بَأْبَأَهُ

Root: بأ

Form: R. Q. 1

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بَأْبَأَهُ

R. Q. 1 and بأبأ بِهِ, Verbal.Noun بَأْبَآَةُ and بَئْبَآءٌ; [as also بأَبِى; see art. بِأَبِى أَنْتَ;] He said to him, بِأَبِي, or بأَبَا, or بِأَبِى أَنْتَ, [all meaning With my father mayest thou be ransomed! or] meaning أَفْدِيكَ بِأَبِى [I will ransom thee with my father]; or he said to him, بِأَبِى أَنْتَ وَأُمِّى [With my father mayest thou be ransomed, and with my mother! or I will ransom thee &c.; see art. ابو]; the current phrase of the Arabs being that which includes both parents: i. e., a man said so to another man, or to a child; and in like manner to his horse, for having saved him from some accident: the verb is derived from بِأَبِى. Hence البِأَبْ, in an ex. cited voce أَبٌ, in art. ابو, q. v.; or البِئَبْ; (TA in art. ابو;) or البِيَبْ.
2 And [hence,] بَأبَؤُوهُ They made a show of treating him with graciousness, courtesy, or blandishment; as also عَلَيْهِ.
3 [Hence also,] بَأْبَآءٌ , with medd, [used as an Verbal.Noun,] A woman's dandling, or dancing, of her child.

def.2 بَأْبَأَ also signifies He said [in some copies of the K written بَابَا, both meaning Papa, or Father,] to his father. [Accord. to the TA, the verb is trans. in this sense, as in the senses before explained; but I think that بَأْبَأَهُ has been there erroneously put for بَأْبَأَ.]
2 And He reiterated the sound of the letter ب [or b] in his braying.
3 [And hence, perhaps,] [or, more probably, بَأْبَآءٌ , with medd, agreeably with analogy, used as an Verbal.Noun,] The chiding of the cat, or act of chiding the cat; also termed غَسٌّ.

def.3 Also He hastened, made haste, or sped: and we hastened, &c.: or signifies he ran.

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