Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

بَارِعٌ

Root: برع

Full Definition

بَارِعٌ Anything overtopping.
2 Excelling in knowledge, or courage, or other qualities: or excelling his companions in knowledge &c.: or accomplished, perfect, or complete, in every excellence, and in goodliness: fem. with ة. And بَرِيعَةٌ , applied to a woman, Excelling in goodliness, or beauty, and in intelligence. And بَارِعَةٌ, applied to a girl, Goodly, or beautiful.
3 أَمْرٌ بَارِعٌ A case, a state, or condition, or an affair, exalted, or of high estimation; goodly, or comely.
4 سَعْدٌ البَارعِ A certain نَجْم [or asterism]. (TA, [in which it is here said to be “of the Mansions,” i. e., of the Mansions of the Moon; but it seems that لَيْسَ, or the like, has been omitted by a copyist; for it is said in art. سعد, on several authorities, to be not of the Mansions of the Moon.])


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