بحث

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Form 1بَحَثَهُ1 sense

muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarبَحْثٌ

Core sense — he scraped up the earth; he searched into a matter, he examined itgenerated

1.1he scraped up the dust, or earth; he searched for a thing in the dust, or earth—ابتحثهُ

. He scraped it up, as one who seeks to find something in it, namely the dust or earth.

he searched into it; he investigated, scrutinized, or examined it—بَحَثَ فِيهِ

he dug up the earth—بَحَثَ فِى الأَرْضِ

he scraped up the dust, or earth, from over it; and hence, he searched or inquired into it—بَحَثَ عَنْهُ

Each of these is made transitive by itself.

Authors often use this.

This is the usage in the Qur'ān 5:34; but according to the usage commonly known, one says what follows.

Muḍāriʿ and maṣdar as above. Also بَحَثَهُ and ابتحث عنه; in some copies of the K انبحث, which is said in the TA to be a mistake; and ابتحثهُ, mentioned above; and تبحّث عنه, استبحث عنه and استبحثهُ.

he examined his brother respecting his secret—استبحث أَخَاهُ عَنْ سِرِهِّ

Said of a thing, or an affair, or event: he inquired about it and searched to the utmost after it.

Mentioned in the article نبث.

Qur’ān 5:31 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur v. 34”

Qur’ān 5:31 Lane quotes this verse

فَبَعَثَ ٱللَّهُ غُرَابًا يَبْحَثُ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ لِيُرِيَهُۥ كَيْفَ يُوَٰرِى سَوْءَةَ أَخِيهِ ۚ قَالَ يَـٰوَيْلَتَىٰٓ أَعَجَزْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ مِثْلَ هَـٰذَا ٱلْغُرَابِ فَأُوَٰرِىَ سَوْءَةَ أَخِى ۖ فَأَصْبَحَ مِنَ ٱلنَّـٰدِمِينَ

Then Allah sent a raven, who scratched the ground, to show him how to hide the shame of his brother. "Woe is me!" said he; "Was I not even able to be as this raven, and to hide the shame of my brother?" then he became full of regrets-Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1

5:31

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, aor. بَحَثَ , inf. n. بَحْثٌ , He scraped it up; [as one who seeks to find a thing therein;] namely, the dust, or earth: (L:) and he searched, or sought, for it, or after it, (namely, a thing,) in the dust, or earth; as also ابتحثهُ : (L, TA:) thus each is made trans. by itself: and authors often say, بَحَثَ فِيهِ [meaning he searched, or inquired, into it; investigated, scrutinized, or examined, it]: (TA:) one says, بَحَثَ فِى الأَرْضِ he dug up the earth; and thus it is used in the Kur v. 34: (Msb:) but accord. to the usage commonly known and obtaining, (TA,) you say, بَحَثَ عَنْهُ , (S, A, L, Msb, K,) aor. as above, (L, Msb, K,) and so the inf. n.; (L, Msb;) as well as بَحَثَهُ ; (L;) and ابتحث عنه ; (T, S, L, K;) [in some copies of the K انبحث , which is said in the TA to be a mistake; and ابتحثهُ ; (see above;)] and تبحّث عنه ; (T, L, K;) and استبحث عنه ; (L, K;) and استبحثهُ ; (L;) [he scraped up the dust, or earth, from over it: and hence,] he searched, or sought, for it, after it, or respecting it; he inquired, and sought for information, respecting it; he searched, or inquired, into it; investigated, scrutinized, or examined, it; he inquired respecting it, and searched to the utmost after it; (S, * A, * L, Msb, * K; *) namely, a thing, (S, L,) or an affair, or event. (Msb.) You say also, استبحث أَخَاهُ عَنْ سِرِهِّ He examined his brother respecting his secret. (A in art. نبث .)

Form 3بَاْحَثَ2 senses · 1 main

maṣdarمُبَاحَثَةٌ

Core sense — he examined a thing together with another, especially in disputationgenerated

3.1he searched, or inquired, with him into a thing; he examined a thing, or an affair, with him—باحثهُ عَنْ أَمْرٍ

. Particularly in the way of disputation.

