maṣdarبَيْعٌmuḍāriʿيَبِيعُ
Core sense — he sold it; he bought itgenerated
1.1figurative · مجازhe sold it—اباعهُ
maṣdar بَيْعٌ and مَبِيعٌ, the latter irregular, the regular form being مَبَاعٌ. The verb has two opposite meanings: he sold it, and he bought it.
he bought it—ابتاعهُ
This is a dialectal variant, apparently only in the sense of selling; or it means he offered it for sale, or exposed it for sale.
بَاعَهُ also means he bought it.
the exchanging of property; the making of an exchange with property—بَيْعٌ
This is the proper meaning when it relates to real substances, but it is used figuratively for the making of the contract of sale and purchase, because that is the means of giving and getting possession. This latter meaning is what is called حَقِيقَةٌ عُرْفِيَّةٌ, that is, a sense so common that it is conventionally treated as proper.
an exchange of property bringing gain—بَيْعٌ رَابِحٌ
an exchange of property causing loss—بَيْعٌ خَاسِرٌ
the contract of sale, or purchase, was valid, or was null—صَحَّ البَيْعُ
بَطَلَ and the like are used in the same way; such phrases mean صَفْقَةُ البَيْعِ. The prefixed noun is left out and its complement used in its place, and since that is masculine, the verb is made masculine.
he sold—بَاعَ
It takes two objects, both directly and by means of مِنْ prefixed to the second, this preposition being used to strengthen the sense.
he sold him the thing—بَاعَهُ الشَّىْءَ
he sold it to him—بَاعَهُ مِنْهُ
I sold Zeyd the house—بِعْتُ زَيْدًا الدَّارَ
I sold the house to Zeyd—بِعْتُ مِنْ زَيْدٍ الدَّارَ
See also the explanation of the phrase اِسْتَبَعْتُهُ الشَّىْءَ, and see بَاعَهُ مِنَ السُّلْطَانِ; countless similar examples could be added, for when باع means he sold, مِنْ is generally prefixed to the noun or pronoun naming the person to whom the thing is sold.
I sold you the thing—بِعْتُكَ الشَّىْءَ
Sometimes لِ is put in the place of مِنْ.
I sold it to you—بِعْتُهُ لَكَ
The ل is redundant when the verb has this meaning, though not when it has the opposite meaning, as will be seen below.
El-Farezdak gives an example of the opposite meaning: [Youthfulness — whoever buys it is a gainer; but hoariness — there are no traders for those who sell it; the ism fāʿil here being from the verb in the former sense]
shāhid 1إِنَّ الشَّبَابَ لَرَابِحٌ مَنْ بَاعَهَاوَالشَّيْبُ لَيْسَ لِبَائِعِيهِ تِجَارُ
he bought the thing for him—بَاعَ لَهُ الشَّىْءَ
Often when the verb is followed by ل; the ل is not redundant when the verb has this meaning.
he bought the enjoyments of this world at the cost of the enjoyments of the world to come—بَاعَ دُنْيَاهُ بِآخِرَتِهِ
Zeyd bought the house—ابتاع زَيْدٌ الدَّارَ
he bought it for another person—ابتاعها لِغَيْرِهِ
one of you shall not buy in opposition to the buying of his brother—لَا يَبِعْ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ
Tarafeh says: [And he will bring you tidings for whom you have not bought travelling-provisions, and for whom you have not set an appointed time for bringing them]
shāhid 2وَيَأْتِيكَ بالْأَخْبَارِ مَنْ لَمْ تَبِعْ لَهُبَتَاتًا وَلَمْ تَضْرِبْ لَهُ وَقْتَ مَوْعِدِ
In a tradition, said of an agreement that has been shown while the contract has not yet been concluded. It is also related as لَا يَخْطُبِ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ وَلَا يَبِعْ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ. The relation of Bkh, لَا يَبْتَاعُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ, shows that the verb here means buying; or it may here have the opposite meaning. Az says that seller and buyer are equally at fault when either of them does this to another.
Similar to this is the saying لَا يَسُومُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى سَوْمِ أَخِيهِ; see art. سوم. See also بَاعَ عَلَى بَيْعِهِ below, used figuratively.
the judge sold against his will, without his consent—بَاعَ عَلَيْهِ القَاضِى
1.1.1it was sold; and it was bought—بِيعَ
This is the passive form: optionally with kesr to the ب, or بُيْعَ with damm to the ب — or rather with a sound between damm and kesr, a pronunciation called إِشْمَامٌ.
