برع
1 بَرَعَ الجَبَلَ He ascended, or ascended upon, the mountain. (
TA.)
b2: And بَرَعَ صَاحِبَهُ He was, or became, superior to his companion; he excelled him; (
IAar;) he overcame him. (
K.)
A2: بَرَعَ, (
S,
Msb,
K,)
aor. ـَ (
Msb,
MS,
PS, [
accord. to the
TA, which is followed in the
TK, بَرُعَ, which is evidently a mistake,]) and بَرُعَ,
aor. ـُ (
S,
Msb,
K;) and بَرِعَ,
aor. ـَ (
Sgh,
K;)
inf. n. بُرُوعٌ, (
M,
K,) which is of بَرَعَ, (
TA,) and بَرَاعَةٌ, (
S,
M,
Msb,
K,) which is of بَرُعَ [and is the more common]; (
Msb,
TA;) He excelled in knowledge, or courage, or other qualities: (
Msb:) or he excelled his companions in knowledge &c.: (
S,
K:) or he was, or became, accomplished, perfect, or complete, in every excellence, and in goodliness. (
M,
K.) 5 تبرّع بِالعَطَآءِ He gave what was not incumbent, or obligatory, on him; he gave supererogatorily: (
K:) or he gave gratuitously, unasked, or unbidden: (
TA:) as though he affected بَرَاعَة [or excellence] therein, and generosity. (
Z,
TA.) And تبرّع بِالأَمْرِ He did, or performed, the thing, or affair, disinterestedly; not seeking, or desiring, a compensation. (
Msb.) And تبرّع بِالجِهَادِ [He engaged unbidden, or disinterestedly, in war against unbelievers]. (
Msb in art. طوع.) بَرِيعَةٌ: see بَارِعٌ.
بَارِعٌ Anything overtopping. (
IAar.)
b2: Excelling in knowledge, or courage, or other qualities: (
Msb:) or excelling his companions in knowledge &c.: (
S,
K:) or accomplished, perfect, or complete, in every excellence, and in goodliness: (
K:)
fem. with ة. (
K.) And ↓ بَرِيعَةٌ, applied to a woman, (
IAar,) Excelling in goodliness, or beauty, and in intelligence. (
IAar,
K.) and بَارِعَةٌ, applied to a girl, Goodly, or beautiful. (
TA.)
b3: أَمْرٌ بَارِعٌ A case, a state, or condition, or an affair, exalted, or of high estimation; (
TA;) goodly, or comely. (
K,
TA.)
b4: سَعْدٌ البَارعِ A certain نَجْم [or asterism]. (
TA, [in which it is here said to be “of the Mansions,”
i. e., of the Mansions of the Moon; but it seems that لَيْسَ, or the like, has been omitted by a copyist; for it is said in art. سعد, (
q. v.,) on several authorities, to be not of the Mansions of the Moon.]) هٰذَا أَبْرَعُ مِنْهُ This is larger, bigger, or more bulky, than he, or it. (
K,
TA.) فَعَلَهُ مُتَبَرِّعًا He did it without its being incumbent, or obligatory, on him; supererogatorily: or gratuitously, unasked, or unbidden: or disinterestedly; not seeking, or desiring, a compensation:
syn. مُتَطَوِّعًا. (
S,
K.)
