بذأ1 بَذُؤَ, (T, M, K,) with and without ء, (Mgh,) aor. ـُ (T,) inf. n. بَذَآءٌ and بَذَآءَةٌ, (M, K,) the former written in one copy of the K بَذَأٌ, and the latter in some copies written بَذْأَةٌ; (TA;) and بَذَأَ, and بَذِئَ, (K,) aor.  of both بَذَاَ; (TA;) and some say بَذِىَ, aor. ـْ inf. n. بَذَآءٌ; (T;) or, accord. to the Msb, only بَذَأَ is with ء, and the others are properly written بَذِىَ and بَذُوَ; (TA;) He (a man) was, or became, foul, unseemly, or obscene, (T, M, K, TA,) in tongue; (TA;) evil in speech. (T.) And بَذَأَ عَلَى القَوْمِ, aor. ـَ inf. n. بَذْءٌ and بَذَآءٌ, He behaved in a lightwitted, weak, stupid, or foolish, manner, or ignorantly, towards the people, or company of men; and uttered foul, unseemly, or obscene, language against them; and so though with truth. (Msb.) b2:  بَذَأَ also signifies He was, or became, evil in disposition. (Fr, T.) b3:  And, said of a place, It became devoid of pasture, barren, or unfruitful. (TA.) A2:  بَاذَأَهُ فَبَذَأَهُ: see 3. b2:  بَذَأَهُ, (T, S, M, K,) aor. ـَ (T,) inf. n. بَذْءٌ, (T, S,) also signifies He dispraised it; discommended it; (T, M, K;) namely, a thing: (M:) and be despised him: (T, K:) and he saw in him (a man, S) a state, or condition, that he disliked, or hated: (S, K:) he did not approve him; and was not pleased with his aspect. (TA.) And بَذَأَتْهُ عَيْنِى, (T, S, M, Msb, *) aor.  as above, (M,) and so the inf. n., (S, M,) My eye did not approve him, or it; (T, S;) I was not pleased with his, or its, aspect; (S;) and I saw in him, or it, a state, or condition, that I disliked. or hated: (T:) or my eye despised, or regarded as of light estimation, him, or it: (M, Msb:) accord. to Az, this is said when a thing has been praised, or greatly praised, to thee, and in thy presence, and then thou dost not see it to be as it has been described: but when thou seest it to be as it has been described, thou sayest, مَا تَبْذَؤُهُ العَيْنِ. (T.) One says also, بَذَأَ الأَرْضَ He dispraised, or discommended, the pasture of the land. (S, M, K.) And in like manner, بَذَأَ المَوْضِعَ (S) He did not praise the place. (TA.) 3 باذأهُ, (T,) inf. n. مُبَاذَأَةٌ, (T, K,) in some copies of the K without ء, (TA,) and بِذَآءٌ, (T, K,) [He vied with him, or strove to surpass him, in foul, unseemly, or obscene, speech or language: and he held such discourse with him: these significations being indicated by the following exs., and by the saying that] the inf. ns. are syn. with  مُفَاحَشَةٌ. (T, K.) You say, ↓ بَاذَأَهُ فَبَذَأَهُ [He vied with him, or strove to surpass him, in foul, unseemly, or obscene, speech or language, and he surpassed him therein: in this case, the aor.  of the latter verb is بَذُاَ, notwithstanding the final faucial letter]. (TA.) And Esh-Shaabee says, إِذَ عَظُمَتِ الحَلْقَةُ فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ بِذَآءٌ وَ نِجَآءٌ [i. e. When the ring of people becomes large, it is only an occasion of holding foul, unseemly, or obscene, and secret, discourse]: it is said that بذآء here signifies مفاحشة: (T:) the meaning is, that there is much بذاء and نجاء, i. e. مُنَاجَاة, therein. (TA in art. نجو. [But there, in the place of فَإِنَّمَا هُوَ, I find فَهِىَ; and in the TA in the present art., فَإِنَّمَا بِهِ.]) b2:  Also He contended with him in an altercation. (T.) 4 ابذأ He uttered foul, unseemly, or obscene, speech or language. (TA.) بَذِىْءٌ A man foul, unseemly, or obscene, (T, M, K, TA,) in tongue; (TA;) evil in speech. (T.) [See also art. بذو.] b2:  A place in which is no pasture: (K:) and أَرْضٌ بَذِيْئَةٌ a land in which is no pasture. (S, M.)