(ض) بَغَيَ يَبْغِيُbaghaya yabghiyu (original form) ⟵ بَغٰى يَبْغِيْ بَغْيًاbaghā yabghī baghyan (form in use): to exceed the bounds in desiring or seeking a thing. It thus occurs in two senses: (1) to desire, to seek; it takes its direct object (mafʿūl bih) directly. ﴿ذٰلِكَ مَا كُنَّا نَبْغِ﴾ (Al-Kahf 18:64) (2) to transgress, to rebel; the one wronged is governed by the preposition عَلٰىʿalā. ﴿فَاِنْۢ بَغَتْ اِحْدٰىهُمَا عَلَي الْاُخْرٰى﴾ (Al-Ḥujurāt 49:9)
بَاغٍbāgh (اصلاً بَاغِيٌaṣlan bāghiy, defective noun (ism manqūṣ), active participle (ism fāʿil)): one who transgresses, one who desires. ﴿فَمَنِ اضْطُرَّ غَيْرَ بَاغٍ وَّلَا عَادٍ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:173)
بَغْيٌbaghy (noun, ism dhāt): desire; transgression. ﴿وَيَنْهٰى عَنِ الْفَحْشَآءِ وَالْمُنْكَرِ وَالْبَغْيِ﴾ (An-Naḥl 16:90)
بَغِيٌّbaghiyy (relative adjective, ism nisbah): one full of desire, one given to transgression; unchaste. ﴿وَلَمْ اَكُ بَغِيًّا﴾ (Maryam 19:20)
Form VIII (iftiʿāl) اِبْتَغٰى يَبْتَغِيْ اِبْتِغَاءًibtaghā yabtaghī ibtighāʾan: to desire earnestly, to seek out; اِبْتَغِibtaghi is the imperative (amr): seek, search. ﴿وَابْتَغُوْٓا اِلَيْهِ الْوَسِيْلَةَ﴾ (Al-Māʾidah 5:35); ﴿وَابْتَغِ فِيْمَآ اٰتٰىكَ اللّٰهُ الدَّارَ الْاٰخِرَةَ﴾ (Al-Qaṣaṣ 28:77)
Form VII (infiʿāl) اِنْبَغٰى يَنْبَغِيْ اِنْبِغَاءًinbaghā yanbaghī inbighāʾan: to be gentle and easy; to be befitting one's station and rank. ﴿وَمَا يَنْۢبَغِيْ لِلرَّحْمٰنِ اَنْ يَّتَّخِذَ وَلَدًا﴾ (Maryam 19:92)