بهس

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to boldness, courage, and a proud or strutting gait, often associated with the lion. It also extends to descriptions of people, particularly men known for seeking vengeance or women with a graceful, proud walk. Some derived terms refer to specific individuals or groups.

Derived headwords

البَهْسnoun

1.
boldnessclassical
Boldness or daring, as described by Ibn Duraid.
2.
date palm (when young)classical
The young date palm while it is still moist. The word 'shin' is a variant pronunciation for this meaning.

البَيْهَسnoun

1.
lionclassical
A name for the lion, derived from the root's meaning of boldness, as stated by Ibn Duraid.
2.
brave personclassical
A brave or courageous person among people, mirroring the qualities attributed to the lion.

البَيْهَسnoun

1.
woman with a graceful walkclassical
A woman who walks with a graceful, proud, and swaying gait, characteristic of a lion's walk.

بَيْهَسname

1.
a proverbial manclassical
A man whose name is used proverbially for someone who achieves vengeance.

أبو بيهسname

1.
a Kharijiteclassical
A name referring to Hayṣam ibn Jābir al-Khārijī, a member of the Banu Sa'd, to whom the 'Bahisiyyah' sect of Kharijites is attributed.

تَبَيْهَسَverb

1.
to strutclassical
To walk with a proud, strutting, or swaggering gait.

أبو الدهماء قرفة بن بهيسname

1.
a Tabi'iclassical
A Companion of the Prophet (Tabi'i) named Qurfah ibn Bahīs, also known as Abu al-Dahma', who narrated from Samurah ibn Jundub and others.

بهيسةname

1.
a woman's nameclassical
A female given name, mentioned in poetry by Naffar, the grandfather of al-Tarmah.

يَتَبَيْهَسُverb

1.
to walk proudlyclassical
To walk with a strutting or swaggering gait, often implying emptiness or having nothing with him.

يَتَفَيْسَجُverb

1.
to swaggerclassical
To walk with a swaggering or pompous gait, similar to strutting.

يَتَفَيْجَسُverb

1.
to swaggerclassical
To walk with a swaggering or pompous gait, synonymous with 'yataphysaj'.

محمد بن صالح بن بيهسname

1.
a leaderclassical
A historical figure, Muhammad ibn Salih ibn Bahis al-Qaisi al-Kilabi, who was a prince and leader of the Arabs in Syria and a resistor of al-Sufyani.

بيهس الفزاريname

1.
a foolish personclassical
A person named Bahis al-Fazzari, nicknamed 'al-Na'amah' (the ostrich), known for his foolishness and for being one of seven brothers who were killed.

أحمق من بيهسexpression

1.
more foolish than Bahisclassical
A proverb used to describe someone extremely foolish, attributed to al-Zamakhshari.

Parallel reading

البهس، كالمنع: الجرأة، قاله ابن دريد

Al-Bahs, like al-man', means boldness, said Ibn Duraid.

منه البيهس، كحيدر: الأسد، عن ابن دريد

From it is al-Bahis, like Haydar: the lion, from Ibn Duraid.

وقال ابن سيده: هو من صفات الأسد، مشتق منه. كذلك الشجاع من الناس.

And Ibn Sidah said: it is one of the attributes of the lion, derived from it. Likewise, the brave person among people.

البيهس، من النساء: الحسنة المشي، عن ابن عباد، وهي التي إذا مشت تبخترت، وحقيقته: مشت مشية الأسد.

Al-Bahis, among women: the one with a good walk, from Ibn Abbad, and she is the one who struts when she walks, and its reality is: she walks the walk of a lion.

بيهس، بلا لام: رجل يضرب به المثل في إدراك الثأر

Bahis, without the definite article: a man who is used as an example for achieving vengeance.

فمن طلب الأوتار ما حز أنفه ... قصير وخاض الموت بالسيف بيهس

So whoever seeks vengeance, his nose is cut off... short, and he plunged into death with the sword, Bahis.

وأبو بيهس: هيصم بن جابر الخارجي، أحد بني سعد بن ضبيعة بن قيس، نسب إليه البيهسية: من فرق الخوارج.

And Abu Bahis: Hayṣam ibn Jābir al-Khārijī, one of the Banu Sa'd ibn Ḍabī'ah ibn Qays, to him is attributed the Bahisiyyah: a sect of the Kharijites.

وتبيهس: تبختر.

And tabahhasa: to strut.

يقال: جاء يتبيهس، أي فارغا لا شيء معه.

It is said: he came strutting, meaning empty-handed with nothing.

أبو الدهماء قرفة بن بهيس، كزبير: تابعي، عن سمرة بن جندب، وغيره.

Abu al-Dahma' Qurfah ibn Bahīs, like Zubayr: a Tabi'i, from Samurah ibn Jundub, and others.

ومما يستدرك عليه: البهس: المقل مادام رطبا، والشين لغة فيه.

And among what is to be added: Al-Bahs: the date palm while it is moist, and 'shin' is a dialect for it.

وبهيسة: اسم امرأة، قال نفر جد الطرماح: (ألا قالت بهيسة ما لنفر ... أراه غيرت منه الدهور)

And Bahisah: a woman's name, Naffar, the grandfather of al-Tarmah, said: (Indeed Bahisah said, what is wrong with Naffar... I see that the ages have changed him).

ويروى بالشين.

And it is narrated with 'shin'.

ومر فلان يتبيهس ويتفيسج ويتفيجس، إذا كان يتبختر في مشيه.

And so-and-so passed by strutting and swaggering and pompously walking, if he was strutting in his walk.

ومحمد بن صالح بن بيهس القيسي الكلابي: أمير عرب الشام، وفارس قيس وزعيمها، والمقاوم للسفياني بن القميطر الذي خرج بالشام.

And Muhammad ibn Salih ibn Bahis al-Qaisi al-Kilabi: prince of the Arabs of Syria, and the knight and leader of Qays, and the resistor of al-Sufyani ibn al-Qumaytir who emerged in Syria.

وبيهس الفزاري الملقب بالنعامة، أحد الإخوة السبعة الذين قتلوا وترك هو لحمقه، وهو القائل: (البس لكل حالة لبوسها ... إما نعيمها وإما بوسها)

And Bahis al-Fazzari, nicknamed al-Na'amah, one of the seven brothers who were killed, and he was left behind due to his foolishness, and he is the one who said: (Wear for every situation its attire... either its comfort or its hardship).

ومنه: أحمق من بيهس، قاله الزمخشري.

And from it: more foolish than Bahis, said al-Zamakhshari.