muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُ·ـَيَفْعَلُmaṣdarبُغَآءٌ بَغْىٌ بِغَآءٌ
Core sense — he sought something; he acted wrongfully; he enviedgenerated
1.1he sought something; he tried to find and get it—بُغَايَةٌ
or this last is a simple noun and the maṣdar is بَغْىٌ, and بُغًى; but the first is better known and is the chaste form.
Some say بِغًى and بُغْيَةٌ and بِغْيَةٌ, according to Th, but others hold these two to be simple nouns; and some mention also بَغْيَةٌ, with fet-h.
Said of a stray beast, or of anything else, good or evil.
Also ابتغى and تبغّى and استبغى.
Er-Rāghib: or ابتغى means he sought diligently, earnestly.
بَغَى also means he loved, or liked, a thing. Er-Rāghib: the maṣdar means the seeking to go beyond the just bounds in what one aims at, whether one actually goes beyond them or not; sometimes this is taken in relation to quantity, sometimes in relation to quality.
[He sought him with an evil purpose; or sought to do him evil]—بَغَاهُ بِشَرٍّ
This phrase is given under the article عقب.
1.1.1he sought a thing for him—بَغَاهُ
Like بَغَى لَهُ.
he sought the thing for him—بَغَاهُ الشَّىْءَ
Also ابغاهُ الشَّىْءَ; so one says اِبْغِنِى كَذَا or أَبْغِنِى كذا.
seek for me such a thing—اِبْغَ لِى كذا
seek for me my stray beast—أَبْغِنِى ضَالَّتِى
Or ابغاهُ الشَّىءَ means he helped him to seek the thing; or أَبْغِنِى كَذَا means both “seek for me such a thing” and “help me to seek such a thing”.
[They seek, or desire, discord for you]—يَبْغُونَكُمُ الفِتْنَةَ
[You seek crookedness in it]—تَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا
In the Qur'an 9:47.
In the Qur'an 3:94, “it” being the way of God. The first object of the verb is in the accusative because the preposition ل is suppressed.
1.1.2it brought disease upon me; it caused disease to befall me—بَغَانِى دَآءً
he is one who makes much gain—إِنَّهُ لَذُو بُغَايَةٍ
Apparently from the foregoing.
But in the M, ذُو بُغَايَةٍ لِلْكَسْبِ, meaning a seeker of gain.
good was not appointed to happen to him—مَابُغِىَ لَهُ
1.1.3he envied his brother—بَغَى عَلَى أَخِيهِ
That is, he wished that a blessing, or cause of happiness, or an excellence, might pass from his brother to himself. So says Lh, who holds this to be the primary meaning of the verb.
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[Envy is the shackle of aid from God against an enemy or a wrongdoer]—البَغْىُ عِقَالُ النَّصْرِ
Said as a proverb.
1.1.4acting wrongfully, injuriously, or tyrannically—بَغْىٌ
he exalted himself over him; he overpowered or oppressed him; he acted wrongfully towards him—بَغَى عَلَيْهِ
he acted wrongfully towards him, and deviated from the right way—بغى عَلَى النَّاسِ
So called because the envier acts in this way towards the envied, his aim being to make God's blessing depart from him by guile. Or it is the seeking to act corruptly, wrongly, or unjustly; or the going beyond the due bounds in any way.
Er-Rāghib: it is of two kinds. One is approved: going beyond the bounds of fairness to do good, and beyond the bounds of obligatory duties to do what is not obligatory. The other is disapproved: going beyond the bounds of what is true or right, so as to do what is false or wrong, or things of a doubtful nature. In most instances it is the disapproved kind.
. And it is said of one who acts wrongfully towards people and seeks to annoy or hurt them.
[What have I to do with wrongful conduct, the wrongful conduct of one of you towards another?]—مَا لِى وَلِلْبَغِ بَعْضِكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ
Lh mentions this on the authority of Ks, for وَلِلْبَغْىِ; ISd thinks this is because of the difficulty of pronouncing the kesreh after the ى.
he occupied himself with corrupt, wrong, or unjust conduct—بَغَى
[According to Fei,] from the same verb in a sense mentioned below, said of a wound.
