بهنس

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes a heavy, large, and imposing physique or gait, particularly associated with lions and sometimes camels. It also refers to a specific region in Upper Egypt and individuals from that area.

Derived headwords

البَهْنَسnoun

1.
heavy, large manclassical
A man who is heavy and large in build.
2.
lionclassical
A lion, characterized by its imposing and proud gait.
3.
docile camelclassical
A camel that is gentle and easy to manage.

يَبْهَنِسُverb

1.
to walk proudlyclassical
To walk with a proud, strutting, or imposing gait, often associated with lions.

تَبَهْنُسٌverb

1.
to walk proudlyclassical
To walk with a proud, strutting, or imposing gait, similar to 'بهنس'. Some scholars restrict this to lions, while others apply it more broadly.

المُبَهْنِسadjective

1.
struttingclassical
One who walks with a proud, imposing, or strutting gait.

البَهَانِسnoun

1.
docile camelclassical
A docile and gentle camel.

محمد بن بهنسname

1.
a narratorclassical
A historical figure, Muhammad ibn Bahans al-Marwazi, a narrator who was a scribe for Al-Nadr in Merv.

بهنسname

1.
a grandfather's nameclassical
The name of a grandfather of the poet Ghaylan ibn Uqbah ibn Bahans al-Adawi. There is a variation in spelling, with some suggesting 'Bahis' (diminutive).

بهنسىname

1.
a region in Egyptclassical
A district or region located in Upper Egypt, west of the Nile.

البَهْنَسِيّadjective

1.
from Bahnasclassical
Relating to or originating from the region of Bahnas.

البَهْنَسَاوِيّadjective

1.
from Bahnasclassical
Relating to or originating from the region of Bahnas.

Parallel reading

وهو الثقيل الضخم، من الرجال، قاله ابن عباد.

And he is the heavy and large one, among men, said Ibn Abbad.

الأسد يبهنس في مشيه كالمبهنس والمنبهنس، كأنه يبهنس في مشيته ويتبهنس، أي يتبختر

The lion walks proudly in its gait like the one who walks proudly and the one who walks proudly, as if it walks proudly in its gait and struts, meaning it walks with conceit.

إذا تبهنس يمشي خلته وعثا ... وعى السواعد منه بعد تكسير

When it walks proudly, you think it is a mountain goat... and its forearms are strong after being broken.

مبهنسا حيث يمشي ليس يفزعه ... مشمرا للدواهي أي تشمير

Strutting where it walks, nothing startles it... ready for calamities, truly ready.

وهو منحوت من بهس، إذا جرى، ومن بنس، إذا تأخر، معناه أنه يمشي مقاربا خطوه في تعظم وكبر.

And it is coined from 'bahasa' (to run) and 'banasa' (to lag behind), meaning it walks with short steps in grandeur and arrogance.

الجمل الذلول، كالبهانس، بالضم، عن أبي زيد.

The docile camel, like 'al-bahans' (with dammah), according to Abu Zayd.

محمد بن بهنس المروزي: محدث، كان مستملي النضر بمرو، روى عن مطهر بن الحكم، وغيره.

Muhammad ibn Bahans al-Marwazi: a traditionist, he was the scribe for Al-Nadr in Merv, he narrated from Mutahhar ibn Al-Hakam, and others.

واختلف في جد ذي الرمة غيلان بن عقبة بن بهنس العدوي الشاعر، فقيل هكذا، وقيل بهيس مصغرا.

And there was disagreement about the grandfather of Dhu al-Rummah, Ghaylan ibn Uqbah ibn Bahans al-Adawi the poet; it was said thus, and it was said 'Bahis' (diminutive).

بهنس، وتبهنس: تبختر، خص بعضهم به الأسد، وعم به بعضهم.

'Bahansa' and 'tabahansa': to strut; some scholars restricted it to the lion, while others applied it generally.

وبهنسى، كقهقرى: كورة بصعيد مصر الأدنى غربي النيل

And 'Bahnasā', like 'qahqara': a district in Lower Upper Egypt, west of the Nile.

والنسبة إليها بهنسي وبهنساوي

And the attribution to it is 'Bahansi' and 'Bahansawi'.

وقد نسب إليها جماعة من أهل العلم منهم الإمام الصوفي المفسر الشمس محمد بن محمد البهنسي الشافعي

And a group of scholars were attributed to it, including the Imam, the Sufi, the exegete, Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Bahansi al-Shafi'i.

وشيخنا المعمر المحدث عبد الحي بن الحسن بن زين العابدين البهنسي المالكي الشاذلي نزيل بلاق سنة

And our Sheikh, the long-lived traditionist Abd al-Hayy ibn Al-Hasan ibn Zayn al-Abidin al-Bahansi al-Maliki al-Shadhili, resident of Balaq in that year.