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Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes someone who is skilled, eloquent, and witty, often with a connotation of being talkative or even boastful. It can also refer to someone who is ostentatious or pretentious, lacking substance despite their outward appearance.

Derived headwords

البَلْتَعnoun

1.
Skilled personclassical
A person who is skilled in all matters.
2.
Witty speakerclassical
Or, a witty and eloquent speaker.
3.
Talkative womanclassical
In women, it refers to someone who is sharp-tongued, talkative, and argumentative.

بَلْتَعَةnoun

1.
Nameclassical
A proper name.

البَلْتَعَانِيّadjective

1.
Pretentious personclassical
One who pretends to be witty and sophisticated, but lacks substance.

تَبَلَّتَعَverb

1.
To be pretentiousclassical
To act sophisticated or pretentious, often without genuine merit.
2.
To be boastfulclassical
To be self-admiring and arrogant.
3.
To speak eloquentlyclassical
To speak with eloquence, sometimes to the point of being sharp or offensive.
4.
To twist one's tongueclassical
Or, to have a twisted tongue when speaking.

البُلْتَعِيّadjective

1.
Eloquent speakerclassical
A fluent, eloquent, skilled, and articulate speaker.

حاطب بن أبي بلتعةname

1.
Companion of the Prophetclassical
A companion of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him).

Parallel reading

الحاذق بكل شيء

Skilled in all matters.

هو الظريف المتكلم

He is the witty speaker.

والأنثى بالهاء

And the feminine form is with the 'taa' marbuta'.

في النساء: السليطة المكثارة المشاتمة

Among women: sharp-tongued, talkative, and argumentative.

والبلتعاني: المتظرف المتكيس

And Al-Balt'ani: the one who pretends to be witty and sophisticated.

والذي يتظرف ويتحذلق وليس عنده شيء

And one who pretends to be witty and sophisticated, but has nothing.

إذا قال قولا تبلتعا

When he said something, he would speak pretentiously.

والبلتعي: اللسن الفصيح الحاذق المتكلم

And Al-Balt'i: the eloquent, fluent, skilled, and articulate speaker.

والتبلتع: التفتح بالكلام، كأنه يقذع فيه

And At-Tabaltu': speaking eloquently, as if being offensive.

أو هو الذي التوى لسانه

Or it is one whose tongue is twisted.

هو التحذلق والتدهي

It is affectation and pretense.

حاطب بن أبي بلتعة عمرو بن راشد بن معاذ اللخمي، صحابي رضي الله عنه

Hatim bin Abi Balta'ah 'Amr bin Rashid bin Mu'adh Al-Lakhmi, may Allah be pleased with him, a companion.

ويقال: أبو بلتعة عمرو بن عمير بن سلمة، ممن شهد بدرا

And it is said: Abu Balta'ah 'Amr bin 'Umayr bin Salama, who witnessed the Battle of Badr.

التبلتع: إعجاب المرء بنفسه وتصلفه

At-Tabaltu': a person's self-admiration and arrogance.

لا خير في الشيخ وإن تبلتعا

There is no good in an old man, even if he is pretentious.