Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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بثق بجح بجد


1. ⇒ بجح

يَجِحَ, [aor. and inf. n. as below,] He rejoiced; or was joyful, glad, or happy; (Ṣ, A;) as alsoتبجّح↓: (Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ:) and the latter signifies also he magnified himself; and gloried, or boasted: (Mgh:) or, accord. to Lḥ, this verb signifies he gloried, or boasted; and vied with others, or contended with them for superiority, in beauty, or goodliness, in respect of something; as also تمجِح: or, as some say, he magnified himself: and بَجِعَ is said to signify he was, or became, great in his own estimation. (TA.) You say also, بَجِعَ بِهِ, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) aor. ـَ {يَبْجَحُ}, (Mṣb, Ḳ,) inf. n. بَجَحٌ; (Ṣ, Ḳ, TA;) and بَجَحَ, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) aor. ـَ {يَبْجَحُ}; (Mṣb, Ḳ;) but the latter is of weak authority; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) He rejoiced in it, or at it; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) namely, a thing; (Ṣ;) as alsoتبجّح↓ andابتجح↓: (TA:) or he gloried in it, or boasted of it; and soتبجّح↓. (Mṣb.) Andفُلَانٌ يَتَبَجَّحُ↓ عَلَيْنَا, and يَتَمَجَّحُ علينا, Such a one talks foolishly, or irrationally, [to us, assuming superiority over us,] by reason of self-conceitedness: and so one says in speaking of a person in jest. (TA.)

Root: بجح - Entry: 1. Dissociation: B

2. ⇒ بجّح

بجّحُه It (a thing, or an affair, TA) rejoiced him; made him joyful, glad, or happy; (A, TA;) as alsoابجحّحُ↓. (TA.) And بَجَّحْتُهُ, (inf. n. تَبْجِيعٌ, Ṣ, Ḳ,) I rejoiced him; made him joyful,, &c.: (Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ:) or, as some say, magnified him: (TA:) andبَجَحْتُهُ↓, aor. ـِ {يَبْجِحُ}, I magnified it; namely, a thing. (Mṣb.)


4. ⇒ ابجح


5. ⇒ تبجّح

see 1, in five places.


6. ⇒ تباجح

النِّسَآءُ يَتَبَاجَحْنَ Women, or the women, vie, or contend for superiority, one with another, in beauty, or goodliness, and in glorying, or boasting. (A, TA.)


8. ⇒ ابتجح


بَجِحٌ

بَجِحٌ Rejoicing, glad, or happy; as in the phrase, إَنَا بَجَعٌ بِمَكَانِ كَذَا [I am rejoicing in such a place]; and soمُتَبَجِّحٌ↓ بِهِ. (A.)


بَجَّاحٌ

Joyful; [an intensive epithet] applied to a man. (TA.)


بَاجِحٌ

بَاجِحٌ Great in estimation; applied to a man: pl. بُجَّعٌ and بُجْحٌ. (TA.)


مَبَاجِحُ

مَبَاجِحُ [a pl. of which the sing. is app. مَبْجَحَةٌ, meaning, accord. to analogy, A cause of joy or gladness or happiness]. You say, لَقِيتُ مِنْهُ المَنَاجِحَ والمَبَاجِحَ [app. I experienced from it, or him, the causes of success, and the causes of joy, &c.]. (A, TA.)


مُتَبَجِّحٌ

مُتَبَجِّحٌ: see بَجِعٌ.


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