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بذل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

8 اِبْتِذَالٌ ذ is the contr. of صِيَانَةٌ; (M, K;) [i. e.] ابتذلهُ signifies He held it in mean estimation; namely, a garment or other thing; (TA;) [ he was careless of it; he used it, or employed it, on, or for, ordinary, mean, or vile, occasions, or purposes; ] he used it for service and work; namely, a garment &c.; syn. اِمْتَهَنَهُ; (S, Msb;) he wore it (a garment) in times of service and work; as also ↓ بَذَلَهُ; (Msb, TA;) or, as IKoot says, بَذَلَهُ, [aor. بَذُلَ and بَذِلَ ,] inf. n. بَذْلَةٌ and بِذْلَةٌ, signifies he did not preserve it, lay it up, take care of it, or reserve it; namely, a garment. (Msb.) See also 5, in two places. You say also, ابتذل عَدْوَهُ (assumed tropical:) [ He (a horse) performed his run freely, or without reservation; opposed to صَانَهُ]. (T.) See 1.

Derived headwords

اِبْتِذَالٌverb
  1. 1.
ابتذل عَدْوَهُ