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Form 1بَعُدَ6 senses · 2 main
muḍāriʿـُيَفْعُلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarبُعْدٌ بَعَدٌ إِبْعَادٌ

Core sense — he, or it, became distant, remote, or far off; he perishedgenerated

1.1he, or it, was, or became, distant, remote, or far off; he withdrew to a distance—تباعد

maṣdar بُعْدٌ and بَعِدَ. Also بَعَدَ, maṣdar بَعَدٌ and ابعد; and, which is also used transitively.

he alienated, or estranged, himself; he stood, or kept, aloof—استبعد

The opposite of قَرُبَ.

[But بَعُدَ generally has the first of these meanings, and ابعد the others, as also تباعد and استبعد.]

The leading lexicologists generally hold that بَعِدَ, as well as بَعُدَ, is used in this way; but some deny it, and some say that the two may be used alike, though بَعُدَ is more chaste than بَعِدَ so used.

it extended far—بَعُدَ
Zeyd went, or removed, far from the place of alighting or abode—ابعد زَيْدٌ عَنِ المَنْزِلِ

The same as تباعد.

he removed to a distance from me; he estranged himself from me; he shunned me—تباعد مِنِّى
he removed to a distance from me; he shunned, or avoided, me—ابتعد
he removed to a distance from me; he shunned, or avoided, me—تبعّد

تباعد عَنِّى and بَعُدَ عنّى have the same meaning.

So under كشح.

when one of you wants to do what is needful, he goes far away—إِذَا أَرَاذَ أَحَدُكُمْ الحَاجَةِ أَبْعَدَ
I went far away to the place of ease, that is, to relieve myself—أَبْعَدْتُ فِى المَذْهَبِ

That is, تَبَاعَدْتُ.

1.1.1it was improbable, extraordinary, or strange—بَعُدَ

Said of a saying or the like, and of an event: it was far from being probable or correct. See بَعِيدٌ, and see also Form 10. It occurs often in these senses.

it reached the utmost point, or degree, in its kind—ابعد فِى نَوْعِهِ
he went beyond due bounds in offering a thing for sale and asking a price for it, or in bargaining for a thing—ابعد فِى السَّوْمِ
1.1.2recent and old griefs took hold upon him—أَخَذَهُ مَا قَرُبَ وَ مَا بَعُدَ

A saying similar to أَخَذَهُ مَا قَدُمَ وَ مَا حَدُثَ.

Mentioned under قدم.

1.1.3distant, or far distant, was the object of my contemplation!—بُعْدَ مَا مُتَأَمَّلى

بَعُدَ is often used, as a general rule allows, in the manner of a verb of praise or blame; in that case it is commonly contracted into بُعْدَ, like حُسْنَ.

From a verse of Imra-el-Keys, in which ما is redundant; or, as explained in the EM p. 52, "how distant, etc.!"

1.1.4he, or it, perished; he died—بَعِدَ

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he, or it, perished; he died—بَعْدَ

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The leading lexicologists generally hold that both these verbs are used in the sense "he perished", and both occur in different readings of verse 98 of chapter 11 of the Qur'ān. The first is said to be used in this sense by some of the Arabs, and the second by others; but some disallow the second in this sense, and some say the first is more chaste. Or both mean: he became far distant from his home or native country, becoming a stranger to it, or estranged from it.

Or, according to Yoo, the Arabs say بَعِدَ الرَّجُلُ and بَعُدَ in the sense of تباعد when they are not reviling; but when reviling they say only بَعِدَ.

may you not perish, though you are distant from me!—لَا تَبْعَدٌ وَ إِنْ بَعُدْتَ عَنَّى

[And as a curse against a man you say بَعِدْتَ, meaning: may you perish! (In the printed edition of the Ham, pp. 89 and 90, بَعِدْتَاىَ هلكت is clearly a mistake for َعِدْتَ أَى هَلَكْتَ.)]

may God alienate him from good, or prosperity! or, curse him!—بُعْدًا لَهُ

That is, may he not be pitied for what has befallen him! Like سُحْقًا لَهُ. The most approved way is to put بعد in the accusative, as a maṣdar; but the tribe of Temeem say بُعْدٌ لَهُ and سُحْقٌ, like غُلَامٌ لَهُ.

1.2

بَعُدَ is made transitive by means of the preposition ب: see Form 4.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
9:42
لَوْ كَانَ عَرَضًا قَرِيبًا وَسَفَرًا قَاصِدًا لَّٱتَّبَعُوكَ وَلَـٰكِنۢ بَعُدَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ ٱلشُّقَّةُ ۚ وَسَيَحْلِفُونَ بِٱللَّهِ لَوِ ٱسْتَطَعْنَا لَخَرَجْنَا مَعَكُمْ يُهْلِكُونَ أَنفُسَهُمْ وَٱللَّهُ يَعْلَمُ إِنَّهُمْ لَكَـٰذِبُونَ

If there had been immediate gain (in sight), and the journey easy, they would (all) without doubt have followed thee, but the distance was long, (and weighed) on them. They would indeed swear by Allah, "If we only could, we should certainly have come out with you": They would destroy their own souls; for Allah doth know that they are certainly lying.

11:95
كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَآ ۗ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّمَدْيَنَ كَمَا بَعِدَتْ ثَمُودُ

As if they had never dwelt and flourished there! Ah! Behold! How the Madyan were removed (from sight) as were removed the Thamud!

