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باحت

Root: بحت

Form: 3

Full Definition

باحتIII , Verbal.Noun مُبَاحَتَةٌ, He drank water, or the water, not upon ثُفْل [i. e. without having eaten anything such as flesh-meat or bread or dates or grain]: or he drank water, or the water, not mixed with honey or any other thing. And باحت الشَّرَابَ He drank the wine, or beverage, pure, without any mixture. And باحت الرِّمْثَ [He ate of the shrub called رمث without any other pasture]. (T in art. طلح.) And باحت دَابَّتَهُ بِالضَّرِيعِ He fed his beast with ضريع, and the like, unmixed [with other pasture].
2 باحتهُ الوُدَّ He regarded him, or acted towards him, with reciprocal purity, or sincerity, of love, or affection: or he was pure, or sincere, to him in love, or affection. And باحت القِتَالَ He fought with earnestness and energy, unmixed with lenity. And باحت فُلَانًا He acted openly, or undisguisedly, with, or towards, such a one.
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