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بعثر

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

The root بعثر (baʿthara) primarily denotes the act of disturbing, scattering, or overturning something, often implying a thorough search or excavation. It extends to concepts of agitation, upheaval, and even a sickly or dirty appearance, with specific applications to graves, wells, and personal feelings.

Derived headwords

بَعَثَverb
  1. 1.
    to look intoboth

    To look into something, to investigate and search.

بَعْثَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to scatterboth

    To scatter, disperse, or spread something out.

  2. 2.
    to overturnboth

    To overturn something, making its bottom part its top.

  3. 3.
    to excavateboth

    To excavate or dig out what is inside something, revealing it.

  4. 4.
    to stir upboth

    To stir up what is within something.

بعثر متاعه وبحثره — He scattered his belongings and turned them upside down.
بعثر الشيء — He scattered the thing.
بعثر ما في القبور — What is in the graves is stirred up.
بعثر الحوض — He demolished the well.
بعثرت، أي قلب ترابها — I overturned it, meaning I turned its soil.
بعثر الموتى الذين فيها — He resurrected the dead within it.
بَحْثَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to searchboth

    To search for something, to investigate it thoroughly.

  2. 2.
    to overturnboth

    To overturn something, making its bottom part its top.

بحثره إذا قلب بعضه على بعض — He overturned it if he turned some of it over onto the other.
بحثر الخبر — He investigated the news.
بَعْثَرَةnoun
  1. 1.
    agitationboth

    The agitation or churning of the soul.

  2. 2.
    nauseaboth

    A feeling of nausea or sickness.

  3. 3.
    dirty colorclassical

    A dirty or soiled color.

إني إذا لم أرك تبعثرت نفسي — Indeed, when I do not see you, my soul becomes agitated.
تبعثرت نفسي؛ أي جاشت وانقلبت وغثت — My soul was agitated; meaning it churned, overturned, and felt nauseous.
البعثرة: اللون الوسخ — The ba'tharah: the dirty color.
ابن بعثرname
  1. 1.
    Ibn Ba'tharclassical

    A poet known as Ibn Ba'thar, identified as a member of the Sa'di tribe and a Kharijite. His name was Yazid.

ابن بعثر، كجعفر: الشاعر — Ibn Ba'thar, like Ja'far: the poet.

Parallel reading

نظر وفتش
He looked and searched.
فرقه وبدده
He scattered it and dispersed it.
إذا قلب بعضه على بعض
If he turned some of it over onto the other.
قلب ترابها
He turned its soil.
أثار ما فيه
He stirred up what was inside it.
أثهير وأخرج
He stirred it up and brought it out.
هدمه وجعل أسفله أعلاه
He demolished it and made its bottom part its top.
أي خرج ما في بطنها من الذهب الفضة، خروج الموتى بعد ذالك
Meaning what was in its belly of gold and silver came out, like the coming out of the dead after that.
غثيان النفس
Nausea of the soul.
أي جاشت وانقلبت وغثت
Meaning it churned, overturned, and felt nauseous.
اللون الوسخ
The dirty color.
من ذالك
From that.
السعدي خارجي
The Sa'di, a Kharijite.
وفيه يقول عمرن بن حطان: لقد كان في الدنيا يزيد بن بعثر حريصا على الخيرات حلوا شمائله
And about him Umar ibn Hattan said: Indeed, Yazid ibn Ba'thar in this world was eager for good deeds, his disposition was sweet.
وحملة وصلة ابنا بعثر، من بكر بن عامر
And Hamlah and Waslah, sons of Ba'thar, from Bakr ibn 'Amir.
من بني كلب بن وبرة
From the Banu Kalb ibn Wabarrah.
وعطية بن بعثر التغلبي، خبره في كتاب البلاذري
And 'Atiyyah ibn Ba'thar al-Taghlibi, his story is in the book of al-Baladhuri.