Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

بُلْبُلٌ بلبل [The nightingale: and a certain melodious bird resembling the nightingale: both, in the present day, vulgarly called بِلْبِل:] the عَنْدَلِيب [q. v.]: and the كُعَيْت [q. v.]: (T:) a certain bird, (S, M, K,) well known, (K,) of beautiful voice, that frequents the Haram [or Sacred Territory of Mekkeh ], and is called by the people of El-Hijáz the نُغَر [q. v.]. (M.) ― -b2- A man light, or active: (S:) or clever, well-mannered, or elegant, and light, or active: (T:) or a man (M) light, or active, in journeying, and very helpful; (M, K;) and so ↓ بُلَابِلٌ, (M,) or ↓ بُلْبُلِىُّ: (K:) or, accord. to Th, a boy light, or active, in journeying: (M:) and a man light, or active in that which he sets about; (TA;) as also ↓ بُلَابِلٌ; (K;) or this last signifies a man active in intellect, to whom nothing is unapparent: (T:) pl. of the first, (S,) and of the last, (K,) بَلَابِلُ. (S, K.) -A2- A certain fish, of the size of the hand. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.) -A3- The spout (قَنَاة) of a mug (كُوز), that pours forth the water. (M, K.)

بَلْبَلَةٌ بلبل بلبله بلبلة inf. n. of بَلْبَلَ [q. v.]. (M, K.) -A2- A state of confusion, or mixture, of tongues, or languages. (M, K. *) In the copies of the K, الأَسِنَّة is here erroneously put for الأَلْسِنَة. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, and ↓ بَلْبَالٌ, The vain, or unprofitable, or evil, suggestion of anxieties in the bosom: (T:) or anxiety, and vain, or unprofitable, or evil, suggestion of the mind: (S:) or intense anxiety, and vain, or unprofitable, or evil, suggestions or thoughts; (M, K;) as also ↓ بُلَابِلٌ, (so in the M, accord. to the TT,) or ↓ بَلَابِلُ: (so in copies of the K:) this last [however] is pl. of ↓ بَلْبَالٌ; (T;) which also signifies vehement distress in the bosom; (M, K;) and so does ↓ بَلْبَالَةٌ: (IJ, M:) or ↓ بَلْبَالٌ signifies anxiety and grief: and, as also بَلْبَلَةٌ, a motion, or commotion, in the heart, arising from grief or love. (Har p. 94.)

بُلْبُلَةٌ بلبل بلبله بلبلة A mug (كُوز) having a spout (بُلْبُل) by the side of its head, (M, K, TA,) from which the water pours forth: (TA:) or a ewer, as long as it contains wine. (Kull p. 102.)

بُلْبُلِيٌّ بلبل بلبلى بلبلي بلبليي : see بُلْبُلٌ.

بَلْبَالٌ بلبال : see بَلْبَلَةٌ, in three places. -A2- Also A putting people in motion; and rousing, or exciting, them: a subst. from R. Q. 1. (M, K.)

بَلْبَالَةٌ بلبال بلباله بلبالة : see بَلْبَلَةٌ.

بَلَابِلٌ بلابل بلبل بلبلة : see بَلْبَلَةٌ.

بُلَابِلٌ بلابل بلبل بلبلة : see بُلْبِلٌ, in two places: -A2- and see بَلْبَلَةٌ.

بَالَّةٌ اـلٰه باـلٰه بال باله بالة بآله بآلة آل آلة [properly A thing that moistens. ― -b2- And hence,] (tropical:) Bounty, or liberality; or a gift; as also ↓ بَلالِ: (T, S, TA:) and both these words, good, or benefit: (T, S, M, TA:) so in a phrase mentioned above; see 1: (T, S, K:) the latter word is changed in form the former. (T.) [See also بَلَالِ above.]

بَالُولٌ بالول : see بِلَالٌ.

[ أَبَلٌّ ذ More, and most, moist: fem. بَلَّاآءُ: and pl. بُلٌّ. Hence,] الجَنُوبُ أَبَلُّ الرِّيَاحِ The south is the most moist of the winds. (S.) ― -b2- [Hence, also,] مَا شَىْءٌ أَبَلَّ لِلْجِسْمِ مشنَ اللَّهْوِ Nothing is more healthful and suitable to the body than sport. (TA.) ― -b3- And صَفَاةٌ بَلَّاآءٌ A smooth stone or rock. (S.) ― -b4- And أَبَلُّ, applied to a man, (T, S, &c.,) Violent, or vehement, in contention, altercation, or dispute; (T, M, K;) as also ↓ بَلٌّ: (K:) or (M) one who has no sense of shame: (M, K:) or (TA) one who resists, or withstands, (K, TA,) and overcomes: (TA:) or (M) very mean, (M, K,) from whom that which he possesses cannot be obtained, (Ks, T, S, M, K,) by reason of his meanness; (Ks, T, S;) and so بَلَّاآءُ applied to a woman: (Ks, S:) or mean, (TA,) much given to the deferring of payment to his creditors, (IAar, M, K,) much given to swearing (T, S, K) and to wronging, (S, K,) withholding the rightful property of others; (TA;) as also ↓ بَلٌّ [q. v.]: (IAar, M, [but referring only to what is given above on the authority of the former,] K, [referring to the same and to what follows except the addition in the TA,] and TA:) or, (S, M,) accord. to AO, (S,) i. q. فَاجِرُ [i. e. vicious, immoral, unrighteous, &c.]: (S, M, K:) fem. بَلَّاآءُ: (M, K:) and pl. بُلُّ: (K:) or it signifies one who pursues his course at random, not caring for what he meets. (Ham p. 383.)