Some say بُوعَ, changing the ى into و, and likewise in كِيلَ and قِيلَ and the like.
[But Ibn-Málik requires damm or اشمام in the passive of a verb whose middle radical is ى, and kesr or اشمام in the passive of a verb whose middle radical is و, to prevent an active verb being mistaken for a passive in cases like بِعْتُ and سُمْتُ; others, however, only prefer what Ibn-Málik absolutely requires in these cases. (See I'Ak p. 131.)]
1.1.2figurative · مجازhe slandered him, or spoke against him, to the Sultán—بَاعَهُ مِنَ السُّلْطَانِ
The literal meaning is: he sold him to the Sultán.
1.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredsuch a one superseded him, or took his place, in honourable and high station or rank, and gained the mastery over him—بَاعَ فُلَانٌ عَلَى بَيْعِهِ
such a one gained the mastery over such a one, and wrested from him what he sought to obtain from him—حَلَّ بِوَادِيهِ
The literal meaning has been shown above.
بَاعَ فُلَانٌ عَلَى بَيْعِ فُلَانٍ is used in the same way.
This is an old proverb, applied by the Arabs to a man who contends with another and seeks to obtain a thing from him by superior power or force, when he has succeeded as explained above. Similar to it is the saying شَقَّ فُلَانٌ غُبَارَ فُلَانٍ. So El-Mufaddal Ed-Dabbee.
not any one has equalled you—مَا بَاعَ عَلَى بَيْعِكَ أَحَدٌ
1.2
بَيْعٌ is also used in the sense of اِنْبِسَاطٌ.
See اِنْبَاعَ in art. بوع.
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, (S, Mgh, &c.,) aor. يَبِيعُ , (S, Msb, K,) inf. n. بَيْعٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and مَبِيعٌ , (S, Msb, K,) which latter is anomalous, (S,) the regular form being مَبَاعٌ , (S, K,) has two contr. significacations: He sold it: and he bought it: (S, Mgh, Msb, K:) and اباعهُ is a dial. var. of the same: (IKtt, Msb:) [but app. only in the former sense:] or this last signifies he offered it for sale; or exposed it to sale: (S, K:) and ابتاعهُ , as well as بَاعَهُ , signifies he bought it. (S, * Mgh, * Msb, K.) The primary signification of بَيْعٌ is The exchanging, or exchange, of property; or the making an exchange with property; as in the phrases بَيْعٌ رَابِحٌ [an exchange of property bringing gain], and بَيْعٌ خَاسِرٌ [an exchange of property occasioning loss]: and this is a proper signification when it relates to real substances: but it is tropically used to signify the making the contract [of sale and purchase]; because this is the means of giving [and obtaining] possession: [though this signification is what is termed حَقِيقَةٌ عُرْفِيَّةٌ , i. e., a sense so common as to be conventionally regarded as proper:] the phrase صَحَّ البَيْعُ , or بَطَلَ , and the like, mean صَفْقَةُ البَيْعِ ; [i. e. The contract of sale, or purchase, was valid, or was null;] but the prefixed n. being suppressed, and its complement [alone] used for it, and this being masc., the verb is made masc. (Msb.) بَاعَ [mostly signifies He sold; and] is doubly trans., both by itself and by means of مِنْ prefixed to the second object; (Mgh, Msb;) this prep. being thus used as a corroborative: (Msb:) you say, بَاعَهُ الشَّىْءَ and بَاعَهُ مِنْهُ [He sold to him the thing and He sold it to him]: (Mgh:) and بِعْتُ زَيْدًا الدَّارَ and بِعْتُ مِنْ زَيْدٍ الدَّارَ [I sold to Zeyd the house: (see also an explanation of the phrase اِسْتَبَعْتُهُ الشَّىْءَ : and see بَاعَهُ مِنَ السُّلْطَانِ : to which might be added countless similar instances; for when باع signifies he sold, مِنْ is generally prefixed to the noun or pronoun denoting the person to whom the thing is sold:)] and sometimes لِ is put in the place of مِنْ ; so that you say, بِعْتُكَ الشَّىْءَ and بِعْتُهُ لَكَ [I sold to thee the thing and I sold it to thee]; the ل being redundant [when the verb has this meaning, though not when it has the contr. meaning, as will be seen below]. (Msb.) Of the contr. signification we have an ex. in the saying of ElFarezdak, 1 [Verily youthfulness, he