بَآءٌ
Root: بوأ
Full Definition
بَآءٌ
: see بَآءَةٌ.
def.2 A libidinous man. (TA in باب الالف الليّنة.)
def.3 The name of the letter ب, q. v.; as also بَا: pl. of the former بَآءَاتٌ; and of the latter أَبْوَآءٌ. The dim. is بُيَيَّةٌ, meaning A little ب: and a ب faintly pronounced: [and app. بُوَيَّةٌ also, as the medial radical is generally held to be و:] and in like manner is formed the dim. of every similar name of a letter. (Lth, on the letter حَآء, in TA, باب الالف اللينّة.)
def.2 A libidinous man. (TA in باب الالف الليّنة.)
def.3 The name of the letter ب, q. v.; as also بَا: pl. of the former بَآءَاتٌ; and of the latter أَبْوَآءٌ. The dim. is بُيَيَّةٌ, meaning A little ب: and a ب faintly pronounced: [and app. بُوَيَّةٌ also, as the medial radical is generally held to be و:] and in like manner is formed the dim. of every similar name of a letter. (Lth, on the letter حَآء, in TA, باب الالف اللينّة.)
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