مُبِلٌّ مبل One whose aiding thee to accomplish thy desire wearies thee. (A'Obeyd, T, K, TA. [In the CK, for مَنْ يَعْيِيكَ أَنْ يُتَابِعَكَ عَلَى مَا تُرِيدُ, we find مَنْ يُعِينُكَ اَى يُتَابِعُكَ علي ما تُرِيدُ.])

خَصْمٌ مِبَلٌّ خصم مبل A constant, firm, or steady, adversary in a contention, dispute, or litigation. (M, K.)

1 بَلِجَ بلج لج , aor. بَلَجَ , (ISh, TA,) inf. n. بَلَجٌ, (S, K, TA,) He (a man) had a clear, a conspicuous, or a white, space between the eyes, not having the eyebrows joined; (ISh, TA;) he had a clear space between the eyebrows; (S, K, TA;) he had a wide space, or a space clear of hair, between the eyebrows. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence, He (a man) was, or became, bright in countenance: or fair, beautiful, and wide in countenance: or (assumed tropical:) open and pleasant, or cheerful, in countenance: or (assumed tropical:) liberal with acts of beneficence: or (tropical:) generous, beneficent, and open and pleasant, or cheerful, in countenance: see the part. n. أَبْلَجُ, below.] ― -b3- And [hence,] aor. as above, (K,) and so the inf. n., (TA,) (tropical:) He (a man, TA) was, or became, joyful, glad, or happy. (K, TA.) You say, بَلِجَ بِالشَّيْءِ (tropical:) He rejoiced at the thing; or was rejoiced by it; as also ثَلِجَ. (As, TA.) And بَلِجَ بِهِ الصَّدْرُ فَرَحًا (tropical:) The bosom became dilated with joy thereat. (A.) And بَلِجَ بَعْدَ مَا حَرِجَ (tropical:) [ It (the bosom) became dilated with joy after it had been contracted with grief]. (TA.) ― -b4- [And hence,] aor. and inf. n. as above; (Msb;) and بَلَجَ, (S, A, Msb, K,) aor. بَلُجَ , inf. n. بُلُوجٌ; (S, Msb;) and ↓ انبلج, (S, K,) or ↓ ابتلج; (so in copies of the A and Msb;) and ↓ تبلّج; (S, A, K;) and ↓ ابلج; (Msb, K;) (assumed tropical:) It (the dawn, or daybreak,) shone, was bright, or shone brightly. (S, A, Msb, K.) And الشَّمْسُ ↓ أَبْلَجَتِ (assumed tropical:) The sun shone, was bright, or shone brightly. (TA.) And الشَّىْءُ ↓ ابلاجّ (assumed tropical:) The thing shone, was bright, or shone brightly. (TA.) ― -b5- And hence, (Msb,) بَلَجَ الحَقُّ, and بَلِجَ; (Msb;) or ↓ ابلج; (A, TA;) (tropical:) The truth became apparent, (A, Msb, TA,) manifest, evident, or clear. (A, Msb.) And ↓ ابلاجّ, inf. n. اِبْلِيجَاجٌ, (S, and so the inf. n. is written in a copy of the K: in another copy of the K it is written اِبْلِجَاجٌ [inf. n. of ↓ ابلجّ], and the verb is written ابلجّ in a copy of the S: accord. to the CK, the inf. n. is اِبْلِيلَاجٌ [of which the verb is ↓ ابلولج]:) said of anything, (S, TA,) signifies (tropical:) It was, or became, apparent, manifest, evident, or clear. (S, K, TA.) -A2- بَلَجَ, aor. بَلِجَ , (K,) inf. n. بَلْجٌ, (TA,) He opened; syn. فَتَحَ. (K.)

4 أَبْلَجَ see 1, in three places. -A2- ابلجهُ (assumed tropical:) He made it apparent, manifest, evident, or clear. (K.) ― -b2- And (assumed tropical:) He made him joyful, glad, or happy; syn.

فَرَّحَهُ فرح فرحه فرحة : (K accord. to the TA [and so in a MS. copy of the K in my hands]:) or (assumed tropical:) he removed it, or cleared it away; syn. فَرَّجَهُ. (So accord. to the CK.)

5 تبلّج أبلج بلج تبلج (assumed tropical:) He laughed, and was cheerful, brisk, lively, or sprightly. (S.) ― -b2- See also 1.

