بَدءٌ
Root: بدأ
Full Definition
بَدءٌ
inf.n. of 1; [The act of beginning;] or the doing a thing first. You say, لَكَ البَدْءُ, and
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, and البُدَاهَةُ, with ه substituted for ء, and
, and, accord. to IKtt, البِدَايَةُ, but see what follows, and
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, It is for thee to begin, before any other, in shooting or casting, &c.: as to البِدَايَةُ, mentioned above, accord. to Mtr [and Fei], it is a vulgar word, as IB and several others have stated, a corruption of
, signifying the first; as also
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: but IKtt says that it is a word of the dial. of the Ansár; بَدَأْتُ بِالشَّىْءِ and بَدِيتُ
بِهِ signifying قَدَّمْتُهُ: [see 1:] and he cites the following verse of Ibn-Rawáhah:
2 Also First, or former; preceding all others, or preceding another; as also البَدْءُ بَدِىْءٌ ; and البَدِىءُ being syn. with الأَوَّلُ. Hence the saying, اِفْعَلْهُ بَادِى بَدْءٍ, and بَادِى , meaning Do thou it the first thing, or the first of everything; [accord. to different copies of the S;] the ى in بادى being quiescent, in the place of the accus. case, accord. to usage; and sometimes they omit the [altogether], on account of frequent use [of the phrase], as will be stated in art. بدو, saying بَادِى بَدٍ, and بَادِىبَدِى (S in art. بدو.) You say also, اِفْعَلْهُ بَدْءًا, and أَوَّلَ بَدْءٍ, and بَدْءَ بَدْءٍ, and بَدَا بَدْءٍ, and بَدْءٍ, and بَادِىَ بَدٍ, and بَادِىْ بَدًا, (M, K, [in the CK بَادِىْ بَدٍ,]) and بَادِىْ بَدًا, and بَدِىْءٍ, and بَادِىْ بَدَا, and , and بَدِىٍّ, which is anomalous, or بَادِىَ بَدِّىِ, and بَادِىْ بَدِيٍّ, and , or بَادِىَ , and بَادِىْ, the former word being the act. part. n. of بَدِىَ, which is of the dial. of the Ansár, as mentioned above, and the latter being indecl., with fet-h for its termination, (TA, [in the CK the latter word is written بَدْءَة,]) and بَدْءٍ, and بَدْأَةَ , and , and بَدْءٍ, and بَدْءَ ذِى بَدْءٍ, and ذِى بَدْءٍ, and بَدْأَةَ ذِى , and ذِى , and ذِي , not بداءة [as in the CK], and بَدِىْءَ ذِى , (S, K, TA, [in the CK the last word is written بَدْءٍ,]) and ذِى , meaning Do thou it the first thing; so in a correct copy [of the K, and so I find in a MS. copy of the K and in the CK]: accord. to another copy, the first of everything: or the first of first; thus in the L: the words here put in the accus. case [literally or virtually] are so put [in some instances] as adverbial nouns; or, accord. to MF, they may be [in some instances] denotatives of state, with respect to the agent; the meaning being اِفْعَلْهُ حَالَةَ كَوْنِكَ بَادِئًا, i. e. مُبْتَدِئَا بِهِ [lit. do thou it in the state of thy being beginning it]. [In like manner,] you also say, بَدْءَ الرَّأْىِ, and [more commonly] الرَّأْىِ, At first thought; or on the first opinion: [بَدْءُ الرَّأْىِ and] الرَّأْىِ signifying the first, and beginning, of the idea, thought, opinion, or judgment; or what is perceived before considering well or thoroughly: [and بَدْءٌ alone signifying a first idea, thought, opinion, or judgment; as is implied in the A, voce صَيُّورٌ, q. v.:] hence, فَعَلَهُ فِى الرَّأْيِ [He did it at first thought, &c.]: and أَنْتَ الرَّأْىِ تُرِيدُ ظُلْمَنَا, and الرأى, i.e. Thou at first thought, &c., desirest to wrong us: and one says also, بَادِىَ الرأى, without; meaning on the occasion of what appeared of opinion; i. e. at the first of what appeared thereof; [or at the first opinion's presenting itself;;] in which case, the phrase does not belong to this art. [but to art. بدو]: it occurs in the Kur xi. 29: AA alone there read بَادِئَ, with; all the other readers pronounced it without ء
