بهأ1 بَهَأ بِهِ, and بَهِئَ, (Az, S, Mgh, K,) [aor. ـَ and بَهُؤَ, (K,) [aor. ـُ inf. n. بَهْءٌ and بُهُوْءٌ (Az, S, K) and بَهَآءٌ; (K;) and به ↓ ابتهأ; (Aboo-Sa'eed, TA;) He was, or became, sociable, friendly, or familiar, with him, or it; (Az, S, Mgh, K;) namely, a man, (Az, S,) or a thing; (Mgh;) and loved, or liked, his, or its, nearness: (Aboo-Sa'eed, TA:) and he became familiar with it so as to have little, or no, reverence for it, or awe of it. (Mgh, TA.) بَهَوْا بِهِ occurs in a trad., as they relate it, for بَهَؤُوا به: (A 'Obeyd, TA:) and ↓ يَبْتَهِى, in a verse of El-Aashà, for يَبْتَهِئُ. (As, O, TS, L.) b2:  مَا بَهَأْتُ لَهُ I did not understand it; or I did not know it; (ISk, S, K;) as also مَا بَأَهْتُ لَهُ. (ISk, S.) 8 إِبْتَهَاَ see 1, in two places.نَاقَةٌ بَهَآءٌ A she-camel familiar with, or accustomed to, her milker; (As, S;) that offers no opposition to him. (K.) A2:  بَهَآءٌ as syn. with حُسْنٌ belongs to art. بهو. (S, &c.)