ابرحهُ
Root: برح
Form: 4
Full Definition
def.2 He, or it, pleased, or rejoiced, him; excited his admiration and approval; induced in him wonder, or admiration, and pleasure, or joy. One says also, مَا أَبْرَحَ هٰذَا الأَمْرَ How greatly does this affair, or event, please, or rejoice! how greatly does it excite admiration and approval! or how greatly does it induce wonder, or admiration, and pleasure, or joy!
2 He treated him with honour, or honoured him, and magnified him: or, as some say, he found him to be generous, or noble.
3 He judged him, or it, i. e. a man, and a horse, or anything, to be excellent, or to excel, and wondered at, or admired, him, or it.
def.3 ابرح also signifies He exceeded the usual bounds, degree, or mode. You say, أَبْرَحْتَ كَرَمًا, and لُؤْمًا, Thou hast done a thing exceeding the usual bounds [in generosity, or nobleness, and in meanness, or ignobleness]; or extravagant; or excessive.
2 See also 2.
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