Also, with and: he magnified himself, or behaved proudly, haughtily, or insolently; because one who does so passes beyond the bounds of his own station to a station that is not his.
1.1.5he was proud, or self-conceited, and quick in his gait—بَغَى فِى مِشيَتِهِ
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Apparently said of a horse, and perhaps of a man also.
Or بَغْىٌ, in a horse, or in the running of a horse, is being proud, or self-conceited, with extreme briskness or liveliness.
1.1.6the sky rained violently—بَغَتِ السَّمَآءُ
. Er-Rāghib: or it went beyond the limit of the rain that was wanted.
the valley flowed with water reaching a place it had not reached before—بَغَى الوَادِى
1.1.7she committed fornication, or adultery; she prostituted herself—بَغَتْ
Said of a woman, or of a female slave, but not restricted to the latter., though only the former is commonly known. So called because a woman who does this goes beyond her proper bounds.
she prostituted herself—بَاغَتْ
Maṣdar بِغَآءٌ and مُبَاغَاةٌ; said of a female slave. Or مباغاة means committing fornication, or adultery, with another.
[And do not compel your young women to prostitute themselves]—وَلَا تُكْرِهُو فَتَيَاتِكُمْ عَلَى البِغَآءِ
[The woman went out to prostitute herself]—خَرَجَتِ المَرْأَةُ تُبَاغِى
In the Qur'an 24:33.
According to the Jemaʿ et-Tefáreek, بِغَآءٌ means the knowing of a woman's fornication, adultery, or prostitution of herself, and approving of it, or being content with it; but this, if correct, is a stretching of the language.
1.1.8the wound swelled, became corrupt, and produced thick pus—بَغَى الجُرْحُ
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his wound healed with some corruption in it—بَرَأَ جُرْحُهُ عَلَى بَغْىٍ
1.1.9he lied; he said what was untrue—بَغَى
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Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 5 shown of 24
5:50
أَفَحُكْمَ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِيَّةِ يَبْغُونَ ۚ وَمَنْ أَحْسَنُ مِنَ ٱللَّهِ حُكْمًا لِّقَوْمٍ يُوقِنُونَDo they then seek after a judgment of (the days of) ignorance? But who, for a people whose faith is assured, can give better judgment than Allah?
7:140
قَالَ أَغَيْرَ ٱللَّهِ أَبْغِيكُمْ إِلَـٰهًا وَهُوَ فَضَّلَكُمْ عَلَى ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَHe said: "Shall I seek for you a god other than the (true) Allah, when it is Allah Who hath endowed you with gifts above the nations?"
18:64
قَالَ ذَٰلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِ ۚ فَٱرْتَدَّا عَلَىٰٓ ءَاثَارِهِمَا قَصَصًاMoses said: "That was what we were seeking after:" So they went back on their footsteps, following (the path they had come).
18:108
خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَا لَا يَبْغُونَ عَنْهَا حِوَلًاWherein they shall dwell (for aye): no change will they wish for from them.