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. بَعُدَ , inf. n. بُعْدٌ ; (S, L, Msb, K;) and بَعِدَ , aor. بَعَدَ , inf. n. بَعَدٌ ; (L, K;) and ابعد , inf. n. إِبْعَادٌ , which is also trans.; (Msb;) and تباعد ; (S, Msb, K;) and استبعد ; (S, K, &c.;) He, or it, was, or became, distant, remote, far off, or aloof: he went, or removed, or retired, or withdrew himself, to a distance, or far away, or far off: he alienated, or estranged, himself: he stood, or kept, aloof: contr. of قَرُبَ : (S, L:) [but بَعُدَ generally has the first of these significations; and ابعد , the others, as also تباعد and استبعد :] it is the general opinion of the leading lexicologists that بَعِدَ , as well as بَعُدَ , is thus used; but some deny this; and some assert that they may be employed alike, but that بَعُدَ is more chaste than بَعِدَ thus used. (TA.) [You say also, of a desert, and a tract of country, and the like, بَعُدَ , meaning It extended far.] And ابعد زَيْدٌ عَنِ المَنْزِلِ , meaning تباعد [i. e. Zeyd went, or removed, to a distance, or far, from the place of alighting or abode]. (IKt, Msb.) And تباعد مِنِّى , and ابتعد , and تبعّد , [He went, or removed, to a distance, or far, from me; he alienated, or estranged, himself from me; he shunned, or avoided, me;] (A;) and تباعد عَنِّى [and بَعُدَ عنّى signify the same]. (Msb in art. كشح .) And إِذَا أَرَاذَ أَحَدُكُمْ الحَاجَةِ أَبْعَدَ , (L, Msb,) a trad., (Msb,) meaning When one of you desires to accomplish that which is needful, (i. e. to ease nature,) he goes far, or to a great distance. (L.) And أَبْعَدْتُ فِى المَذْهَبِ , meaning تَبَاعَدْتُ , (Msb,) I went far, or to a great distance, to the place of ease, i. e., to ease nature. (L.) [ بَعُدَ referring to a saying or the like, and an event, means It was far from being probable or correct; it was improbable, extraordinary, or strange: (see بَعِيدٌ , and see also 10:) often occurring in these senses.] And ابعد فِى نَوْعِهِ It reached the utmost point, or degree, in its kind, or species. (IAth.) And ابعد فِى السَّوْمِ He exceeded the due bounds in offering a thing for sale and demanding a price for it, or in bargaining for a thing. (A.) أَخَذَهُ مَا قَرُبَ وَ مَا بَعُدَ Recent and old griefs took hold upon him: a saying similar to أَخَذَهُ مَا قَدُمَ وَ مَا حَدُثَ . (Mgh in art. قدم .) [ بَعُدَ is often used, agreeably with a general rule, in the manner of a verb of praise or dispraise; and in this case is commonly contracted into بُعْدَ , like حُسْنَ ; as in the phrase, in a verse of Imrael-Keys, بُعْدَ مَا مُتَأَمَّلى (in which ما is redundant) Distant, or far distant, was the object of my contemplation! or (as explained in the EM p. 52) how distant, &c.!] بَعِدَ , aor. بَعَدَ , inf. n. بَعَدٌ ; (S, L, Msb, K;) and بَعْدَ , aor. بَعُدَ , inf. n. بُعْدٌ ; (L, K;) also signify He, or it, perished: (S L, Msb:) he died: (K:) it is the general opinion of the leading lexicologists that both these verbs are used as signifying “he perished,” and both occur in different readings of v. 98 of ch. xi. of the Kur: the former is said to be used in this sense by some of the Arabs; and the latter, by others; but some disallow the latter in this sense; and some say that the former is more chaste than the latter thus used: (TA:) or both signify he became far distant from his home or native country; became a stranger, or estranged, therefrom: (L, TA:) or the Arabs say, بَعِدَ الرَّجُلُ and بَعُدَ in the sense of تباعد , when not reviling; but when reviling, they say, بَعِدَ , only. (Yoo, TA.) You say, لَا تَبْعَدٌ وَ إِنْ بَعُدْتَ عَنَّى [Mayest thou not perish though thou be distant from me!] (A.) [And as an imprecation against a man, you say, بَعِدْتَ , meaning Mayest thou perish! (See the printed edition of the Ham, pp. 89 and 90, where بَعِدْتَاىَ هلكت is an evident mistake for َعِدْتَ أَى هَلَكْتَ .)] And بُعْدًا لَهُ May God alienate him, or estrange him, from good, or prosperity! or, curse him! (A, * K, TA;) i. e. may he not be pitied with respect to that which has befallen him! like سُحْقًا لَهُ : the most approved way being to put بعد thus in the accus. case as an inf. n.; but the tribe of Temeem say, بُعْدٌ لَهُ , and سُحْقٌ , like غُلَامٌ لَهُ . (TA.) بَعُدَ is made trans. by means of [the preposition] ب : see 4. (Msb.)
Form 2بَعَّدَ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he made him, or it, distant; he removed him far awaygenerated

2.1

See Form 4, in four places.

2.1.1he declared him to be far removed from evil—بعّدهُ عَنِ السُّوْءِ
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see 4, in four places. [You say also, بعّدهُ عَنِ السُّوْءِ He declared him, or pronounced him, to be far removed from evil.]
Form 3باعدهُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he became distant, or remote, from him; he kept aloof from himgenerated

3.1

He was, or became, distant, remote, or aloof from him; or he was in a part, quarter, or tract different from the one in which the other was.

Mentioned under جنب.

3.1.1

See also Form 4, in seven places.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 3
34:19
فَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا بَـٰعِدْ بَيْنَ أَسْفَارِنَا وَظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ وَمَزَّقْنَـٰهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ

But they said: "Our Lord! Place longer distances between our journey-stages": but they wronged themselves (therein). At length We made them as a tale (that is told), and We dispersed them all in scattered fragments. Verily in this are Signs for every (soul that is) patiently constant and grateful.

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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He was, or became, [distant, remote, far off, or aloof, from him; or] in a part, quarter, or tract, different from that in which he (the other) was. (TA in art. جنب .) See also 4, in seven places.
Form 4ابعد5 senses · 3 main
maṣdarإِبْعَادٌ مُبَاعَدَةٌ

Core sense — he made him, or it, distant; he removed him far away, he estranged himgenerated

4.1

. See Form 1, in seven places.

4.2he made him, or it, distant, remote, or far off; he put him, or it, away, or removed him far off—ابعدهُ
he placed him, or it, at a distance; he alienated, or estranged, him, or it—باعدهُ

Maṣdar مُبَاعَدَةٌ and بِعَادٌ.

he removed him, or it, far away; he estranged him, or it—بعّدهُ

Maṣdar تَبْعِيدٌ and بَعُدَ بِهِ.

keep far away from Zeyd; avoid Zeyd—بَاعِدْ نَفْسَكَ عَنْ زَيْدٍ
remove Zeyd far away from you—بَاعِدْ زَيْدًا عَنْكَ

Mentioned under إِيَّا.

I made a wide separation between them two—بَعَّدْتُ بَيْنَهُمَا

Maṣdar تَبْعِيدٌ; also بَاعَدْتُ.

may God make a wide separation between them two!—بَاعَدَ ٱللّٰهُ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا

Also بَعَّدَ.

O our Lord, make the spaces between our journeys far extending!—رَبَّنَا بَاعِدْ بَيْنَ أَسْفَارِنَا
O our Lord, put wide distances between our journeys!—بَعِّدْ

According to different readings in the Qur'ān 34:18; the first of these is the common reading. Yaakoob El-Hadramee read رَبُّنَا بَاعَدَ الخ, meaning: Our Lord, He has made them to be far extending.

Qur’ān 34:19 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur xxxiv. 18”
Qur’ān 34:19 Lane quotes this verse
فَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا بَـٰعِدْ بَيْنَ أَسْفَارِنَا وَظَلَمُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَهُمْ فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ أَحَادِيثَ وَمَزَّقْنَـٰهُمْ كُلَّ مُمَزَّقٍ ۚ إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍ لِّكُلِّ صَبَّارٍ شَكُورٍ

But they said: "Our Lord! Place longer distances between our journey-stages": but they wronged themselves (therein). At length We made them as a tale (that is told), and We dispersed them all in scattered fragments. Verily in this are Signs for every (soul that is) patiently constant and grateful.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

4.2.1may God alienate him from good, or prosperity! or, curse him!—أَبْعَدَهُ ٱللّٰهُ

That is, may he not be pitied for what has befallen him!

You say also أَبْعَدَ ٱللّٰهُ الأَخِرَ: see أَخِرٌ.

4.2.2

See also Form 10.

4.3how far it is from what is right, or correct!—مَا أَبْعَدَهُ مِنَ الصَّوَابِ

Said of a saying.

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, inf. n. إِبْعَادٌ : see 1, in seven places. ابعدهُ ; (S, Msb, K;) and باعدهُ , (S, K,) inf. n. مُبَاعَدَةٌ and بِعَادٌ ; (K;) and بعّدهُ , (S, K,) inf. n. تَبْعِيدٌ ; (S;) and بَعُدَ بِهِ ; (Msb;) He made, or caused, him, or it, to be, or become, distant, remote, far off, or aloof; or to go, remove, retire, or withdraw himself, to a distance, far away, or far off; he placed, or put, at a distance, or he put, or sent, away, or far away, or far off, or he removed far away, alienated, or estranged, him, or it. (S, Msb.) You say, بَاعِدْ نَفْسَكَ عَنْ زَيْدٍ [Remove thyself far from; or avoid thou, Zeyd]: and بَاعِدْ زَيْدًا عَنْكَ [Remove thou Zeyd far from thee]. (TA, voce إِيَّا .) And بَعَّدْتُ بَيْنَهُمَا , inf. n. تَبْعِيدٌ , [I made a wide separation between them two]; as also بَاعَدْتُ , inf. n. مُبَاعَدَةٌ . (Msb.) And بَاعَدَ ٱللّٰهُ مَا بَيْنَهُمَا [May God make the space between them two far extending! may He make a wide separation between them two!]; as also بَعَّدَ . (TA.) And رَبَّنَا بَاعِدْ بَيْنَ أَسْفَارِنَا , or بَعِّدْ , [O our Lord, make to be far-extending the spaces between our journeys! or, put wide distances between our journeys!] accord. to different readings [in the Kur xxxiv. 18]: the former of these is the common reading: Yaakoob El-Hadramee read رَبُّنَا بَاعَدَ الخ [Our Lord, He hath made to be far extending &c.]. (TA.) أَبْعَدَهُ ٱللّٰهُ means May God alienate him, or estrange him, from good, or prosperity! or, curse him! (K;) i. e., may he not be pitied with respect to that which has befallen him! (TA.) [You say also, أَبْعَدَ ٱللّٰهُ الأَخِرَ : see أَخِرٌ .] See also 10. مَا أَبْعَدَهُ مِنَ الصَّوَابِ [How far is it (namely the saying) from what is right, or correct!]. (A.)
Form 5تَبَعَّدَ1 sense

Core sense — he became distant, he withdrew to a distancegenerated

5.1

See Form 1.

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see 1.
Form 6تباعد3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he became distant, he kept aloof; they became remote one from anothergenerated

6.1

See Form 1, in six places.

6.1.1

It also means: he became alienated, or estranged, from his family or friends.

6.1.2they became distant, or remote, one from another; they kept aloof from one another—تباعدوا
they were near one to another, and then became distant one from another—كَانُوا مُتَقَارِبِينَ فَتَبَاعَدُوا
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: see 1, in six places. [It also signifies He became alienated, or estranged, from his family or friends. And تباعدوا They became distant, or remote, one from another; they went, removed, retired, or withdrew themselves, to a distance, far away, or far off, one from another; they removed themselves far, or kept aloof, one from another.] You say, كَانُوا مُتَقَارِبِينَ فَتَبَاعَدُوا [They were near, one to another, and they became distant, or remote, one from another]. (A.)
Form 8إِبْتَعَدَ1 sense

Core sense — he became distant, he withdrew to a distancegenerated

8.1

See Form 1.

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see 1.
Form 10استبعدهُ2 senses

Core sense — he reckoned it distant; he reckoned it improbable, or strangegenerated

10.1he reckoned it, or esteemed it, distant, or remote—بَعِيد

Said of a thing, or of a saying; of a saying or the like it means: far from being probable or correct, improbable, extraordinary, or strange.

ابعدهُ means the same.

10.2

See also Form 1, first sentence, in two places.

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He reckoned it, or esteemed it, (namely, a thing, K, or a saying, A,) بَعِيد [i. e. distant, or remote; or if a saying or the like, far from being probable or correct, improbable, extraordinary, or strange]; (S, A, K;) as also ابعدهُ . (A.) See also 1, first sentence, in two places.

Derived nouns 13

Nounبَعْدُ1 sense

Core sense — after, afterwards; and, of place, after, or behindgenerated

1afterwards—مِنْ بَعْدٍ

An adverbial noun of time meaning after, or afterwards; and, according to some of the grammarians, allowable also as an adverbial noun of place, meaning after, or behind. It is the opposite of قَبْلُ.

I will do this afterwards—أَفْعَلُ هٰذَا بَعْدًا
Zeyd came after 'Amr—جَآءَ زَيْدٌ بَعْدَ عَمْرٍو
I saw him after you—رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدَكَ
I saw him after you—مِنْ بَعْدِكَ
to God belonged the command before the Greeks were overcome and after they had been overcome—ٱللّٰهِ ٱلْأَمْرُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَ مِنْ بَعْدُ

It is a vague adverbial noun whose meaning is not understood unless it is prefixed to another noun, expressed or implied; it denotes after-time. When it occurs with no complement, a noun or the like that should be its complement being intended as to the meaning but not as to the letter, it is indeclinable, because it resembles a particle, and it ends in ḍamm to show that it is indeclinable, since no rule of desinential syntax could give it ḍamm: it cannot occur as an agent, nor as a mubtadaʾ or khabar.

Sb, however, mentions these two phrases as exceptions, as having been used by the Arabs; the second is common in the present day.

By the primary rule it is used as a prefixed noun governing its complement in the genitive, that is, in the manner of a preposition; and used in this way it is declinable, because it does not then always resemble a particle.

