بَدَا
Root: بدو
Form: 1
Full Definition
بَدَاI
, Present.T يَبْدُو, Verbal.Noun بُدُوٌّ and بَدْوٌ and بَدَآءٌ and بَدَآءَةٌ and بَدًا, for which last we find, in [some of] the copies of the K, بُدُوٌّ, a repetition, or بُدُوْءٌ, It appeared; it became apparent, open, manifest, plain, or evident: and
تبدّى [signifies the same; or he showed himself, or it showed itself; (see an ex. in art. جيش, voce جَاشَ, last sentence;) or] he, or it, came in sight, or within sight.
2 بَدَا لَهُ فِى الأَمْرِ, Verbal.Noun بَدْوٌ and بَدًا and بَدَآءٌ, or بَدَآءَةٌ and بَدَاةٌ; or بَدَا لَهُ فِى الأَمْرِ بَدَآءٌ , the last word being in the nom. case because it is the agent; An opinion presented itself, or occurred, to him, or arose in his mind, syn. نَشَأَ, or appeared to him, [respecting the affair, or case,] different from his first opinion, so that it turned him therefrom: or there appeared to him, respecting the affair, or case, what did not appear at first: accord. to Fr, بَدَا لِى بَدَآءٌ means another opinion appeared to me: accord. to Az, بَدَا لِى بَدًا means my opinion changed from what it was. Esh-Shemmàkh says,
3 بَدَا القَوْمُ, Verbal.Noun بَدْوٌ, or بَدَآءٌ; [the latter of which is said in the TA to be the right;] or بَدَا إِلَى البَادِيَةِ, Verbal.Noun بَدَاوَةٌ and بِدَاوَةٌ; The people, or company of men, went forth to the بَادِيَة [or desert]: or, the former, went forth to their بَادِيَة: or went forth from the region, or district, of towns or villages or of cultivated land, to the pasturingplaces in the deserts: [ISd says,] بَدْوٌ may be used as meaning بِدَاوَةٌ, which is the contr. of حِضَارَةٌ: [J says,] بَدَاوَةٌ and بِدَاوَةٌ signify the dwelling, or abiding, in the بَادِيَة [or desert]; the contr. of حِضَارَةٌ: but Th says, I know not بَدَاوَةٌ, with fet-h, except on the authority of AZ alone: As says that بداوة and حضارة are with kesr to the ب and fet-h to the ح; but AZ says the reverse, i. e. with fet-h to the ب and kesr to the ح: both are also explained as signifying the going forth to the بَادِيَة: and some mention بُدَاوَةٌ, with damm; but this is not known: تبدّى like wise signifies he went forth from the constant sources of water to the places where herbage was to be sought [in the desert]; or he dwelt, or abode, in the بَادِيَة. It is said in a trad., مَنْ بَدَا جَفَا, i. e. He who abides in the desert becomes rude, rough, coarse, or uncivil, like the desert-Arabs. And in another, كَانَ يَبْدُو إِلَى هٰذِهِ التِّلَاعِ [He used to go forth to these water-courses in the desert, or these high grounds, or low grounds, &c.].
4 [Hence,] بَدَا He voided his excrement, or ordure; as also [and ابدأ]: because he who does so goes forth from the tents or houses into the open country.
def.2 بَدَانِى بِكَذَا, Present.T يَبْدُو, is like بَدَأَنِى [i. e. He began with me by
def.3 بَدِيَتِ الأَرْضُ The land produced, or abounded with, بَدَاة, i. e. truffles: or had in it truffles.
2 And The land had in it بَدَاة, meaning dust, or earth.
2 بَدَا لَهُ فِى الأَمْرِ, Verbal.Noun بَدْوٌ and بَدًا and بَدَآءٌ, or بَدَآءَةٌ and بَدَاةٌ; or بَدَا لَهُ فِى الأَمْرِ بَدَآءٌ , the last word being in the nom. case because it is the agent; An opinion presented itself, or occurred, to him, or arose in his mind, syn. نَشَأَ, or appeared to him, [respecting the affair, or case,] different from his first opinion, so that it turned him therefrom: or there appeared to him, respecting the affair, or case, what did not appear at first: accord. to Fr, بَدَا لِى بَدَآءٌ means another opinion appeared to me: accord. to Az, بَدَا لِى بَدًا means my opinion changed from what it was. Esh-Shemmàkh says,
[May-be an opinion different from thy first opinion hath arisen in thy mind respecting that youthful she-camel]. ثُمَّ بَدَا لَهُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَا رَأَوُا ٱلْآيَاتِ لَيَسْجُنَنَّهُ, in the Kur [xii.35], means بَدَا لَهُمْ بَدَآءٌ وَقَالُوا لَيَسْجُنُنَّهُ, [i.e. Then an opinion arose in their minds, after they had seen the signs of his innocence, and they said that they should certainly imprison him,] because ليسجننّه, being a proposition, cannot be the agent: so says Sb. بَدَا لِلّهِ أَنْ يَقْتُلَهُمْ, occurring in a trad., meansلَعَلَّكَ وَ المَوْعُودُ حَقٌّ وَفَاؤُهُ بَدَا لَكَ فِى تِلْكَ القَلُوصِ بَدَآءُ
3 بَدَا القَوْمُ, Verbal.Noun بَدْوٌ, or بَدَآءٌ; [the latter of which is said in the TA to be the right;] or بَدَا إِلَى البَادِيَةِ, Verbal.Noun بَدَاوَةٌ and بِدَاوَةٌ; The people, or company of men, went forth to the بَادِيَة [or desert]: or, the former, went forth to their بَادِيَة: or went forth from the region, or district, of towns or villages or of cultivated land, to the pasturingplaces in the deserts: [ISd says,] بَدْوٌ may be used as meaning بِدَاوَةٌ, which is the contr. of حِضَارَةٌ: [J says,] بَدَاوَةٌ and بِدَاوَةٌ signify the dwelling, or abiding, in the بَادِيَة [or desert]; the contr. of حِضَارَةٌ: but Th says, I know not بَدَاوَةٌ, with fet-h, except on the authority of AZ alone: As says that بداوة and حضارة are with kesr to the ب and fet-h to the ح; but AZ says the reverse, i. e. with fet-h to the ب and kesr to the ح: both are also explained as signifying the going forth to the بَادِيَة: and some mention بُدَاوَةٌ, with damm; but this is not known: تبدّى like wise signifies he went forth from the constant sources of water to the places where herbage was to be sought [in the desert]; or he dwelt, or abode, in the بَادِيَة. It is said in a trad., مَنْ بَدَا جَفَا, i. e. He who abides in the desert becomes rude, rough, coarse, or uncivil, like the desert-Arabs. And in another, كَانَ يَبْدُو إِلَى هٰذِهِ التِّلَاعِ [He used to go forth to these water-courses in the desert, or these high grounds, or low grounds, &c.].
4 [Hence,] بَدَا He voided his excrement, or ordure; as also [and ابدأ]: because he who does so goes forth from the tents or houses into the open country.
def.2 بَدَانِى بِكَذَا, Present.T يَبْدُو, is like بَدَأَنِى [i. e. He began with me by
def.3 بَدِيَتِ الأَرْضُ The land produced, or abounded with, بَدَاة, i. e. truffles: or had in it truffles.
2 And The land had in it بَدَاة, meaning dust, or earth.
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