

    A lie, especially one that attributes false actions to someone.

  2. 2.
    astonishmentboth

    The state of being bewildered or stunned.

  3. 3.
    stoneclassical

    A type of known stone.

  4. 4.
    sudden takingclassical

    To take someone by surprise or suddenly.

البَهْتُ بالضَّمnoun
  1. 1.
    falsehoodboth

    A lie, especially one that attributes false actions to someone.

مُبْهَتadjective
  1. 1.
    astonishedboth

    Being bewildered or stunned.

وهو مبهوت — And he is astonished.
البَهْوُتnoun
  1. 1.
    astonished personclassical

    One who is astonished or bewildered.

باهَتَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to lie to himboth

    To fabricate lies against someone.

  2. 2.
    to debate himclassical

    To engage in a debate or argument, potentially with falsehoods.

مُباهَتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mutual lyingclassical

    The act of fabricating lies against each other.

  2. 2.
    debateclassical

    An argument or debate.

باهِتadjective
  1. 1.
    astonishedclassical

    Being bewildered or stunned.

بُهْتnoun
  1. 1.
    astonishmentboth

    The state of being bewildered or stunned.

بُهوتnoun
  1. 1.
    astonished onesclassical

    A plural for those who are astonished.

ابْنُ بَهْنَةname
  1. 1.
    a narrator's nameclassical

    A kunya referring to Abu Hafs 'Umar ibn Muhammad ibn Humayd ibn Bahatah, a hadith narrator.

فَابْهَتِيverb
  1. 1.
    be astonishedclassical

    To be bewildered or stunned.

فَانْهَتِيverb
  1. 1.
    be astonishedclassical

    To be bewildered or stunned.

البُهْتِيتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a cry for helpclassical

    An exclamation used for seeking help, similar to 'Oh, the falsehood!' or 'Oh, the astonishment!'

البَهْتُ (حساب)noun
  1. 1.
    astronomical calculationclassical

    A specific calculation related to the steady movement of stars over a day.

بُهوت (قرية)name
  1. 1.
    a village in Egyptclassical

    A village in Egypt, in the Gharbia province, from which several scholars and hadith narrators originated.

Parallel reading

أي قال عليه ما لم يفعل
Meaning, he said about him what he did not do.
الباطل الذي يتحير من بطلانه
The falsehood whose falsity causes bewilderment.
أتأخذونه بهتانا وإثما مبينا
Would you take it in falsehood and as a clear sin?
أي مباهتين آثمين
Meaning, fabricating lies and being sinful.
وإن لم يكن فيه ما تقول، فقد بهته
And if it is not in him what you say, then you have lied about him.
أي كذبت وافتريت عليه
Meaning, you lied and fabricated against him.
إذا قابلته بالكذب
When you confront him with lies.
بل تأتيهم بغتة فتبهتهم
Rather, it comes to them suddenly, and it bewilders them.
أي تحيرهم حين تفاجئهم بغتة
Meaning, it bewilders them when it surprises them suddenly.
إذا تحير
When he is bewildered.
رأى شيئا فبهت
He saw something and was astonished.
ينظر نظر المتعجب
He looks with the gaze of one who is astonished.
فبهت الذي كفر
And the disbeliever was astonished.
انقطع وسكت متحيرا عنها
He was cut off and remained silent, bewildered by it.
إنهم قوم بهت
Indeed, they are a people of falsehood/astonishment.
فابهتي عليها
Then be astonished by it.
فانهتي عليها بالنون، لا غير
Then be astonished by it, with the 'noon', and nothing else.
فإن أبت فازدلفي إليها وأعلقي يديك في صدغيها
If she refuses, then approach her and hang your hands on her temples.
يا للبهيتة
Oh, the falsehood! / Oh, the astonishment!
بهت الفحل عن الناقة: نحاه، ليحمل عليها فحل أكرم منه
The stallion turned away from the mare: he pushed it away, so that a nobler stallion could mount her.