So read in the Qur'ān 30:3, when the complements of قبل and بعد are intended to be understood as to the meaning but not as to the letter. It is also read مِنْ قَبْلِ وَ مِنْ بَعْدِ, when each complement is intended as to the meaning and as to the letter, and also مِنْ قَبْلٍ وَ مِنْ بَعْدٍ, meaning: to God belongs the command first and last, when neither complement is intended either as to the letter or as to the meaning; but the first of these readings is the best.

after that—بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ
after that—مِنْ بَعْدِ ذٰلِكَ
after I did, or after my doing, such a thing—بَعْدَ أَنْ فَعَلْتُ
after I did, or after my doing, such a thing—مِنْ بَعْدِ أَنْ فَعَلْتُ
after I did, or after my doing, such a thing—بَعْدَ مَا فَعَلْتُ
after I did, or after my doing, such a thing—مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا فَعَلْتُ
I came after you two—جِئْتُ بَعْدَيْكُمَا

That is, بَعْدَ كُمَا.

this is of the things beyond which there is no extreme degree in respect of goodness—هٰذَا مِمَّا لَيْسَ بَعْدَهُ غَايَةٌ فِى الجَوْدَةِ
this is of the things beyond which there is no extreme degree in respect of badness—فِى الرَّدَآءَة

One says also, by way of abridgement, لَيْسَ بَعْدَهُ, with nothing following it.

and though it be not in the utmost degree in respect of goodness—وَإِنْ كَانَ لَيْسَ بِالَّذِى لَا بَعْدَ لَهُ

Apparently from this comes the saying of Mohammad, بعد being thus used as a declinable noun.

Qur’ānic occurrences بَعْد 1 shown of 188
68:13
عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ

Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born,-

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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an adv. n. of time, signifying After, or afterwards: and allowable also, accord. to some of the grammarians, as an adv. n. of place, signifying after, or behind: (TA:) contr. of قَبْلُ : (S, A, K:) it is a vague adv. n., of which the meaning is not understood without its being prefixed to another noun [expressed or implied]; denoting after-time. (Msb.) When it occurs without any complement, (S, K,) a noun or the like which should be its complement being intended to be understood as to the meaning thereof but not as to the letter, (S, * TA,) it is indecl., (S, K,) because it resembles a particle, (TA,) and has damm for its termination to show that it is indecl., since it cannot have damm by any rule of desinential syntax because it cannot occur as an agent nor as an inchoative or enunciative. (S.) Sb, however, mentions [as exceptions to this rule] the phrases مِنْ بَعْدٍ [Afterwards] and أَفْعَلُ هٰذَا بَعْدًا [I will do this afterwards], as having been used by the Arabs. (K, * TA.) [The latter of these phrases is common in the present day. Another exception to the rule above-mentioned will be found in what follows.] Accord. to the primary rule, it is used as a prefixed n. governing its complement in the gen. case; (S;) [i. e., it is used in the manner of a preposition;] and when thus used, it is decl., (K,) because it does not in this case [always] resemble a particle. (TA.) You say, جَآءَ زَيْدٌ بَعْدَ عَمْرٍو Zeyd came after 'Amr. (Msb.) And رَأَيْتُهُ بَعْدَكَ and مِنْ بَعْدِكَ [I saw him after thee]. (L.) The words of the Kur [xxx. 3], ٱللّٰهِ ٱلْأَمْرُ مِنْ قَبْلُ وَ مِنْ بَعْدُ , meaning To God belonged the command before that the Greeks were overcome and after that they had been overcome, [thus read when the complements of قبل and بعد are intended to be understood as to the meaning thereof but not as to the letter,] are also read مِنْ قَبْلِ وَ مِنْ بَعْدِ , when each complement is intended to be understood as to the meaning and the letter, and also مِنْ قَبْلٍ وَ مِنْ بَعْدٍ , meaning To God belongeth the command first and last, [when neither complement is intended to be understood either as to the letter or as to the meaning,] but the first of these readings is the best. (L.) [You say also, بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ and مِنْ بَعْدِ ذٰلِكَ After that: and بَعْدَ أَنْ فَعَلْتُ and مِنْ بَعْدِ أَنْ فَعَلْتُ and بَعْدَ مَا فَعَلْتُ and مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا فَعَلْتُ After I did, or after my doing, such a thing: &c.] Also جِئْتُ بَعْدَيْكُمَا , meaning بَعْدَ كُمَا , I came after you two. (K.) And هٰذَا مِمَّا لَيْسَ بَعْدَهُ غَايَةٌ فِى الجَوْدَةِ , and فِى الرَّدَآءَة , This is of the things after, or beyond, which there is not any extreme degree in respect of goodness, and in respect of badness: and, by way of abridgement, لَيْسَ بَعْدَهُ [with nothing following this]: and hence, app., the saying of Mohammad, وَإِنْ كَانَ لَيْسَ بِالَّذِى لَا بَعْدَ لَهُ , meaning [And though] it be not in the utmost degree in respect of goodness: بعد being thus used as a decl. noun. (Mgh.)
Nounبَعْدِى5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — after me, after him; since; and, in negative phrases, yet, as yetgenerated

1you have become altered since I knew you, or saw you, or met you, or was with you—قَدْ تَغَيَّرْتَ بَعْدى

This word and the like are often used in the sense of بَعْدَ عَهْدِى and the like.

then you took to yourselves the calf as a god, or an object of worship, after him—ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذْتُمُ ٱلعِجْلَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ

That is, after Moses, meaning after he had gone away; many similar phrases occur in the Qur'ān, as for instance in 2:48.

أَمَّا بَعْدُ is an expression denoting transition, by which an address or a discourse is divided; it is used without any complement to بعد, which in this case means the opposite of قَبْلُ.

now, after these preliminary words, I proceed to say that such a thing has happened—أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَقَدْ كَانَ كَذَا

So Abu-l-'Abbás, under خِطَابٌ. Or the meaning is: after my prayer for you; or after praising God. The first who used this formula was David; or Jacob; or Kaab Ibn-Lu-eí; or Kuss Ibn-Sá'ideh; or Yaarub Ibn-Kahtán.

1.1a little after him, or it—بُعَيْدَهُ
I saw him a little after a separation; or after intervals of separation; or after a while—رَأَيْتُهُ بُعَيْدَاتِ بَيْنٍ
I saw him a little after a separation; or after intervals of separation; or after a while—بَعِيدَاتِهِ

The diminutive form is also used, when you mean by it a time near the time before.