55:20
بَيْنَهُمَا بَرْزَخٌ لَّا يَبْغِيَانِBetween them is a Barrier which they do not transgress:
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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, (S, K, &c.,) aor. بَغِىَ , (Msb, K,) inf. n. بُغَآءٌ , (S, Mgh, K, &c.,) or this is a simple subst., and the inf. n. is بَغْىٌ , (Msb,) [but, if this be correct, the former is generally used for the latter,] and بُغًى , (Lh, K,) but the first is better known, and is the chaste form, and some say, بِغًى , (TA,) and بُغْيَةٌ and بِغْيَةٌ , (K,) accord. to Th, but others hold these two to be simple substs., and some mention also بَغْيَةٌ , with fet-h, (TA,) and بُغَايَةٌ , (As, S, TA,) He sought; sought for, or after; sought, desired, or endeavoured, to find, and take, or get; (S, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.;) a stray-beast, (As, S, TA,) or any other thing, (S, Mgh, * Msb, * K, * TA,) good or evil; (Lh, TA;) as also ابتغى and تبغّى (S, Msb, K) and استبغى : (K:) or ابتغى signifies he sought, &c., diligently, studiously, sedulously, or earnestly: (Er-Rághib, TA:) and بَغَى signifies also he loved, or affected, a thing: (MF, TA:) or, accord. to Er-Rághib, the inf. n. signifies the seeking to exceed the just bounds in respect of that which one aims at, or endeavours after, whether one actually exceed or do not; and sometimes it is considered in relation to quantity; and sometimes, in relation to quality. (TA.) You say, بَغَاهُ بِشَرٍّ [He sought him with an evil purpose; or sought to do him evil]. (S and K in art. عقب .) And بَغَاهُ He sought, &c., a thing for him; like بَغَى لَهُ . (Lh, Mgh, * K. *) You say, بَغَاهُ الشَّىْءَ He sought, &c., the thing for him; (S, K;) as also ابغاهُ الشَّىْءَ : (K:) thus you say, اِبْغِنِى كَذَا or أَبْغِنِى كذا and اِبْغَ لِى كذا Seek thou for me such a thing; (TA;) and أَبْغِنِى ضَالَّتِى Seek thou for me my stray-beast: (Mgh:) or ابغاهُ الشَّىءَ signifies He aided, or assisted, him to seek the thing: (Ks, K:) or أَبْغِنِى كَذَا signifies Seek thou for me such a thing; and also Aid thou me to seek such a thing. (JK.) It is said in the Kur [ix. 47], يَبْغُونَكُمُ الفِتْنَةَ They seek, or desire, for you discord, or dissension; or they seeking, &c.: and in the same [iii. 94], تَبْغُونَهَا عِوَجًا Ye seek, or desire, for it, namely, the way [of God], crookedness; or ye seeking, &c.: the first objective complement of the verb being in the accus. case because of the suppression of the preposition ل . (TA.) [Hence, app.,] بَغَانِى دَآءً It procured to me disease; it caused disease to befall me. (Ham p. 794.) And إِنَّهُ لَذُو بُغَايَةٍ Verily he is one who makes much gain: (JK, K:) but in the M, ذُو بُغَايَةٍ لِلْكَسْبِ , meaning a seeker of gain. (TA.) And مَابُغِىَ لَهُ Good was not appointed to betide him. (TA.) بَغَى عَلَى أَخِيهِ , inf. n. بَغْىٌ , He envied his brother; he wished that a blessing, or cause of happiness, or an excellence, might become transferred from his brother to himself: so says Lh, who holds this to be the primary signification of the verb. (TA.) It is said in a prov., البَغْىُ عِقَالُ النَّصْرِ [Envy is the shackle of aid from God against an enemy or a wrongdoer]. (TA.) Hence, (Lh, TA,) بَغْىٌ signifies The acting wrongfully, injuriously, or tyrannically; (Lh, S, TA;) because the envier so acts towards the envied; his endeavour being to cause, by guile, the blessing of God upon him to depart from him: (Lh, TA:) or the seeking, or endeavouring, to act corruptly, wrongly, or unjustly: (Az, TA:) or the exceeding the due bounds, or just limits, in any way: (S:) accord. to Er-Rághib, it is of two kinds: one of these is approved, and this is the passing beyond the bounds of equity to