بهيج

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ب ه ج (b-h-j).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.hiːd͡ʒ/

Adjective

بَهِيج (bahīj) (feminine بَهِيجَة (bahīja), masculine plural بُهَجَاء (buhajāʾ))

  1. delightful, joyous
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 22:5:
      وَتَرَى ٱلْأَرْضَ هَامِدَةً فَإِذَا أَنْزَلْنَا عَلَيْهَا ٱلْمَاءَ ٱهْتَزَّتْ وَرَبَتْ وَأَنْبَتَتْ مِنْ كُلِّ زَوْجٍ بَهِيجٍ
      watarā l-ʾarḍa hāmidatan faʾiḏā ʾanzalnā ʿalayhā l-māʾa htazzat warabat waʾanbatat min kulli zawjin bahījin
      And you see the earth barren, but when We send down upon it rain, it quivers and swells and grows [something] of every beautiful kind.

Declension

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