In the CK, بُعَيْدَاتِه.

she laughs after intervals—إِنَّهَا لَتَضْحَكُ بُعَيْذَاتِ بَيْنٍ

See also the article بين.

بُعَيْدَات is used only as an adverbial noun of time.

1.2now; yet; as yet—بَعْدُ
he has not died yet—لَمْ يَمُتْ بَعْدُ

Used in this sense mostly in negative phrases.

One of the instances of its having this meaning in affirmative phrases is سُمِّيَ الحَوْلِىُّ مِنْ أَوْلَادِ البَقَرِ تَبِيعًا لِأَنَّهُ يَنْبَعُ أُمَّهُ بَعْدُ: the yearling of the offspring of cows is called تبيع because it still follows its mother; mentioned under تبع.

1.3and whoever transgresses notwithstanding that—فَمَنِ ٱعْتَدَى بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ

It occurs also in the sense of مَعَ.

In the Qur'ān 2:174 and 5:95; some say the meaning is مَعَ ذلك, literally "with that".

1.4and the earth, before that, He spread it forth—وَ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا
and we wrote in the Psalms before the Qur'ān—وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنَا فِى ٱلزَّبُورِ مِنْ بَعْدِ ٱلذِّكْرِ

It has been said that it also means before, in time, so bearing two opposite meanings; and that it has this meaning in two instances in the Qur'ān.

Qur'ān 79:30.

Qur'ān 21:105. But Az says that this is a mistake: God created the earth not spread forth, then created the heaven, and then spread forth the earth. And الذكر in this second instance means the Book of the Law revealed to Moses; or الزبور means the revealed Scriptures, and الذكر the Preserved Tablet, that is, the Original of the Scriptures, which is with God.

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[ and the like are also frequently used as meaning بَعْدَ عَهْدِى and the like; as in the phrase, قَدْ تَغَيَّرْتَ بَعْدى Thou hast become altered since I knew thee, or saw thee, or met thee, or was with thee. And similar to this are many phrases in the Kur; as, for instance, in ii. 48,] ثُمَّ ٱتَّخَذْتُمُ ٱلعِجْلَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ Then ye took to yourselves the calf as a god, or an object of worship, after him, namely Moses, i. e., after his having gone away. (Bd.) أَمَّا بَعْدُ (S, K, &c.) is [an expression denoting transition;] an expression by which an address or a discourse is divided; (S;) used without any complement to بعد , which in this case signifies the contr. of قَبْلُ : (TA:) you say, أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَقَدْ كَانَ كَذَا , meaning [Now, after these preliminary words, (Abu-l- 'Abbás in TA voce خِطَابٌ ,) I proceed to say, that such a thing has happened: or] after my prayer for thee: (K:) or after praising God: (TA:) the first who used this formula was David; (K;) or Jacob; (TA;) or Kaab Ibn-Lu-eí; (K;) or Kuss Ibn-Sá'ideh; or Yaarub Ibn-Kahtán. (TA.) You also use the dim. form, saying بُعَيْدَهُ [A little after him, or it], when you mean by it to denote a time near to the preceding time. (Msb.) You say also, رَأَيْتُهُ بُعَيْدَاتِ بَيْنٍ , (S, K,) and بَعِيدَاتِهِ , (K, TA, [in the CK بُعَيْدَاتِه ,]) I saw him a little after a separation: (S, K:) or, after intervals of separation: (S, L:) or, after a while. (A'Obeyd, A.) And إِنَّهَا لَتَضْحَكُ بُعَيْذَاتِ بَيْنٍ Verily she laughs after intervals. (L.) [See also art. بين .] بُعَيْدَات is used only as an adv. n. of time. (S, L.) بَعْدُ also sometimes means Now; yet; as yet. (TA.) [It is used in this sense mostly in negative phrases; as, for instance, in لَمْ يَمُتْ بَعْدُ He has not died yet. The following is one of the instances of its having this meaning in affirmative phrases: سُمِّيَ الحَوْلِىُّ مِنْ أَوْلَادِ البَقَرِ تَبِيعًا لِأَنَّهُ يَنْبَعُ أُمَّهُ بَعْدُ The yearling of the offspring of cows is called تبيع because he yet follows his mother: occurring in the Mgh &c., in art. تبع .] It occurs also in the sense of مَعَ ; as in the words of the Kur [ii. 174 and v. 95], فَمَنِ ٱعْتَدَى بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ , i. e., (as some say, MF,) مَعَ ذلك [And whoso transgresseth notwithstanding that; lit., with that]. (Msb.) It has been said that it also means Before, in time; thus bearing two contr. significations: that it has this meaning in two instances; in the Kur [lxxix. 30], where it is said, وَ ٱلْأَرْضَ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ دَحَاهَا [as though signifying And the earth, before that, He spread it forth]; and [xxi. 105] where it is said, وَلَقَدْ كَتَبْنَا فِى ٱلزَّبُورِ مِنْ بَعْدِ ٱلذِّكْرِ [as though meaning And verily we wrote in the Psalms before the Kur-án]: (MF, TA:) but Az says that this is a mistake; that God created the earth not spread forth; then created the heaven; and then spread forth the earth: (L, TA:) and الذكر in the latter of these instances means the Book of the Law revealed to Moses: (Bd:) or الزبور means the revealed Scriptures; (Bd, Jel;) and الذكر , the Preserved Tablet, (Bd,) [i. e.] the Original of the Scriptures, which is with God. (Jel.)
Nounبُعْدٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — distance, remoteness; improbability, strangeness; perdition, or deathgenerated

1between us two is a distance—بَيْنَنَا بُعْدَةٌ

As a maṣdar used in the manner of a substantive: distance, or remoteness; and so بَعَدٌ, according to most of the leading lexicologists. See بَعْدَ. And so بُعْدَةٌ.

Of land or country, or of relationship.

1.1this is improbable, or extraordinary, or strange—هٰذَا مِنَ البُعْدِ بِمَكَانٍ

Remoteness from probability or correctness; improbability, or strangeness: see بَعُدَ.

1.2

Also the same as بُعْدٌ; this last and بُعْدٌ, according to most of the leading lexicologists, as for instance in the Qur'ān 11:98, mean perdition, or death. See بَعِدَ.

Qur’ān 11:96 approximate — somewhere between 11:82 and 11:113 Lane cites “Kur xi. 98”
1.3he is possessed of judgment and prudence—إِنَّهُ لَذُو بُعْدٍ

Judgment and prudence; and so بُعْدَةٌ.

he is possessed of judgment and prudence—بُعْدَةٍ

Or: penetrating, or effective, judgment; depth; far-reaching judgment. See also أَبْعَدُ.

a man who goes to a great length, or far, in hostility—ذُو البُعْدَةِ
1.4

A cursing; execration; malediction; and so بِعَادٌ.

One says بُعْدٌ لَهُ as well as بُعْدًا لَهُ: see Form 1, near the end.

Qur’ānic occurrences بُعْد 5 shown of 7
11:60
وَأُتْبِعُوا۟ فِى هَـٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنْيَا لَعْنَةً وَيَوْمَ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ عَادًا كَفَرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ ۗ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّعَادٍ قَوْمِ هُودٍ

And they were pursued by a Curse in this life,- and on the Day of Judgment. Ah! Behold! for the 'Ad rejected their Lord and Cherisher! Ah! Behold! removed (from sight) were 'Ad the people of Hud!

11:68
كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَآ ۗ أَلَآ إِنَّ ثَمُودَا۟ كَفَرُوا۟ رَبَّهُمْ ۗ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّثَمُودَ

As if they had never dwelt and flourished there. Ah! Behold! for the Thamud rejected their Lord and Cherisher! Ah! Behold! removed (from sight) were the Thamud!

11:95
كَأَن لَّمْ يَغْنَوْا۟ فِيهَآ ۗ أَلَا بُعْدًا لِّمَدْيَنَ كَمَا بَعِدَتْ ثَمُودُ

As if they had never dwelt and flourished there! Ah! Behold! How the Madyan were removed (from sight) as were removed the Thamud!

23:41
فَأَخَذَتْهُمُ ٱلصَّيْحَةُ بِٱلْحَقِّ فَجَعَلْنَـٰهُمْ غُثَآءً ۚ فَبُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Then the Blast overtook them with justice, and We made them as rubbish of dead leaves (floating on the stream of Time)! So away with the people who do wrong!

43:38
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَنَا قَالَ يَـٰلَيْتَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَكَ بُعْدَ ٱلْمَشْرِقَيْنِ فَبِئْسَ ٱلْقَرِينُ

At length, when (such a one) comes to Us, he says (to his evil companion): "Would that between me and thee were the distance of East and West!" Ah! evil is the companion (indeed)!

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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[as an inf. n. used in the manner of a subst. signifies] Distance, or remoteness; (S, A, L, K; *) and so بَعَدٌ , (L, K,) accord. to most of the leading lexicologists, (TA, [see بَعْدَ ,]) [and بُعْدَةٌ , for] you say, بَيْنَنَا بُعْدَةٌ , meaning [Between us two is a distance] of land or country, or of relationship. (S, K.) [Remoteness from probability or correctness; improbability, or strangeness: see بَعُدَ . Hence the phrase, هٰذَا مِنَ البُعْدِ بِمَكَانٍ This is improbable, or extraordinary, or strange: often occurring in the TA &c.] Also i. q. بُعْدٌ : (L, K:) this latter (S, L, Msb, K) and بُعْدٌ , (L, K,) accord. to most of the leading lexicologists, as, for instance, in the Kur xi. 98, (TA, [see بَعِدَ ,]) signifying Perdition; (S, L, Msb;) or death. (K.) Judgment and prudence; as also بُعْدَةٌ : so in the phrase, إِنَّهُ لَذُو بُعْدٍ , and بُعْدَةٍ , Verily he is possessed of judgment and prudence: (K:) or penetrating, or effective, judgment; depth, or profundity; far-reaching judgment. (TA.) [See also أَبْعَدُ .] ذُو البُعْدَةِ also signifies A man who goes to a great length, or far, in hostility. (L.) A cursing; execration; malediction; as also بِعَادٌ . (K.) You say, بُعْدٌ لَهُ , as well as بُعْدًا لَهُ : see 1, last sentence but one. (TA.)
Nounبَعَدٌ2 senses

Core sense — perdition, or death; distance, remotenessgenerated

1

See بُعْدٌ, in two places.

2

And see بَعِيدٌ, in five places.

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: see بُعْدٌ , in two places: and بَعِيدٌ , in five places.
Nounبُعْدٌ1 sense

Core sense — distance, remotenessgenerated

1

See أَبْعَدُ, in two places.

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: see أَبْعَدُ , in two places.
Nounبُعْدَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — distance, remotenessgenerated

1

See بُعْدٌ, in three places.

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: see بُعْدٌ , in three places.
Nounبُعَادٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — distance, remotenessgenerated

1

See بَعِيدٌ.

1.1

And see also بَاعِدٌ.

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: see بَعِيدٌ : and see also بَاعِدٌ .
Nounبِعَادٌ1 sense

Core sense — distance, mutual remoteness, separationgenerated

1

See بُعْدٌ.

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: see بُعْدٌ .
Nounبَعِيدٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — distant, remote, far off; distant in kindred; improbable, far-fetchedgenerated

1she is distant from you—هِىَ بَعِيدٌ مِنْكَ

Distant; remote; far; far off; and so بُعَادٌ and بَاعِدٌ. Plurals بُعْدَانٌ, بُعُدٌ, بِعَادٌ, and بُعَدَآءُ; and of the third, بَعَدٌ — but this last, which is also used as a singular adjective, as will be shown below, is properly an ism jamʿ, just as خَدَمٌ is of خَادِمٌ.

As meaning distant with respect to place, it is correctly used alike as masculine and feminine, singular, dual and plural — see also the article قرب, where the authorities are given — but not necessarily so, like its opposite قَرِيبٌ.

As though you said مَكَانُهَا بَعِيدٌ.

you are not distant from us—مَا أَنْتَ مِنَّا بِبَعِيدٍ
you (plural) are not distant from us—مَا أَنْتُمْ مِنَّا بِبَعِيدٍ

The same applies to مِنَّا بِبَعَدٍ مَا أَنْتَ and مَا أَنْتُمُ مِنَّا بِبَعَدٍ.

I sat at a distance from you—جَلَسْتُ بَعِيدًا مِنْكَ
I sat at a distance from you—بَعِيدَةٌ مِنْكَ

But it sometimes takes the feminine form in this sense; in these two phrases مَكَانًا, and نَاحِيَةً or the like, are understood.

a distant, or remote, place of alighting or abode—مَنْزِلٌ بَعَدٌ
do not retire far; that is, be near—تَنَحَّ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ
do not retire far; or, do not retire in an abject, mean, or contemptible state—غَيْرَ بَاعِدٍ
do not retire far; or, do not retire in an abject, mean, or contemptible state—غَيْرَ بَعَدٍ
depart, such a one, but not far—اِنْطَلِقْ يَا فُلَانُ غَيْرَ بَاعِدٍ
I saw him, or it, from afar—رَأَيْتُهُ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ
he came from afar—جَآءَ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ
far extending—بَعِيدٌ
a far distance—بُعْدٌ بَاعِدٌ
a distant, far-reaching, or far-aiming intention, purpose, or design—نِيَّةٌ بَعِيدَةٌ
such a one is far-aiming, or far-aspiring, in purpose, desire, or ambition—فُلَانٌ بَعِيدُ الهِمَّةِ
she was known, or seen, or met, a long time ago—هِىَ بَعِيدَةُ العَهْدِ

Meaning: may you not go away!

