بَحَثَ (baḥatha)to search

Conjugation, meanings and vowelled example sentences for the Arabic verb بَحَثَ (baḥatha) — “to search”, drawn from the reader’s verified vocabulary bank. Every form carries full harakat.

Conjugation: بَحَثَ يَبْحَثُ

Past · الماضيPresent · المضارعImperative · الأمرVerbal noun · المصدر
بَحَثَ baḥathaيَبْحَثُ yabḥathuاِبْحَثْ aibḥathبَحْثٌ baḥthun

Meanings & examples

  1. 1. to search

    • بَحَثَ عَنِ المِفْتَاحِ المَفْقُودِ.He searched for the lost key.
    • بَحَثَتِ الطَّالِبَةُ عَنْ مَعْلُومَاتٍ فِي المَكْتَبَةِ.The female student searched for information in the library.
    • لِمَاذَا تَبْحَثُ عَنْهُ بِهَذِهِ الشَّرَاسَةِ؟Why are you searching for him with such ferocity?
  2. 2. to search for

    • أَنَا أَبْحَثُ عَنْ مِفْتَاحِي المَفْقُودِ.I am searching for my lost key.
    • يَبْحَثُ العُلَمَاءُ عَنْ عِلَاجٍ لِهَذَا المَرَضِ المُسْتَعْصِي.Scientists are searching for a cure for this intractable disease.
    • لِمَاذَا تَبْحَثُ عَنْ مَشَاكِلَ لَا تُحَلُّ؟Why are you searching for problems that cannot be solved?
  3. 3. to research

    • بَحَثَ العَالِمُ فِي الظَّوَاهِرِ الفَلَكِيَّةِ.The scientist researched astronomical phenomena.
    • يُجْرِي الطُّلَّابُ بَحْثًا عَمِيقًا حَوْلَ التَّغَيُّرِ المُنَاخِيِّ.The students are conducting deep research on climate change.
    • هَلْ بَحَثْتَ فِي الأَرْشِيفِ عَنْ أَيَّةِ مَعْلُومَاتٍ قَدِيمَةٍ؟Did you research the archive for any old information?
  4. 4. to discuss

    • بَحَثَ الطُّلَّابُ المَسْأَلَةَ.The students discussed the problem.
    • بَحَثَ الفَرِيقَانِ سُبُلَ التَّعَاوُنِ المُشْتَرَكِ.The two teams discussed ways of joint cooperation.
    • لِمَاذَا لَمْ تَبْحَثُوا فِي الأَسْبَابِ الحَقِيقِيَّةِ لِلْمُشْكِلَةِ؟Why didn't you discuss the real reasons for the problem?
  5. 5. to search / look for

    • بَحَثَ الرَّجُلُ عَنْ مِفْتَاحِهِ.The man searched for his key.
    • بَحَثَتِ الطَّالِبَةُ عَنْ مَعْلُومَاتٍ فِي المَكْتَبَةِ.The female student searched for information in the library.
    • لَمْ نَبْحَثْ عَنْ حُلُولٍ لِلْمُشْكِلَةِ بَعْدُ.We have not searched for solutions to the problem yet.
  6. 6. to search, look for

    • بَحَثَ الرَّجُلُ عَنْ نَظَّارَتِهِ.The man searched for his glasses.
    • لَمْ نَجِدْ أَيَّ أَثَرٍ لِلْمَالِ المَفْقُودِ بَعْدَ أَنْ بَحَثْنَا فِي كُلِّ مَكَانٍ.We found no trace of the lost money after we searched everywhere.
    • بَحَثَ المُحَقِّقُ عَنْ أَدِلَّةٍ قَاطِعَةٍ فِي مَسْرَحِ الجَرِيمَةِ المُظْلِمِ.The detective searched for conclusive evidence at the dark crime scene.
  7. 7. to argue

  8. 8. to dig

    • بَحَثَ الْعُمَّالُ فِي الْأَرْضِ عَنْ الْآثَارِ الْقَدِيمَةِ.The workers dug in the ground for ancient artifacts.
    • يَبْحَثُ الْكَلْبُ عَنْ عَظْمِهِ الْمَدْفُونِ فِي الْحَدِيقَةِ.The dog digs for its buried bone in the garden.
    • بَحَثْنَا حُفْرَةً صَغِيرَةً لِزِرَاعَةِ الشَّجَرَةِ الْجَدِيدَةِ.We dug a small hole to plant the new tree.

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