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Quranic root

بعثر

b · ʿ · th · r

The root expresses disturbing or turning over what is concealed so that it is brought forth and exposed.

The Quran-focused evidence associates بعثرة with raising and stirring up what is hidden, with a possible interpretive association with بعث and إثارة. This development describes the semantic orientation of the root, not an additional form-level meaning.

  • Mufradāt · row 137
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Quran-attested forms
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Quran senses
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Quran occurrences

Forms in the Quran

The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.

بَعْثَرَ

baʿthara

Part of speech
Verb · Form I
Form
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Quran occurrences
2 occurrences

Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.

  1. To bring forth and expose what is concealed beneath or within something by turning over or disturbing its covering; in the Quranic passive construction, for what is in the graves to be raised and brought out.

    The Quranic attestations are passive perfect forms and concern what is in the graves. The grave context is explained as the earth being turned over and its contents brought forth; a reported interpretation focuses on buried valuables emerging before the dead.

    • Lane · entry 36703
    • Mufradāt · row 137
    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 82:4word 3

    “are overturned”

    Quran 100:9word 4

    “will be scattered”

Occurrences in the Quran

Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.

  • 82:4بُعْثِرَتْare overturned
  • 100:9بُعْثِرَwill be scattered
View all 2 occurrences

Broader Classical Arabic meanings

Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.

Show 3 Classical meanings

  • بَعْثَرَ

    To examine or search; to seek out news or tidings.

    The search may be directed at a thing or at information, including searching for, after, or into news and tidings.

    • Lane · entry 36703

  • بَعْثَرَ

    To scatter or disperse something, turning its parts over one upon another.

    Applied classically to goods, household effects, or commodities as they are dispersed and overturned.

    • Lane · entry 36703

  • بَعْثَرَ

    To demolish a watering-trough or tank and turn it upside down.

    A specialized use referring to a watering-trough or tank that is overturned after being demolished.

    • Lane · entry 36703

Cautions

Points that affect how this root should be read.

  • The Quranic form is attested only in passive perfect forms, while the public headword is the normalized active perfect dictionary citation form.

  • No matched Maqayis entry was supplied; the root-level orientation is therefore limited to the Quran-focused lexical discussion.