[1]
بَاتَ , (T, S M, &c.,) aor. يَبِيتُ and يَبَاتُ, (S,
Msb, K,) inf. n. بَيْتُوتَةٌ (Lth, T, S A, Msb, K) and
مَبِيتٌ (Msb, K) and مَبَاتٌ (Msb) and بَيْتٌ and
بَيَاتٌ, (K,) has two meanings: in that which more
commonly obtains, the action is restricted to the
night: (Msb:) it is by night, or in night; not
in sleep: (M:) you say, بَاتَ يَفْعَلُ كَذَا, meaning
He did such a thing by night, or at night: (S,
Msb, K:) [or he was in the night, or at night, or
during the night, doing such a thing: and he
passed, or spent, the night, or a night, or a part
thereof, or, as will be seen below, he entered upon
the night, doing such a thing:] like as one says,
ظَلَّ يَفْعَلُ كَذَا as meaning “ he did such a thing
by day, ” or “ at day-time: ” (S, Msb;*) IKoot
and Es-Sarakustee and IKtt say that it has this
meaning, and not “ he slept: ” (Msb:) [F adds,]
وَ لَيْسَ مِنَ النَّوْمِ, (K,) which is said to mean, “ and
the action is not one of sleep; ” so that when one
sleeps by night, or at night, it is not correct to
say, بَاتَ يَنَامُ: or, accord. to some, “ its meaning
is not that of sleeping; ” so that one may say,
بَاتَ زَيْدٌ نَائِمًا [Zeyd was in the night, &c., or
passed, or spent, the night, &c., sleeping]: (MF:)
[Fei says,] it is only when one remains awake in
the night: and hence the saying in the Kur
[xxv. 65], وَٱلَّذِينَ يَبِيتُونَ لِرَّبِهِمْ سُجَّدًا وَقِيامًا [And
those who pass the night prostrating themselves to
their Lord and standing up in prayer]: (Msb:)
Fr says that بَاتَ الرَّجُلُ means The man remained
awake all the night, engaged in acts of obedience or
of disobedience: (T, Msb:) [or it means the man
entered upon the night; or he was in the night, or at
night, or during the night, in any state, or engaged
in any action; for] Zj says, (M,) بَاتَ is said of
any one whom the night has overtaken, (M, K, *)
whether he have slept or not slept: (M:) and
Lth says, البَيْتُوتَةُ signifies the entering upon the
night: one says, بِتُّ أَصْنَعُ كَذَا وَ كَذَا [I entered
upon the night doing such and such things]: and
he adds, (T,) he who says بَاتَ as meaning he
slept commits an error; for you say, بِتُّ أُرَاعِى
النُّجُومَ [I entered upon, or passed, the night]
looking at the stars: and how can he be sleeping
who is looking at them? (T, Msb:) but Mullà
'Abd-El-Hakeem, in his Commentaries on the
Mutowwal, says that بَاتَ sometimes means he
remained, continued, stayed, or dwelt, and he
alighted and abode, by night, or at night, whether
he slept or not: (MF:) and Ibn-Keysán says
that it may be used in the same manner as نَامَ [he
slept]; and also, [as will be explained below,] in
the same manner as كَانَ. (TA.) You say, بَاتَ
بَيْتُوتَةً صَالِحَةً (T) or طَيِّبَةً (A) [He passed, or
entered upon, the night, or a night, in a good
manner]. And بِتُّ القَوْمَ and بِتُّ بِهِمْ and بِتُّ
عِنْدَهُمْ [I passed, or entered upon, the night, or a
night, with, or at the abode of, the people, or company of men: the last of these phrases is the most
common]. (A 'Obeyd, M, K.) ―
2-b2- Secondly, it is
used in the sense of صَارَ [He became]; (Msb;)
or in the same manner as كَانَ [he was]. (Ibn-Keysán, TA.) One says, بَاتَ بِمَوْضِعِ كَذَا He
became [or was] in such a place; whether in
night-time or in day-time. (Msb.) And hence
the saying of the lawyers, بَاتَ عِنْدَ ٱمْرَأَتِهِ لَيْلَةً He
became [or was] with his wife one night; [which
is the same as he passed a night &c.; though this,
it will be observed, is not in this instance the
signification of the verb alone;] whether sleeping
or not. (Msb.) ―
2-b3- [Thus it is used both as a
“ complete, ” i. e. an attributive, verb, and also as
an “ incomplete, ” i. e. a non-attributive, verb.] ―
2-b4-
بَاتَ, aor. يَبِيتُ, (T, A,) inf. n. بَيْتٌ, (T, M, K,)
also signifies (tropical:) He married, or took a wife: (T,
A:) [see بَيْتٌ below:] or (assumed tropical:) he gave in marriage;
syn. of the inf. n. تَزْوِيجٌ. (Kr, M, K.)