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برء

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 ابرأهُ ذ He (God, S, M, K) [ recovered him, or] restored him to convalescence, (M, K,) مِنَ المَرَضِ [ from the disease, sickness, or malady ]. (S.) ― -b2- أَبْرَأَكَ مِنَ الأَمْرِ and ↓ بَرَّأَكَ (M, K *) He (i. e. God, TA) made thee, pronounced thee, or held thee, or hath made thee, &c., or may He make thee, &c., to be free from the thing or affair, or clear or quit thereof, or guiltless thereof, or irresponsible for it; (TA;) [or He acquitted thee, or hath acquitted thee, or may He acquit thee, thereof; or He showed thee, or hath showed thee, or may He show thee, to be free from it, &c.: see also 2, above:] said in relation to [a fault or the like, and] a debt, and a claim, and religion [&c.]. (M.) You say, مِنَ العَيْبِ ↓ بَرَّأْتُهُ I made him, pronounced him, or held him, to be free from the fault, defect, imperfection, blemish, or vice. (Msb.) It is said in the Kur [xxxiii. 69], ↓ فَبَرَّأْهُ ا@للّٰهُ مِمَا قَالُوا (M) But God showed him to be clear of that which they said. (Bd.) You say also, أَبْرَأْتُهُ مِنَ الدَّيْنِ I made him, pronounced him, or held him, to be clear, or quit, of the debt; irresponsible for it; or in a state of immunity with respect to it; i. e., exempt from the demand thereof: (Msb:) and أَبْرَأْتُهُ مِمَّا لِى عَلَيْهِ; and ↓ بَرَّأْتُهُ, inf. n. تَبْرِئَةٌ; [ I acquitted him of that which he owed me: ] (S:) and أَبْرَأْتُهُ [alone] I made him, pronounced him, or held him, to be clear, or quit, of a claim that I had upon him, or a due or right that he owed me. (Mgh.) -A2- ابرأ [in the T (as on the authority of Aboo-'Amr Esh-Sheybánee) أَبْرَى] He entered upon [ the night, or day, called ] البَرَاآء, q. v. (K.)

Derived headwords

ابرأهُverb
  1. 1.
مِنَ المَرَضِ
أَبْرَأَكَ مِنَ الأَمْرِ
مِنَ العَيْبِ
ا@للّٰهُ مِمَا قَالُوا
أَبْرَأْتُهُ مِنَ الدَّيْنِ
أَبْرَأْتُهُ مِمَّا لِى