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أَبْغَثُ

Root: بغث

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أَبْغَثُ Of a white colour inclining to خُضْرَة [which here app. means a dark, or ashy, dustcolour]: [or of a colour resembling that of ashes: ] or dust-coloured: or of a colour near to that of dust: an epithet, like أَحْمَرُ: [fem. بَغْثَآءُ: and] pl. بُغْثٌ: and sometimes, when used as a subst., it has for pl. أَبَاغِثُ. You say طَائِرٌ أَبْغَثُ A bird of the colour above described: whether it be a bird of prey or not: see بَغَاثٌ in two places: and صَقْرٌ أَبْغَثُ [a hawk of that colour.]; as well as أَحْوَى and أَبْيَضُ; i. e., that wherewith men take game. بَغْثَآءُ applied to sheep or goats, or, as in some lexicons, to sheep, is like رَقْطَآءُ; [Black speckled with white; or the reverse;] or in which are blackness and whiteness, with predominance of the latter colour: or شَاةٌ بَغْثَآءُ and غَنَمٌ بُغْثٌ signify a sheep or goat, and sheep or goats, in which are blackness and whiteness.
2 Also, [as a subst.,] A certain bird, dustcoloured, in truth different from the بَغَاث, as shown above: see the latter word: pl. بُغْثٌ and أَبَاغِثُ. You say, هُوَ مِنْ أَبَاغِثِ الطَّيْرِ [He is of the birds thus called].
3 And الأَبْغَثُ signifies The lion; because he is of the colour termed بُغْثَةٌ.
4 And البَغْثَآءُ The medley, or mixed or promiscuous multitude or collection, of men or people; or of the lowest or basest or meanest sort, or refuse, or riffraff, thereof; the commonalty, or vulgar, and collective body, of the people. One says, خَرَجَ فَلَانٌ فِى البَغْثَآءِ and الغَثْرَآءِ Such a one went forth among the medley, &c., of the people. And دَخَلْنَا فِى البَغْثَآءِ We entered among the commonalty, or vulgar, and the collective body, of the people.


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