who buys it is a gainer; but hoariness, there are no traffickers for its sellers; the part. a. being here from the verb in the former sense]: (S, TA:) and [often in a case in which the verb is followed by ل ; as] in بَاعَ لَهُ الشَّىْءَ He bought for him the thing; (Mgh;) [the ل not being redundant when the verb is used in this sense;] and as in the saying of Tarafeh, 2 [And he will bring thee tidings for whom thou hast not bought travelling-provisions, and for whom thou hast not assigned an appointed time for his bringing them]: (TA:) and in the saying, بَاعَ دُنْيَاهُ بِآخِرَتِهِ [He purchased his enjoyments of the present world at the expense of his enjoyments of the world to come]: (Z, TA:) and [in like manner] you say, ابتاع زَيْدٌ الدَّارَ , meaning Zeyd bought the house: and ابتاعها لِغَيْرِهِ He bought it for another person. (Msb.) The verb has this signification, also, in the trad., لَا يَبِعْ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ [One of you shall not buy in opposition to the buying of his brother when an agreement has been manifested but the contract has not been concluded]; (S, IAth, Mgh, Msb; [but in the S and Msb and by IAth, the trad. is related thus; لَا يَخْطُبِ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى خِطْبَةِ أَخِيهِ وَلَا يَبِعْ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ ; (see art. خطب ;)]) as is shown by the relation of Bkh, لَا يَبْتَاعُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى بَيْعِ أَخِيهِ : (Mgh, Msb:) or it may here have the contr. meaning: (IAth:) Az says that the seller and buyer are equal in offence when either of them does thus to another. (TA.) [Similar to this is the saying, لَا يَسُومُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى سَوْمِ أَخِيهِ : see art. سوم . See also بَاعَ عَلَى بَيْعِهِ below, used in a tropical sense.] You say also, بَاعَ عَلَيْهِ القَاضِى , meaning The judge sold against his will; (Mgh;) sold without his consent. (Msb.) إِنَّ الشَّبَابَ لَرَابِحٌ مَنْ بَاعَهَا | وَالشَّيْبُ لَيْسَ لِبَائِعِيهِ تِجَارُ وَيَأْتِيكَ بالْأَخْبَارِ مَنْ لَمْ تَبِعْ لَهُ | بَتَاتًا وَلَمْ تَضْرِبْ لَهُ وَقْتَ مَوْعِدِ The pass. form is بِيعَ [It was sold: and it was bought]: (S, K:) optionally either [thus] with kesr to the ب , or [ بُيْعَ ] with damm to the ب , (S,) [or rather with a sound between that of damm and that of kesr, which pronunciation is termed إِشْمَامٌ ;] and some say بُوعَ ; (S, K;) changing the ى into و : and thus in the cases of كِيلَ and قِيلَ and the like: (S:) [but Ibn-Málik requires damm or اشمام in the passive of a verb of which the medial radical is ى , and kesr or اشمام in the passive of a verb of which the medial radical is و , to prevent the mistaking of an active verb for a passive in such cases as بِعْتُ and سُمْتُ : others, however, only prefer what Ibn-Málik absolutely requires in these cases. (See I'Ak p. 131.)] You say also, بَاعَهُ مِنَ السُّلْطَانِ , [lit. He sold him to the Sultán,] meaning he slandered him, or calumniated him, to the Sultán. (K, TA.) And بَاعَ فُلَانٌ عَلَى بَيْعِهِ , [of which the lit. meaning has been shown above,] meaning Such a one superseded him, or occupied his place, in respect of honourable and elevated station or rank, and gained the mastery over him; (K, * TA;) and so حَلَّ بِوَادِيهِ : (TA:) or بَاعَ فُلَانٌ عَلَى بَيْعِ فُلَانٍ means such a one gained the mastery over such a one, and wrested from him that which he sought to obtain from him; and is an old proverb, applied by the Arabs to a man who contends with another, and seeks to obtain a thing from him by superior power or force, when he has succeeded in doing as above explained; and similar to it is the saying شَقَّ فُلَانٌ غُبَارَ فُلَانٍ . (El-Mufaddal Ed-Dabbee, TA.) One also says, مَا بَاعَ عَلَى بَيْعِكَ أَحَدٌ , meaning Not any one has equalled thee. (TA.) بَيْعٌ is also used in the sense of اِنْبِسَاطٌ . (TA in art. بوع . [See اِنْبَاعَ in that art.])