بالغ

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بالغ^¹

/baː.la.ɣa/

verb بَالَغَ · bālaḡa · يُبَالِغُ · مُبَالَغَة · مُبَالِغ

to exaggerate
to overdo
to do one’s utmost
to intensify

بالغ^²

/baː.liɣ/

Where it comes from

Derived from the active participle of the verb بَلَغَ (balaḡa, “to reach, to arrive, to come to, to amount to”).

verb بَالِغ · bāliḡ · بَالِغَة · بَالِغُون · بَالِغَات

active, form vi, participle active participle of بَلَغَ (balaḡa) إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَالِغُ أَمْرِهِ

adjective بَالِغ · bāliḡ · بَالِغَة · بَالِغُون · بَالِغَات

extensive, far-reaching
considerable, profound, serious
intense, high, extreme, strong
of feelings violent, vehement

noun بَالِغ · bāliḡ · بَالِغُون · بَالِغَة · الْبَالِغ

one who has reached puberty; pubescent, mature, of age, in one’s majority, adult
Similar: رَاشِد

In English

adult fully grown human
exaggerate to overstate, to describe more than is fact
grown-up adult, fully grown — see also adult
Peleg Biblical character

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {بالغ},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%BA},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}