Quranic root

بغت

b · gh · t

The root centers on something breaking in upon a person or situation unexpectedly, without being anticipated.

The basic notion of sudden onset develops into the adverbial noun بَغْتَة for an unforeseen occurrence or arrival.

Forms in the Quran

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

baghtah

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

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

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

Show 2 Classical meanings

البَاغُوتُ
A Christian festival, identified in one account as Easter.
The identification is reported with some variation; another transmitted form is الباعوث.
- Lane · entry 36775
مَبْغُوتٌ
Confounded or perplexed, unable to discern the right course.
Used as a descriptive participial term, including in the expression لَا رَأْىَ لِمَبْغُوتٍ, “a confounded person has no sound judgment.”
- Lane · entry 36776

Points that affect how this root should be read.

Lane records variant forms and a variant Quran reading, while the public Quranic headword follows the QAC-attested form بَغْتَة.