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بَدِيعٌ

Root: بدع

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بَدِيعٌ i. q. بِدْعٌ, which see in three places, and مُبْتَدَعٌ ; [i. e. Originated; invented; innovated; made, done, produced, caused to be or exist, or brought into existence, newly, for the first time, not having been or existed before, and not after the similitude of anything pre-existing;] new; wonderful; unknown before. You say, جِئْتَ بِأَمْرٍ بَدِيعٍ Thou hast done a new thing; a wonderful thing; a thing unknown before: and أَمْرٌ بَادِعٌ signifies the same as أَمْرٌ بَدِيعٌ. And جَآءَ بِا لبَدِيعِ, or أَتَى بِالبَدَيعِ, said of a poet, He produced a new saying, or new poetry, not after the similitude of anything preceding. And حَبْلٌ بَدشيعٌ A new rope: or a rope begun to be twisted, not being yet a rope, but undone, then spun, then twisted again. And زِمَامٌ بَدِيعٌ A new nose-rein of a camel. And رَكِيَّةٌ بَدِيعٌ A newly-dug well. [See also بَدِىْءٌ.] And بَدِيعٌ alone, A skin for wine &c.: or a new skin for wine &c.: and a new skin for water or milk: an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant. Hence the trad., إِنَّ تِهَامَةَ كَبَدِيعِ العَسَلِ حُلْوٌ أَوَّلُهُ حُلْوٌ آخِرُهُ [Verily Tihámeh is like the skin, or new skin, of honey: the first part thereof is sweet: the last part thereof is sweet]: because honey does not change in flavour, whereas milk does change.
2 Fat; as an epithet: pl. بُدْعٌ.

def.2 Also i. q. مُبْتَدِعٌ [An originator, inventor, or innovator; one who makes, does, produces, causes to be or exist, or brings into existence, newly, for the first time, and not after the similitude of anything pre-existing]: of the measure فَعِيلٌ in the sense of the measure فَاعِلٌ, like قَدِيرٌ in the sense of قَادِرٌ; from بَدَعَ. [See also بِدْعٌ.] You say, اَللّٰهُ بَدِيعٌ السَّمٰوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ God is the Creator of the heavens and the earth, not after the similitude of anything pre-existing. And hence البَدِيعُ is a name of God, meaning The Originator of the creation, according to his own will, not after the similitude of anything pre-existing.


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