ب ه ت

Arabic

Root

ب ه ت • (b-h-t)

1. related to stupor and slander

Derived terms

Verbs and verbal derivatives

• Form I: بَهَتَ (bahata, “to faint, be shocked”)
  • Verbal noun: بُهْت (buht, “calumny, defamation, denigration”)
  • Active participle: بَاهِت (bāhit, “dim, drab, dull”)
  • Passive participle: مَبْهُوت (mabhūt, “aghast, amazed, astonished”)
• Form I: بَهِتَ (bahita, “to be palid or faint; to renounce”)
  • Active participle: بَاهِت (bāhit)
  • Passive participle: مَبْهُوت (mabhūt)
• Form II: بَهَّتَ (bahhata, “(with ب (b)) to astound with one’s idiocy”)
  • Verbal noun: تَبْهِيت (tabhīt)
  • Active participle: مُبَهِّت (mubahhit)
  • Passive participle: مُبَهَّت (mubahhat)
• Form III: بَاهَتَ (bāhata, “to calumniate, lie”)
  • Verbal noun: مُبَاهَتَة (mubāhata), بِهَات (bihāt)
  • Active participle: مُبَاهِت (mubāhit)
  • Passive participle: مُبَاهَت (mubāhat)
• Form IV: أَبْهَتَ (ʔabhata, “to surprise, amaze”)
  • Verbal noun: إِبْهَات (ʔibhāt)
  • Active participle: مُبْهِت (mubhit)
  • Passive participle: مُبْهَت (mubhat)
• Form VII: اِنْبَهَتَ (inbahata, “to be palid or faint; to renounce”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْبِهَات (inbihāt)
  • Active participle: مُنْبَهِت (munbahit)

Nouns and adjectives

• بَهَّات (bahhāt, “liar, calumniator”)
• بُهْتَات (buhtāt), بَهُوت (bahūt, “calumniator, detractor”)
• بَهْتَة (bahta), بَهِيتَة (bahīta, “stupor, dazedness, bewilderment”)

References

• Corriente, Federico (2005) “ب ه ت”, in Diccionario avanzado árabe‎^[1] (in Spanish), 2nd edition, Barcelona: Herder, page 95
• Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes by Reinhart Dozy (d. 1883 CE) تكملة المعاجم العربية لرينهارت دوزي