1 بَهُجَ بهج , aor. بَهُجَ , (AZ, S, Msb, &c.,) inf. n. بَهَاجَةٌ (AZ, S, L, K) and بَهْجَةٌ (AZ, L, [but some seem to regard this as a simple subst.,]) and بَهَجَانٌ , (L,) He, or it, was, or became, beautiful, or goodly: (AZ, S, L, Msb, K:) or beautiful in colour: or beautiful and bright or splendid: or it (a plant) was, or became, beautiful and bright; and he (a man) was, or became, characterized by a laughing, or happy, appearance of the beautiful parts of the face, as the cheeks, and the lines of the forehead: or by the appearance of joy, gladness, or happiness; or by a joyful, glad, or happy, aspect, or appearance. (L.) You say also, بَهِجَ النَّبَاتُ , with kesr, meaning (assumed tropical:) The plant, or herbage, was, or became, beautiful [&c.]. (TA, [but this is probably a tropical signification, from بَهِجَ in the sense here following.]) -b2- بَهِجَ , (S, A, L, K,) with kesr, (S,) aor. بَهَجَ , (K,) inf. n. بَهَجٌ ; (L;) and ; (S, A, L, Msb, K;) He was, or became, joyful, glad, or happy. (S, A, L, Msb, K.) You say, بَهِجَ بِهِ , (S, A,) and لَهُ ; (TA;) and بِهِ ; (A, Msb;) He rejoiced in it, or at it; or became rejoiced by it, or at it. (S, A, Msb, TA.) [See also 10.] -A2- بَهَجَ , (S, K,) aor. بَهَجَ ; (K;) and ; (S, A, K;) the latter of which is the more approved; (TA;) It (a thing, TA, or an affair or event, S, A) rejoiced; or made joyful, glad, or happy; (S, A, K;) a person. (S, A.)

2 بهّج بهج , (ISd, L,) inf. n. تَبْهِيجٌ , (K,) He beautified; rendered beautiful, or goodly. (ISd, L, K.) ISd says, I have not heard this, except in the saying of El-'Ajjáj, دَعْ ذَا وَبَهِّجْ حَسَبًا مُبَهَّجَا as though meaning [ Leave thou this subject, and ] beautify, or adorn, the more this nobility [ already beautified, or adorned, ] by thy describing it. (L.)

3 بَاهجهُ باهجه باهجة , (A, K,) inf. n. مُبَاهَجَةٌ , (A,) He vied, or competed, with him, or contended with him for superiority, in beauty, or goodliness; [as expl. in the TK; or in glory, or excellence; ] syn. بَاهَاهُ (A, K) and بَارَاهُ , (K,) both of these meaning the same. (TA.)

4 أَبْهَجَ see 1, last sentence. -b2- أَبْهَجَتِ الأَرْضُ The land, or earth, became beautiful, or goodly, (S, L, K,) or beautiful and bright or splendid, (L,) in its plants, or herbage. (S, L, K.)

6 تباهج الرَّوْضُ تباهج الروض (assumed tropical:) The meadows, or gardens, became abundant in blossoms or flowers [ as though vying, one with another, in beauty, or goodliness: see 3]. (K, TA.)