exercise beneficence, and beyond the bounds of obligatory duties to do what is not obligatory: the other is disapproved, and this is the passing beyond the bounds of that which is true, or right, to do that which is false, or wrong, or to do acts of a doubtful nature: but in most instances it is that which is disapprove. (TA.) You say, بَغَى عَلَيْهِ , (S, K,) and بغى عَلَى النَّاسِ , (Az, Msb,) aor. بَغِىَ , (K,) inf. n. بَغْىٌ , (Msb, K,) He exalted himself against him, or above him; overpowered, or oppressed, him; (Fr, S, K;) acted wrongfully, injuriously, or tyrannically, towards him; and deviated from the right way: (K:) and he acted wrongfully, injuriously, or tyrannically, towards men, or the people, (Az, Msb,) and sought to annoy them, or hurt them. (Az, TA.) Lh mentions, on the authority of Ks, the saying, مَا لِى وَلِلْبَغِ بَعْضِكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ [What have I to do with wrongful conduct, the wrongful conduct of one of you towards another?], for وَلِلْبَغْىِ ; ISd thinks, because of the difficulty found in pronouncing the kesreh after the ى . (TA.) بَغَى also signifies He occupied himself with corrupt, wrong, or unjust, conduct: [accord. to Fei,] from the same verb [in a sense to be mentioned below,] said of a wound. (Msb.) Also, aor. بَغِىَ , (TA,) inf. n. بَغْىٌ , (Az, TA,) He magnified himself; or behaved proudly, haughtily, or insolently: (Az, TA:) because he who does so passes beyond the bounds of his proper station to a station that does not belong to him. (TA.) And [hence,] بَغَى فِى مِشيَتِهِ , (K,) inf. n. بَغْىٌ , (TA,) He [app. a horse, and perhaps a man also,] was proud, or self-conceited, and quick, in his gait: (K:) or بَغْىٌ in a horse, (S, TA,) or in the running of a horse, (JK, TA,) is the being proud, or self-conceited, with exceeding briskness or liveliness or sprightliness. (JK, S, TA.) And بَغَتِ السَّمَآءُ , (S, K,) inf. n. بَغْىٌ , (TA,) The sky rained vehemently: (A'Obeyd, S, K:) or exceeded, in rain, the limit of what was wanted. (Er-Rághib, TA.) And بَغَى الوَادِى The valley flowed with water reaching to a place to which it had not reached before. (S, TA.) بَغَتْ , (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) said of a woman, (Th, IKh, S, Msb, and so in some copies of the K,) or of a female slave, (so in other copies of the K,) but it is not restricted to the latter, (TA,) aor. بَغِىَ , (JK, Msb,) inf. n. بِغَآءٌ , (IKh, JK, S, Mgh, Msb, TA,) or بَغْىٌ , (ISd, K,) [but the former, only, is commonly known,] She committed fornication, or adultery; she prostituted herself; (JK, S, Mgh, Msb, K;) because she who does so transgresses her proper bounds; (TA;) as also بَاغَتْ , (IKh, S, * Msb, K,) inf. n. بِغَآءٌ (IKh, K) and مُبَاغَاةٌ , (K,) said of a female slave: (Msb:) or مباغاة signifies the committing fornication, or adultery, with another. (KL.) It is said in the Kur [xxiv. 33], وَلَا تُكْرِهُو فَتَيَاتِكُمْ عَلَى البِغَآءِ [And compel not ye your young women to prostitute themselves]. (Mgh.) And you say, خَرَجَتِ المَرْأَةُ تُبَاغِى [The woman went forth for prostituting herself]. (S.) Accord. to the Jema etTefáreek, بِغَآءٌ signifies The knowing of a woman's committing fornication or adultery, or prostituting herself, and approving, or being content: but this, if correct, is an amplification in speech. (Mgh.) بَغَى الجُرْحُ , (JK, S, Msb,) aor. بَغَىَ , inf. n. بَغْىٌ , (JK,) The wound swelled, (S,) and became in a corrupt state, (JK, S, Msb,) and produced thick purulent matter. (JK.) And بَرَأَ جُرْحُهُ عَلَى بَغْىٍ His wound healed having somewhat of corruption in it. (S.) بَغَى , (K,) aor. بَغِىَ , inf. n. بَغْىٌ , (TA,) also signifies He lied; said what was untrue. (K.)