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بَهَا

Root: بهو

Form: 1

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بَهَاI , Present.T يَبْهَا, or يَبْهُو; and بَهُوَ, Present.T يَبْهُو; and بَهِىَ, Present.T يَبْهَى; and بَهَى, [first pers. بَهَيْتُ,] Present.T يَبْهَى; Verbal.Noun بَهَآءٌ and بَهَآءَةٌ; He or it, was, or became, characterized by, or possessed of, بَهَآء, meaning beauty, or goodliness [&c.].

def.2 بَهَوْتُهُ and بَهَيْتُهُ: see 3.

def.3 بَهِىَ, Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun بَهًا, It was, or became, empty, or vacant: or it was, or became, rent, or pierced with holes, and rendered vacant.

def.4 بَهِىَ بِهِ i. q. بَهَأَ بِهِ [q. v.]. And بَهَؤُوا بِهِ occurs in a trad., as they relate it, for بَهَؤُوا بِهِ. (A'Obeyd, TA in art. بهأ.)
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