ب ح ث

See also: بحث, تخت, بخت, بحت, تجب, تحب, and تحت

Arabic

Root

ب ح ث • (b-ḥ-ṯ)

1. Related to searching

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: بَحَثَ (baḥaṯa, “to look for, to search, to seek”)
  • Verbal noun: بَحْث (baḥṯ, “search, research”)
  • Active participle: بَاحِث (bāḥiṯ, “researcher, searcher”)
  • Passive participle: مَبْحُوث (mabḥūṯ)
• Form III: بَاحَثَ (bāḥaṯa, “to discuss with someone”)
  • Verbal noun: مُبَاحَثَة (mubāḥaṯa), بِحَاث (biḥāṯ)
  • Active participle: مُبَاحِث (mubāḥiṯ)
  • Passive participle: مُبَاحَث (mubāḥaṯ)
• Form VI: تَبَاحَثَ (tabāḥaṯa, “to have a discussion, to discuss together”)
  • Verbal noun: تَبَاحُث (tabāḥuṯ)
  • Active participle: مُتَبَاحِث (mutabāḥiṯ)
  • Passive participle: مُتَبَاحَث (mutabāḥaṯ)

Nouns

• مَبْحَث (mabḥaṯ, “subject, field, theme; investigation”)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1960) “ب ح ث”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz