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بجر

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

أَبْجَرُ ذ A man (S) having his navel, or the part remaining of the navel-string after its having been cut, protruding, (S, Mgh, K,) and elevated, and hard, (TA,) and thick at the base, (S, M,) and fleshy at the neck, or slender part, with wind remaining in the enlarged part: (M:) fem. بَجْرَاآءُ: (S:) pl. بُجْرٌ (S, K) and بُجْرَانٌ. (K.) ― -b2- Large in the belly: pl. as above: and ↓ بَاجِرٌ signifies the same: (TA:) or this latter, having a swollen, or an inflated, belly: (IAar, K:) or having a large belly and a protruding navel: and its pl. is بَجَرَةٌ, occurring in a trad., in which the tribe of Kureysh are described as أَشِحَّةٌ بَجَرَةٌ: or بجرة may here mean (tropical:) hoarders and acquirers of wealth. (L.) ― -b3- One says also حَقِيبَةٌ بَجْرَاآءُ (assumed tropical:) A full [ receptacle of the kind called ] حقيبة; and صُرَرٌ بُجْرٌ (assumed tropical:) full purses; and كِيسٌ أَعْجَزُ [or أَعْجَرُ?]: but they did not say, حَقِيبَةٌ عَجْزَاآءُ [or عَجْرَاآءُ?]; nor كِيسٌ أَبْجَرُ; though analogy does not disagree to it: it is from بُجْرٌ signifying “prominence in the belly.” (Har p. 639.) ― -b4- And أَرْضٌ بَجْرَاآءُ (assumed tropical:) Ground, or land, that is elevated, (K, * TA,) and hard. (TA.) ― -b5- أَبْجَرُ also signifies (assumed tropical:) The rope of a ship; (K;) because of its greatness in relation to ropes in general. (TA.)

Derived headwords

أَبْجَرُ
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أَشِحَّةٌ بَجَرَةٌ
حَقِيبَةٌ بَجْرَاآءُ
صُرَرٌ بُجْرٌ
كِيسٌ أَعْجَزُ
حَقِيبَةٌ عَجْزَاآءُ
كِيسٌ أَبْجَرُ
أَرْضٌ بَجْرَاآءُ