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بُحْبُوحَةٌ

Root: بح

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بُحْبُوحَةٌ The middle, or midst, [or best part,] syn. وَسَطٌ, of an abode, or a district, or country, or a place, and of a place where one alights and abides, and of Paradise, and of anything, and the best part thereof; [like وَسَطٌ, by which it is explained; because what is between the two extremes is generally the best: it may be well rendered the heart, or very heart, of a thing;] and بُحْبُوحٌ , also, has the former of these significations [and by implication the other likewise]. (TA, voce بُؤْبُؤٌ, where see an ex.) Jereer says, قَوْمِى تَمِيمٌ هُمُ القَوْمُ الذَّينَ هُمُ يَنْفُونَ تَغْلِبَ عَنْ بُحْبُوحَةِ الدَّارِ [My people are Temeem: they are the people who drive away Teghlib from the middle, or best part, of the country]. [It is said in the A, that this word, as syn. with وَسَطٌ, in relation to an abode or the like (دار), is tropical; but I see no reason for this, unless by وسط be meant the “best part.”]


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