Applied to a desert and the like.

In this case the feminine form, with ة, must be used.

a saying far from being probable or correct; improbable; far-fetched; strange—قَوْلٌ بَعِيدٌ
an extraordinary thing, or affair, of which the like does not happen—أَمْرٌ بَعِيدٌ
1.1strangers, who are not relations—بُعَدَآءُ

Also: distant with respect to kindred or relationship; in this sense the word takes the feminine form, as well as the dual and the plural forms, like its opposite قَرِيبٌ, by universal consent.

This is its plural.

such a one is of the distant dependents, or subjects, of the governor, or prince—فُلَانٌ مِنْ بُعْدَانِ الأَمِيرِ
if you are not one of the particular companions of the governor, or prince, then be one of his distant dependents, or subjects—إِذَا لَمْ تَكُنْ مِنْ قُرْبَانِ الأَمِيرِ فَكُنْ مِنْ بُعْدَانِهِ

That is, be distant from him, so that his evil may not reach you.

1.2

رَأَيْتُهُ بَعِيدَاتِ بَيْنٍ: see بَعْدٌ, in the latter half of the article.

1.3

See also بَاعِدٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences بَعِيد 4 shown of 25
11:83
مُّسَوَّمَةً عِندَ رَبِّكَ ۖ وَمَا هِىَ مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ بِبَعِيدٍ

Marked as from thy Lord: Nor are they ever far from those who do wrong!

50:3
أَءِذَا مِتْنَا وَكُنَّا تُرَابًا ۖ ذَٰلِكَ رَجْعٌۢ بَعِيدٌ

"What! When we die and become dust, (shall we live again?) That is a (sort of) return far (from our understanding)."

50:31
وَأُزْلِفَتِ ٱلْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ

And the Garden will be brought nigh to the Righteous,- no more a thing distant.

70:6
إِنَّهُمْ يَرَوْنَهُۥ بَعِيدًا

They see the (Day) indeed as a far-off (event):

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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Distant; remote; far; far off; (S, L, K; *) as also بُعَادٌ , and بَاعِدٌ : (L, K:) pl. (of the first, S, L) بُعْدَانٌ (S, L, K) and (of the first also, L, TA) بُعُدٌ (L, K) and بِعَادٌ (TA) and (of the first and second, L) بُعَدَآءُ (L, K) and of the third, بَعَدٌ , [but this (which is also used as a sing. epithet, as will be shown in what follows,) is properly a quasi-pl. n.,] like as خَدَمٌ is of خَادِمٌ . (S.) As signifying Distant with respect to place, it is correctly used alike as masc. and fem. and sing. and dual and pl.; (L, and TA in this art. and in art. قرب , in which latter see the authorities;) but not necessarily; like its contr. قَرِيبٌ : (L:) you say, هِىَ بَعِيدٌ مِنْكَ [She is distant from thee; or it is] as though you said, مَكَانُهَا بَعِيدٌ : (L:) also مَا أَنْتَ مِنَّا بِبَعِيدٍ [Thou art not distant from us ], and مَا أَنْتُمْ مِنَّا بِبَعِيدٍ [Ye are not distant from us]: and in like manner, مِنَّا بِبَعَدٍ مَا أَنْتَ , and مَا أَنْتُمُ مِنَّا بِبَعَدٍ . (S, TA.) [But it receives, sometimes, the fem. form when used in this sense; for] جَلَسْتُ بَعِيدًا مِنْكَ and بَعِيدَةٌ مِنْكَ are phrases mentioned as signifying I sat distant, or remote in place, or at a distance, or aloof, from thee; مَكَانًا [and نَاحِيَةً or the like] being understood. (L.) You say also, مَنْزِلٌ بَعَدٌ A distant, or remote, place of alighting or abode. (K.) And تَنَحَّ غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ (S, K) and غَيْرَ بَاعِدٍ and غَيْرَ بَعَدٍ (K) [Retire thou not far;] meaning be thou near: (S, K:) [or] the second and third of these phrases mean retire thou not in an abject, or a mean, or contemptible, or despicable, state. (S, A.) And اِنْطَلِقْ يَا فُلَانُ غَيْرَ بَاعِدٍ [Depart thou, O such a one, not far;] meaning mayest thou not go away! (L.) [And رَأَيْتُهُ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ I saw him, or it, from afar: and جَآءَ مِنْ بَعِيدٍ He came from afar: and the like. And بَعِيدٌ as applied to a desert and the like, meaning Far extending.] And بُعْدٌ بَاعِدٌ A far distance. (K.) [And نِيَّةٌ بَعِيدَةٌ A distant, far-reaching, or far-aiming, intention, purpose, or design.] And فُلَانٌ بَعِيدُ الهِمَّةِ [Such a one is far-aiming, or faraspiring, in purpose, desire, or ambition]. (A.) And هِىَ بَعِيدَةُ العَهْدِ [She was known, or seen, or met, a long time ago]: in this case, the fem. form, with ة , must be used. (L.) And قَوْلٌ بَعِيدٌ [A saying far from being probable or correct; improbable; far-fetched; extraordinary, or strange]. (A.) And أَمْرٌ بَعِيدٌ An extraordinary thing or affair or case, of which the like does not happen or occur. (L.) Also Distant with respect to kindred or relationship: in which sense, the word receives the fem. form, [as well as the dual form, and pl. forms, like its contr. قَرِيبٌ ,] by universal consent. (TA.) [Its pl.] بُعَدَآءُ signifies Strangers, that are not relations. (IAth.) You say also, فُلَانٌ مِنْ بُعْدَانِ الأَمِيرِ [meaning Such a one is of the distant dependents, or subjects, of the governor, or prince]. (S.) And إِذَا لَمْ تَكُنْ مِنْ قُرْبَانِ الأَمِيرِ فَكُنْ مِنْ بُعْدَانِهِ [If thou be not of the particular companions, or familiars, of the governor, or prince, then be of his distant dependents, or subjects]; i. e., be distant from him, that his evil may not affect thee. (AZ, A.) رَأَيْتُهُ بَعِيدَاتِ بَيْنٍ : see بَعْدٌ in the latter half of the paragraph. See also بَاعِدٌ .
Nounبُعَيْد1 sense

Core sense — a little after him, or it; shortly afterwardsgenerated

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This, and بُعَيْدَات: see بَعْدُ, in four places.

