بحر

4 ابحر أبحر ابحر بحر He embarked [or voyaged ] upon the sea or a great river. (Yaakoob, S, M, K.) [Opposed to أَبَرَّ.] ― -b2- (tropical:) It (water, K, sweet water S, A) was, or became, salt. (S, A, * K.) ― -b3- أَبْحَرَتِ الأَرْضُ The land abounded with places where water stagnated. (T, K. * [In the latter, مَنَافِعُهَا is put by mistake for مَنَاقِعُهَا. See بَحْرَةٌ.]) -A2- (assumed tropical:) He found water to be salt; not easy, or pleasant, to be drunk. (K, TA. [In some copies of the K, for لَمْ يَسُغْ, we find لَمْ يَمْتَنِعْ, which is evidently a mistake.]) -A3- He met, or met with, a man unintentionally: (M, K:) from the phrase, لَقِيتُهُ صَحْرَةَ بَحْرَةَ. (TA.)