Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

بَرَعَ

Root: برع

Form: 1

Full Definition

بَرَعَI He ascended, or ascended upon, the mountain.
2 And بَرَعَ صَاحِبَهُ He was, or became, superior to his companion; he excelled him; he overcame him.

def.2 بَرَعَ, Present.T ـَ; (Msb, MS, PS, [accord. to the TA, which is followed in the TK, ـُ which is evidently a mistake,]) and بَرُعَ, Present.T ـُ; and بَرِعَ, Present.T ـَ; Verbal.Noun بُرُوعٌ, which is of بَرَعَ, and بَرَاعَةٌ, which is of بَرُعَ [and is the more common]; He excelled in knowledge, or courage, or other qualities: or he excelled his companions in knowledge &c.: or he was, or became, accomplished, perfect, or complete, in every excellence, and in goodliness.


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