[1]
بَحَرَ , (TA,) [aor.
يَبْحَرُ ,] inf. n. بَحْرٌ, (K,) He
slit; cut, or divided, lengthwise; split; or clave;
(K, TA;) and enlarged, or made wide. (TA.)
Hence the term بَحْرٌ [as meaning “ a sea ” or
“ great river ”] is said to be derived, because
what is so called is cleft, or trenched, in the
earth, and the trench is made the bed of its
water. (TA.) ―
2-b2- بَحَرَهَا, (M,) or بَحَرَ أُذُنَهَا, (S,
A, Msb,) aor.
يَبْحَرُ , (M, Msb,) inf. n. بَحْرٌ, (S, M,
Msb, K,) He slit her (a camel's, S, M, A, Msb,
and a sheep's or goat's, M) ear, (S, M, A, Msb,
K,) in halves, or in halves lengthwise, (M, TA,)
widely; (B;) and in like manner, بَحَرَهُ he slit
his (a camel's) ear widely: (B:) and ↓ بحّر
آذَانَ الأَنْعَامِ, inf. n. تَبْحِيرٌ, He slit [&c.] the ears
of the cattle. (Az, TA in art. بتك.) ＝
1-A2- [بَحُرَ,
aor.
يَبْحُرُ , inf. n. بَحَارَةٌ, It was, or became, wide,
or spacious. The inf. n. is mentioned in the A:
see بَحْرٌ: and see also 10.]