3.1.1his custom is to scrutinize secrets or faults with another, and to trade calumnies—عَادَتُهُ أَنْ يُبَاحِثَ وَيُبَاهِتَ

See form 6. Mentioned in the article بهت.

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[ باحثهُ عَنْ أَمْرٍ , inf. n. مُبَاحَثَةٌ , He searched, or inquired, with him into a thing; or investigated, scrutinized, or examined, with him a thing, or an affair: and particularly, in the way of disputation.] عَادَتُهُ أَنْ يُبَاحِثَ وَيُبَاهِتَ [His custom is to engage with another in mutual scrutiny of secrets, or faults, or the like, and in mutual calumniation, &c.: see 6]. (A in art. بهت .)

Form 5تَبَحَّثَ1 sense

Core sense — he searched into it, he investigated itgenerated

5.1

See form 1.

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see 1.

Form 6تَبَاحَثُوا عَنِ الأَسْرَارِ1 sense

Core sense — they inquired into each other's secretsgenerated

6.1

They searched, or inquired, into each other's secrets. Mentioned in the article نبث.

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They searched, or inquired, into each other's secrets. (A in art. نبث .)

Form 8إِبْتَحَثَ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he searched into it, he examined it; he played with dustgenerated

8.1

See form 1, in three places.

8.1.1he played with the dust, or earth—ابتحث

The dust, or earth, is that termed بحاثة; or the game is the one called البحثة.

In one copy of the K the verb is here incorrectly written انبحث.

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see 1, in three places. ابتحث also signifies He played with the dust, or earth, termed بحاثة ; or at the game called البحثة . (K.) In a copy of the K, the verb is here incorrectly written انبحث . (TA.)

Form 10إِسْتَبْحَثَ1 sense

Core sense — he searched into it, he inquired to the utmost about itgenerated

10.1

See form 1, in three places.

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see 1, in three places.

Derived nouns 9

Nounبَحْثٌ2 senses

Core sense — a mine in which one searches for gold and silver; a great serpentgenerated

1a mine in which one searches for gold and silver—بحِيثٌ

Sh gives the word in this form.

Also, of the first of the two forms: a great serpent, so called because it scrapes up the dust, or earth.

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, (so in the K,) or بحِيثٌ , (so in the L,) accord. to Sh, (L,) A mine (L, K) in which one searches for gold and silver. (L.) Also the former, A great serpent; (K;) because it scrapes up the dust or earth. (TA.)

Nounالبُحْثَةُ1 sense

Core sense — a certain game played with dust, or earthgenerated

1he played the game so called—لَعِبَ البُحْثَةَ

A certain game played with بُحَاثَة, that is, dust or earth. So written in the L; Sh gives البَحْثَةُ, and ISh البُحّيّثَى.

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, (as written in the L,) or البَحْثَةُ , (as in the K,) accord. to Sh, (L,) and البُحّيّثَى , (L, K,) accord. to ISh, (L,) A certain game with بُحَاثَة , i. e, dust, or earth. (L, K.) You say, لَعِبَ البُحْثَةَ He played the game thus called. (L.)

Nounإِبِلٌ بَحُوثٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — camels that scrape up the earth with their fore feet as they gogenerated

Camels that scrape up the dust, or earth, with their fore feet as they go, throwing it behind them; or, as some say, with their feet.

1.1a name of the chapter of the Qur'ān, chapter 9—البَحُوثُ

Or سُوَرةُ البَحُوثِ, as written in the Fáïk; and if so, بَحُوثٌ is an intensive adjective, used alike with a masculine and a feminine noun, like صَبُورٌ. Some say سُورَةُ البُحُوثِ, plural of بَحْثِ.

The chapter is also called سُورَةُ التَّوْبَةِ and البَرَآءَةِ. It is given this name because it inquires about the hypocrites and their secrets.

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Camels that scrape up the dust, or earth, with their fore feet, backwards, (AA, T, L, K,) in going; i. e., throwing it behind them; or, as some say, with their feet. (TA.) البَحُوثُ , (K,) or سُوَرةُ البَحُوثِ , (L,) thus written in the Fáïk, and if so, بَحُوثٌ is an intensive epithet, applying alike to a masc. and a fem. noun, like صَبُورٌ ; (TA;) or, accord. to some, سُورَةُ البُحُوثِ , (L,) pl. of بَحْثِ ; (TA;) a name of The chapter of the Kur-án called سُورَةُ التَّوْبَةِ , (L, K,) and البَرَآءَةِ ; (L;) [chap. ix.;] given to it because it inquires respecting the hypocrites and their secrets. (L.)

Nounبَحِيثٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a secretgenerated

See بَحْثٌ.

1.1their secret became apparent, or was revealed—بَدَا بَحِيثُهُمْ

A secret. Hence the proverb:

But in the S, in the article نجث, we find بَدَا نَجِيثُ القَوْمِ, and so in Freytag's Arabic Proverbs 1:159.

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: see بَحْثٌ . A secret: whence the prov., بَدَا بَحِيثُهُمْ [Their secret became apparent, or revealed]. (TA. [But in the S, in art. نجث , q. v., we find بَدَا نَجِيثُ القَوْمِ ; and so in Freytag's Arab. Prov. i. 159.])

Nounبُحَاثَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — dust, or earth, scraped up in searching for somethinggenerated

Dust, or earth, that is scraped up from a place where something is searched for. See البُحْثَةُ.

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Dust, or earth, (Az, K,) which is scraped up from what is searched for therein. (Az, TA.) See البُحْثَةُ .

Nounالبُحَيْثَى1 sense

Core sense — a certain game played with dust, or earthgenerated

See البُحْثَةُ.

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: see البُحْثَةُ .

Nounبَاحِثٌ1 sense

Core sense — scraping up dust, or earthgenerated

1like one scraping up the earth from over the great knife he is to be slaughtered with—كَالبَاحِثِ عَنِ الشَّفْرَةِ

A proverb.

like one searching for her death with her hoof—كَبَاحِثَةٍ عَنْ حَتْفِهَا بِظِلْفِهَا

Also a proverb; it comes from a ewe digging a knife up out of the dust, or earth, and then being slaughtered with it.

on this sense Ism fāʿil of form 1: scraping up dust or earth, and so on.

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[act. part. n. of 1; Scraping up dust or earth: &c.]. كَالبَاحِثِ عَنِ الشَّفْرَةِ [Like him who is scraping up the dust, or earth, from over the great knife with which he is to be slaughtered,] is a prov.: (S, L:) and so كَبَاحِثَةٍ عَنْ حَتْفِهَا بِظِلْفِهَا [Like one searching for her death with her hoof]: originating from the fact of a ewe's digging up a knife in the dust, or earth, and then being slaughtered with it. (L.)

Nounبَاحِثَآءُ1 sense

Core sense — dust, or earth, from the burrow of the jerboagenerated

Dust, or earth, of the burrow of the jerboa; it resembles the hole called قَاصِعَآء, but is not the same.

Plural بَاحِثَاوَاتٌ.

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Dust, or earth, (L, K,) of the burrow of the Jerboa, (L,) resembling the [hole termed] قَاصِعَآء ; (L, K;) but it is not this: pl. بَاحِثَاوَاتٌ . (L.)

Nounمَبْحَثٌ1 sense

Core sense — a place, or a time, of scraping up or of searchinggenerated

1I left him in the places where the wild oxen scrape up the ground—تَرَكْتُهُ بِمَبَاحِثِ البَقَرِ

A place, and a time, of scraping up or digging; of searching, inquiring, investigating, or examining. Plural مَبَاحِثُ.

Meaning: in a desert place, with no herbage and no people; in an unknown place, so that it was not known where he was.

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A place, and a time, of scraping up or digging; of searching, inquiring, investigating, scrutinizing, or examining: pl. مَبَاحِثُ . (KL.) You say, تَرَكْتُهُ بِمَبَاحِثِ البَقَرِ (S, K*) [I left him in the places where the wild oxen scrape up the ground]; meaning, in a desert place, destitute of herbage, or of human beings; (S, K;) in an unknown place; (K;) i. e., so that it was not known where he was. (S.)