بوو

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the young of animals, specifically a camel calf or its skin used as a decoy. It extends to meanings of emptiness, desolation, and even foolishness. Derived terms also refer to places and personal names.

Derived headwords

البوّnoun

1.
Camel calfboth
The young of a she-camel.
2.
Decoy calf skinclassical
The skin of a dead camel calf, stuffed with grass or straw and placed near the mother to elicit maternal affection.

فما أمّ بو هالك بتنوفة إذا ذكرته آخر الليل حنت — And your camel calf's mother, lost in the desert, yearns for it when you mention it.

مدرجة كالبو بين الظئرين — Like a decoy calf between two wet nurses.

بوّnoun

1.
Ashesclassical
Refers to the ashes found on cooking tripods (أثافي).
2.
Foolclassical
An unintelligent or foolish person.

بو الأثافي — Ashes of the cooking tripods.

البوّةnoun

1.
Female foolclassical
The feminine form of 'fool', referring to a foolish woman.

بوّىverb

1.
To imitateclassical
To mimic or imitate someone else's actions.

البوباةnoun

1.
Desertclassical
A vast, desolate desert or wasteland, similar to 'مومواة'.
2.
Place nameclassical
A specific place name, possibly referring to a village or settlement.

الأبواءname

1.
Al-Abwa'both
A village located between Mecca and Medina, known for its historical significance and debated etymology.

بوَيname

1.
Personal nameboth
A given name or part of a lineage, appearing in historical records.

سيف بن بوي بن الأجذوم بن الصدف — Sayf ibn Buway ibn al-Ajdhūm ibn al-Ṣadaf.

بويانname

1.
Personal nameboth
A given name, often appearing in the lineage of scholars and notable figures.

أبو الحسين أحمد بن عثمان بن جعفر بن بويان — Abu al-Husayn Ahmad ibn Uthman ibn Ja'far ibn Buwayan.

بوىname

1.
Valley nameclassical
The name of a valley belonging to the Bajila tribe.

بوى: واد لبجيلة — Buway: a valley belonging to Bajila.

بايname

1.
Personal nameboth
A name appearing in the lineage of scholars and jurists.

باي بن جعفر بن باي: فقيه محدث — Bay ibn Ja'far ibn Bay: a jurist and traditionist.

بويةname

1.
Personal name/Titleboth
A name or title given to a group of traditionists and scholars, or a nickname.

عمرو بن بوية الأسدي — Amr ibn Buwayh al-Asadi.

الحسين بن محمد بن الحسين بن زيد عن أبيه، ويقال في نسبه البويي — Al-Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn al-Husayn ibn Zayd from his father, and his lineage is sometimes called al-Buwayhi.

بويname

1.
Place nameclassical
A place name, possibly not extended (غير ممدود).

أبوىname

1.
Place nameclassical
A name for two villages on the route from Basra to Mecca, attributed to the tribes of Tasm and Judis.
2.
Place/Mountain nameclassical
A place or mountain in Syria.

رجال أبوى غداة تسر بلوا حلق الحديد — Men of Abwa' in the morning, you would think they were cutting the rings of iron.

بوname

1.
Tribal nameboth
A tribe within the Tamim confederation.

خليفة بن عبد فيد بن بو — Khalifa ibn Abd Fid ibn Bu.

Parallel reading

فما أمّ بو هالك بتنوفة إذا ذكرته آخر الليل حنت

And your camel calf's mother, lost in the desert, yearns for it when you mention it.

مدرجة كالبو بين الظئرين

Like a decoy calf between two wet nurses.

سوق الروائم بوا بين أظئار

The market of al-Rawā'im, a decoy between the protectors.

فما عجول على بو تطيف به لها حنينان: إصغار وإكبار

No more distressed than a calf over a decoy, it has two cries: a low one and a loud one.

بو الأثافي

Ashes of the cooking tripods.

هو أخدع من البو وأنكد من اللو

He is more cunning than the fool and more miserable than al-Law.

والبوباة: المفازة

And al-Bubāh: the desolate desert.

وهي قرية من أعمال الفرع بينها وبين الجحفة مما يلي المدينة ثلاثة وعشرون ميلا

And it is a village in the region of al-Far', twenty-three miles from al-Juḥfah towards Medina.

الأبواء موضع ليس في الكلام اسم مفرد على مثال الجمع غيره وغير الأنبار والأبلاء

Al-Abwā' is a place, and there is no singular word in the language formed like a plural except it, and not al-Anbār and al-Ablā'.

منهم: سيف بن بوي بن الأجذوم بن الصدف

Among them: Sayf ibn Buway ibn al-Ajdhūm ibn al-Ṣadaf.

ومن الثاني: أبو الحسين أحمد بن عثمان بن جعفر بن بويان

And from the second: Abu al-Husayn Ahmad ibn Uthman ibn Ja'far ibn Buwayan.

وبوى، كرمى: واد لبجيلة

And Buway, like 'ramā': a valley belonging to Bajila.

باي بن جعفر بن باي: فقيه محدث

Bāy ibn Ja'far ibn Bāy: a jurist and traditionist.

عمرو بن بوية الأسدي

Amr ibn Buwayh al-Asadi.

بوى موضع

Buway, a place.

أبوى مقصورا: اسم للقريتين على طريق البصرة إلى مكة

Abwā, shortened: the name of the two villages on the road from Basra to Mecca.

خليفة بن عبد فيد بن بو

Khalifa ibn Abd Fid ibn Bu.