بَحْثَرَ, [inf. n. بَحْثَرَةٌ,] He took, drew, or pulled, a thing out, or forth; and uncovered it, laid it open, or exposed it; (Abu-l-Jarráh, Ṣ, Ḳ;) as also بَعْثَرَ. (Abu-l-Jarráh, Ṣ.) It is said in the Ḳur [c. 9], accord. to one reading, بُعْثِرَ بُحْثِرَ مَا فِى القُبُورِ, [instead of بُعْثِرَ,] meaning [When that which is in the graves is taken forth and uncovered; i. e.,] when the dead are raised to life; syn. بُعِثَ; and it is not improbable that بَحْثَرَ may be composed of بَحَثَ and أَثَرَ [app. a mistranscription for أَثَارَ], accord. to the opinion of those who hold that quadriliteral and quinqueliteral words are composed of two. (TA.)

He searched, or sought, for, or after, a thing in the dust or earth, or the like; syn. بَحَثَ [which IbrD thinks may be a mistake for بَعَثَ: but see بَعْثَرَ]. (L, Ḳ, and Bḍ in c. 9.)

He separated, disunited, scattered, dispersed, or dissipated, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) a thing. (Ṣ.) He scattered, or dispersed, his household goods, or his commodities, and turned them over, one upon another; as also بَعْثَرَ. (Fr, Ṣ.)

It (milk) curdled, or coagulated, and formed little clots of curd; syn. تَقَطَّعَ وَتَحَبَّبَ. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

تَبَحْثَرَ It (a thing, Ṣ) became separated, disunited, scattered, dispersed, or dissipated. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

لَبَنٌ مُبَحْثِرٌ Milk curdling, or coagulating, and forming little clots of curd. (Ḳ. [See Q. 1.]) When the upper portion is thick and the lower thin, it is termed هَادِرٌ. (TA.)