بَخْ
, [in some copies of the K written بَخَّ, which is wrong, for it is] like بَلْ, [i. e.] like قَدْ, [perhaps, as I have suggested above, from the sound made by a hecamel in a state of excitement,] a word used on the occasion of praising; on praising one from whom has proceeded a good and wonderful action; on approving a thing; on being pleased with it, or having one's admiration excited by it; or on the occasion of glorying and of praising; in pronouncing a thing great in estimation, or excellent; in deeming a thing great in estimation, or good; or it means wonder, or admiration; and sometimes it is used [ironically] to denote disapproval; also, as an exhortation to gentleness with a thing, and to taking extraordinary pains; and in a case of expertness, or skilfulness: it means نِعْمَ الرَّجُلُ and نِعْمَ الفِعْلُ [Excellent, or most excellent, is the man! and, the deed!]; [or simply, excellent! or most excellent! how good! how goodly! well done! bravo! and the like;] or عَظُمَ الأَمْرُ and فَخُمَ [great in estimation is the thing, or affair, or event, or case!]: MF observes, [probably from finding بَخَّ in the place of بَخْ in his copy or copies of the K,] that this explanation is like an express assertion that it is a verb in the pret. tense, which requires consideration. It is used alone; and in this case you say, بَخْ, and بَخِ, with kesr for its invariable termination, and بَخٍ, and بَخٌ; (K, TA; [but in the CK, in the place of بَخٍ and بَخٌ, we find بُخٌ;]) without tesh-deed, in most cases; but also with teshdeed, like a noun; so that one says, بَخٍ لَكَ and بَخٍّ [&c., meaning I say excel-lent! &c., to thee]: . and one repeats it, for the sake of emphasis; saying, بَخْ بَخْ, with the خ quiescent like the ل in هَلْ and بَلْ, and بَخٍ بَخٍ, pronounced in the latter manner, with tenween, when in connexion with a following word, [and in this case only, whereas it is pronounced in the former manner in any case,] and بَخٍّ بَخٍّ, and بَخٍ بَخْ, and بَخِّ بَخِّ.
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