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and بُعَيْدَات : see بَعْدُ in four places.
Nounبَاعِدُ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — distant, remote; perishing; far distant from his native countrygenerated

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See بَعِيدٌ, in four places.

1.1

Also: perishing. In the K it is implied that it means dying, and so do بَعِيدٌ and بُعَادٌ. Or: far distant from his home, or native country, and estranged from it.

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: see بَعِيدٌ in four places. Also Perishing: (S, L: [in the K it is implied that it signifies dying; and so بَعِيدٌ and بُعَادٌ :]) or far distant from his home, or native country; in a state of estrangement therefrom. (L.)
Nounأَبْعَدُ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — more, or most, distant; remote from good; a distant relationgenerated

1such a one draws forth talk, or discourse, or news, from its most remote sources—فُلَانٌ يَسْتَجِرُّ الحَدِيثَ مِنْ أَبَاعِدِ أَطْرَافِهِ

More, and most, distant or remote; further, and furthest. By poetic licence written أَبْعَدُّ. Plural أَبَاعِدُ.

1.1there is no good in him; or, no depth in him in anything—إِنَّهُ لَغَيْرُ أَبْعَدَ

More, and most, extreme, excessive, or extraordinary, in its kind. From this, perhaps, come the following.

In the CK, أَبْعَدٍ.

there is no good in him; or, no depth in him in anything—بُعَدٍ

Or: he is not extraordinary in his kind — see also بُعْدٌ. Said in dispraise of someone.

he has not what is extraordinary in its kind—مَا عِنْدَهُ أَبْعَدُ
he has not what is extraordinary in its kind—بُعَدٌ

Or: he possesses not excellence, or power, or riches; or he possesses nothing profitable. Said only in dispraise of someone. Or it may mean: he possesses nothing that one would go far to seek, or anything of value. Or: what he possesses of things or qualities that are desirable is more extraordinary than what others possess.

1.2may such a one, the remote from good, perish!—هَلَكَ الأَبْعَدُ

Remote from good — the meaning generally intended in the present day when it is used absolutely as an adjective applied to a man, but meaning also remote from him, or from those, in whose presence it is used, both as to place and as to moral condition. Also: remote from continence. Also: stupid, foolish, or having little or no intellect or understanding, the same as حَائِنٌ; or treacherous, or unfaithful, the same as خَائِنٌ.

said of a woman: may such a one, the remote from good, perish!—هَلَكَتِ البُعْدَى
may God cast such a one, the remote from good, down upon his mouth, or upon his face!—كَبَّ ٱللّٰهُ الأَبْعَدَ لِفِيهِ

It is used as an allusion to the name of a person whom one would mention with dispraise.

So En-Nadr.

The Arabs, in decent society, keep to the rule of avoiding as much as possible the mention of opprobrious adjectives, in case anyone present should imagine such an adjective to be slyly applied to himself; so when any curse or vituperation is uttered, it is usual to allude to the object by the term الأَبْعَد or البَعِيد, meaning the one remote from good, and also the one remote from the person or persons present. See also الأَخِرُ, which is used in a similar way.

1.3

A more distant, or most distant, or very distant relation; the opposite of أَقْرَبُ. Plurals أَبَاعِدُ and أَبْعَدُونَ, the opposites of أَقَارِبُ and أَقْرَبُونَ.

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More, and most, distant or remote; further, and furthest: by poetic licence written أَبْعَدُّ : (L:) [pl. أَبَاعِدُ ; as in the saying,] فُلَانٌ يَسْتَجِرُّ الحَدِيثَ مِنْ أَبَاعِدِ أَطْرَافِهِ [Such a one draws forth talk, or discourse, or news, or the like, from its most remote sources]. (A.) More, and most, extreme, excessive, egregious, or extraordinary, in its kind. (IAth.) [Hence, perhaps,] إِنَّهُ لَغَيْرُ أَبْعَدَ [in the CK أَبْعَدٍ ] and بُعَدٍ Verily there is no good in him: (K:) or, no depth in him in anything: (IAar:) [or, he is not extraordinary in his kind: see also بُعْدٌ :] said in dispraising one. (TA.) And مَا عِنْدَهُ أَبْعَدُ and بُعَدٌ [He has not what is extraordinary in its kind: or] he possesses not excellence, or power, or riches: or he possesses not anything profitable: (L, K:) said only in dispraising one: (AZ:) or it may mean he possesses not anything which one would go far to seek; or, anything of value: or what he possesses, of things or qualities that are desirable, is more extraordinary than what others possess. (MF.) Remote from good: [which is the meaning generally intended in the present day when it is used absolutely as an epithet applied to a man; but meaning also remote from him or those in whose presence this epithet is used, both as to place and as to moral condition:] and, from continence: (L:) and stupid; foolish; or having little, or no, intellect or understanding; syn. حَائِنٌ : (so in a copy of the S and in the L and TA:) or treacherous, or unfaithful; syn. خَائِنٌ (So in two copies of the S and in a copy of the A.) It is used as an allusion to the name of a person whom one would mention with dispraise; as when one says, هَلَكَ الأَبْعَدُ [May such a one, the remote from good, &c., perish!]: with respect to a woman, one says, هَلَكَتِ البُعْدَى . (En-Nadr, Az.) One says also, كَبَّ ٱللّٰهُ الأَبْعَدَ لِفِيهِ , meaning [May God cast down prostrate such a one, the remote from good, &c., upon his mouth! or,] cast him down upon his face! (S.) [It is a rule observed in decent society, by the Arabs, to avoid, as much as possible, the mention of opprobrious epithets, lest any person present should imagine an epithet of this kind to be slily applied to himself: therefore, when any malediction or vituperation is uttered, it is usual to allude to the object by the term الأَبْعَد , or البَعِيد , as meaning the remote from good, &c., and also the remote from the person or persons present. See also الأَخِرُ , which is used in a similar manner.] A more distant, or most distant, or very distant, relation; (Lth;) contr. of أَقْرَبُ : (Msb:) pl. أَبَاعِدُ (Lth, S, A, Msb, K) and أَبْعَدُونَ ; (Lth;) contr. of أَقَارِبُ (Lth, S, K) and أَقْرَبُونَ . (Lth.)
Nounمِبْعَدٌ1 sense

Core sense — a man who makes far journeysgenerated

1

A man who makes far journeys.

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A man who makes far journeys. (K.)