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بد

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

بَادٌّ اـد باـد باد بادي The inner side of the thigh: (M, A, K:) or the part of the horseman's thigh that is next the saddle: (T, M, A, L:) or the part between the legs: (M, L:) the inner sides of the two thighs are called the بَادَّانِ, (S,) because the saddle separates them; (IAar, M;) and if so, بَادٌّ is of the measure فَاعِلٌ in the sense of the measure مَفْعُولٌ; or it may be a possessive epithet [meaning ذُو بَدٍّ]. (M, L.) You say, هُوَ حَسَنُ البَادِّ عَلَى السَّرجِ, meaning He is a good rider upon the saddle. (A.) ― -b2- Also the part of a horse's back upon which the thigh of the rider presses. (Kt, T, L.)

Derived headwords

بَادٌّ
  1. 1.
ذُو بَدٍّ
هُوَ حَسَنُ البَادِّ عَلَى السَّرجِ