3 Also A chief, or lord, who occupies the first place in chieftainship or lordship: or, as some say, a youth, or young man, whose judgment, or opinion, is deemed good, and who is consulted: or it signifies also an intelligent youth or young man: pl. بُدُوْءٌ. A poet says,
4 Also, and بَدْأَةٌ , A share, or portion, of a slaughtered camel: or the best share or portion thereof: or the former word has the latter signification; and the latter word, the former signification: and the former signifies also a bone with the meat, or flesh, that is on it: and a joint; syn. مَفْصِلٌ; and so بَدًا q.v.: the pl. [of pauc.] of بَدْءٌ is أَبْدَآءٌ and [of mult.] بُدُوْءٌ; the former of which is the more common: or this is pl. of بَدًا. The shares abovementioned [as commonly divided for the game called المَيْسِر q. v.] are ten; namely, the two haunches, the two thighs properly so called, the two thighs commonly so called , the two shoulders, and the two arms; which last are the worst, because of the many veins [therein].
5 See also بَدِىْءٌ.
[In the name of God, and with it we begin; and if we worshipped any other than Him, we should be miserable]: see art. بدى. (TA. [This verse is also cited in the S in art. بدو, where, in one copy I find it as above; in another, with بَدَيْنَا instead of بَدِيْنَا.]) And you say, فَعَلَهُ عَوْذَا وَبَدْءًا, and عَوْدَهُ عَلَي بَدْئِهِ, and فِى عَوْدِهِ وَبَدْئِهِ, and فِى عَوْدَتِهِ , [He did it returning and beginning again; or returning to his beginning; i. e. he did it again from the beginning; he recommenced it: or you say this] meaning like as is meant by the saying next following. رَجَعَ عَوْدَهُ عَلَى بَدْئِهِ, and عَوْدًا عَلَى بَدْءٍ, in both of which [and in the last following] the verb may be trans., and the noun following therefore in the accus. case, and فِى عَوْدِهِ وَبَدْئِهِ, and فِى عَوْدَتِهِ , [in both of which, if correct, the verb must be intrans.,] and عَوْدًا وَبَدْءًا, [as though meaning عَائِدًا وَبَادِئًا, used as a phrase denotative of state,] [but in this last, and the two next preceding, accord. to the TA, the verb should be فَعَلَهُ, as in the next preceding sentence, instead of رَجَعَ, and this is confirmed by what is said in the K in art. عود,] He returned in the way whence he had come: [accord. to the TA, the literal meaning of the first and second may be he made his returning to revert to his beginning, and he made a returning to revert to a beginning:] or the meaning of the first, (Sb, TA in art. عود, and K in that art.,) and of the second, is, he returned without stopping after he had gone away: and sometimes it signifies the stopping in one's coming and then returning: [and it returned to its first state; it recommenced:] and you say, رَجَعْتُ عَوْدِى عَلَى بَدْئِى, meaning I returned like as I had come.وَلَوْ عَبَدْنَا غَيْرَهُ شَقِينَا بِٱسْمِ ٱلْإِلَاهِ وَ بِهِ بَدِينَا
2 Also First, or former; preceding all others, or preceding another; as also البَدْءُ بَدِىْءٌ ; and البَدِىءُ being syn. with الأَوَّلُ. Hence the saying, اِفْعَلْهُ بَادِى بَدْءٍ, and بَادِى , meaning Do thou it the first thing, or the first of everything; [accord. to different copies of the S;] the ى in بادى being quiescent, in the place of the accus. case, accord. to usage; and sometimes they omit the [altogether], on account of frequent use [of the phrase], as will be stated in art. بدو, saying بَادِى بَدٍ, and بَادِىبَدِى (S in art. بدو.) You say also, اِفْعَلْهُ بَدْءًا, and أَوَّلَ بَدْءٍ, and بَدْءَ بَدْءٍ, and بَدَا بَدْءٍ, and بَدْءٍ, and بَادِىَ بَدٍ, and بَادِىْ بَدًا, (M, K, [in the CK بَادِىْ بَدٍ,]) and بَادِىْ بَدًا, and بَدِىْءٍ, and بَادِىْ بَدَا, and , and بَدِىٍّ, which is anomalous, or بَادِىَ بَدِّىِ, and بَادِىْ بَدِيٍّ, and , or بَادِىَ , and بَادِىْ, the former word being the act. part. n. of بَدِىَ, which is of the dial. of the Ansár, as mentioned above, and the latter being indecl., with fet-h for its termination, (TA, [in the CK the latter word is written بَدْءَة,]) and بَدْءٍ, and بَدْأَةَ , and , and بَدْءٍ, and بَدْءَ ذِى بَدْءٍ, and ذِى بَدْءٍ, and بَدْأَةَ ذِى , and ذِى , and ذِي , not بداءة [as in the CK], and بَدِىْءَ ذِى , (S, K, TA, [in the CK the last word is written بَدْءٍ,]) and ذِى , meaning Do thou it the first thing; so in a correct copy [of the K, and so I find in a MS. copy of the K and in the CK]: accord. to another copy, the first of everything: or the first of first; thus in the L: the words here put in the accus. case [literally or virtually] are so put [in some instances] as adverbial nouns; or, accord. to MF, they may be [in some instances] denotatives of state, with respect to the agent; the meaning being اِفْعَلْهُ حَالَةَ كَوْنِكَ بَادِئًا, i. e. مُبْتَدِئَا بِهِ [lit. do thou it in the state of thy being beginning it]. [In like manner,] you also say, بَدْءَ الرَّأْىِ, and [more commonly] الرَّأْىِ, At first thought; or on the first opinion: [بَدْءُ الرَّأْىِ and] الرَّأْىِ signifying the first, and beginning, of the idea, thought, opinion, or judgment; or what is perceived before considering well or thoroughly: [and بَدْءٌ alone signifying a first idea, thought, opinion, or judgment; as is implied in the A, voce صَيُّورٌ, q. v.:] hence, فَعَلَهُ فِى الرَّأْيِ [He did it at first thought, &c.]: and أَنْتَ الرَّأْىِ تُرِيدُ ظُلْمَنَا, and الرأى, i.e. Thou at first thought, &c., desirest to wrong us: and one says also, بَادِىَ الرأى, without; meaning on the occasion of what appeared of opinion; i. e. at the first of what appeared thereof; [or at the first opinion's presenting itself;;] in which case, the phrase does not belong to this art. [but to art. بدو]: it occurs in the Kur xi. 29: AA alone there read بَادِئَ, with; all the other readers pronounced it without ء
3 Also A chief, or lord, who occupies the first place in chieftainship or lordship: or, as some say, a youth, or young man, whose judgment, or opinion, is deemed good, and who is consulted: or it signifies also an intelligent youth or young man: pl. بُدُوْءٌ. A poet says,
[Our second chief, if he came to them, would be their first chief; and their first chief, if he came to us, would be a second chief].ثُنْيَانُنَا إِنْ أَتَاهُمْ كَانَ بَدْأَهُمُ وَبَدْؤُهُمْ إِنْ أَتَانَا كِانَ ثُنْيَانَا
4 Also, and بَدْأَةٌ , A share, or portion, of a slaughtered camel: or the best share or portion thereof: or the former word has the latter signification; and the latter word, the former signification: and the former signifies also a bone with the meat, or flesh, that is on it: and a joint; syn. مَفْصِلٌ; and so بَدًا q.v.: the pl. [of pauc.] of بَدْءٌ is أَبْدَآءٌ and [of mult.] بُدُوْءٌ; the former of which is the more common: or this is pl. of بَدًا. The shares abovementioned [as commonly divided for the game called المَيْسِر q. v.] are ten; namely, the two haunches, the two thighs properly so called, the two thighs commonly so called , the two shoulders, and the two arms; which last are the worst, because of the many veins [therein].
5 See also بَدِىْءٌ.
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