7 اـِنْبَلَجَ see 1.

8 اـِبْتَلَجَ see 1.

9 اـِبْلَجَّ see 1.

11 اـِبْلَاْجَّ see 1, in two places.

12 اـِبْلَوْلَجَ see 1.

بَلْجُ بلج لج : see أَبْلَجٌ, in four places.

بَلَجٌ بلج لج : see بُلْجَةٌ.

بَلِجٌ بلج لج (tropical:) Joyful, glad, or happy. (TA.) [See also أَبْلَجٌ.]

بُلُجٌ بلج لج , with two dammehs, Men clear of hair in the [ parts of the face called the ] قَسَمَات. (IAar, K.)

بَلْجَةٌ بلج بلجه بلجة لج لجة : see what next follows.

بُلجَةٌ بلج بلجه بلجة لج لجة Clearness of the space between the eyebrows: (S, A, K:) or width of the space between the eyebrows; or [ of ] the space between the eyebrows when clear of hair; as also ↓ بَلَجٌ [which is the inf. n. of بَلِجَ]. (TA.) One says, مَا أَحْسَنَ بُلْجَتَهُ How beautiful is the clearness of the space between his eyebrows! (A.) ― -b2- The part behind the عَارِض [or side of the cheek or face ], to the ear, when there is no hair upon it. (TA.) ― -b3- Also, and ↓ بَلْجَةٌ, (assumed tropical:) The light (S, L, K) of the dawn, or daybreak, (S, L,) in the last part of the night, (S, TA,) at the breaking of the dawn. (TA.) You say, رَأَيْتُ بُلْجَةٌ الصُّبْحِ (assumed tropical:) I saw the light of the dawn. (S.) And لَقِيتُهُ عِنْدَ البُلْجَةِ (assumed tropical:) [ I met, or found, him, or it, at the break of the dawn ]. (A.) And سَرَيْتُ الدُّلْجَةَ وَ البَلْجَةَ حَتَّى وَصْلَتُ (assumed tropical:) [ I journeyed during the whole night, or from the beginning of the night, or during the latter part of the night, and the breaking of the dawn, until I arrived ]. (A.) And it is said in a trad., لَيْلَةُ القَدْرِ بُلْجَةِ (assumed tropical:) The night of القدر is bright [ like the dawn ]. (TA.)

بَلِيجٌ بليج : see أَبْلَجُ, in two places.

بِلِيلَجٌ بليلج , with kesr to the ب and to the first ل, and with fet-h to the second ل; (Msb;) or بَلِيلَجٌ; (so written in some copies of the K, in other copies of which it is omitted;) [ Myrobalana Bellerica: (Golius and Freytag:) Terminaria Chebula: Sprengel. hist. rei herb. p. 262: (Freytag:)] a certain well-known Indian medicine; (Msb;) very beneficial to the stomach and to the intestinum rectum. (K.) [For other properties &c. assigned to it, see Ibn-Seenà (Avicenna), book ii. p. 144. See also اِهْلِيلَجٌ, in art. هلج.]

أَبْلَجُ ذ A man having a clear, a conspicuous, or a white, space between the eyes, not having the eyebrows joined: (ISh, TA:) or having such a space between the eyebrows, (K, * TA,) not having the eyebrows joined: (S, TA:) or having a wide space, or a space clear of hair, between the eyebrows: fem. بَلْجَاآءُ. (TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] Bright of countenance; the Prophet being said by UmmMaabad to have been أَبْلَجُ الوَجْهِ; by which she did not mean the بَلَج of the eyebrows, for she described him as having joined eyebrows: (A'Obeyd, S, TA:) or fair, beautiful, and wide in countenance, whether long or short: or [alone, or] followed by ↓ بَلْجٌ, (assumed tropical:) open and pleasant, or cheerful, in countenance; (TA;) and so ↓ the latter alone: (K:) or ↓ the latter, (tropical:) open and pleasant, or cheerful, in countenance, with beneficence: (TA:) or the former, and ↓ the latter, and ↓ بَلِيجٌ, (assumed tropical:) liberal with acts of beneficence: (TA:) or the first, (tropical:) generous, beneficent, and open and pleasant, or cheerful, in countenance; although having joined eyebrows. (A, TA.) ― -b3- Also (assumed tropical:) Shining, bright, or shining brightly; applied to the dawn, or daybreak; (S, A, Msb;) and so ↓ بَلِيجٌ, applied to a thing [of any kind]: (TA:) and the former, anything (assumed tropical:) apparent, manifest, evident, or clear; (K;) thus applied to a face, and to the dawn, (TA,) and to the truth, (Msb, TA,) and to an affair or event, or a case, &c. (TA.) It is an act. part. n. of بَلِجَ. (Msb.) You say, الحَقُّ أَبْلَجُ وَ البَاطِلُ لَجْلَجٌ (tropical:) The truth is apparent, manifest, evident, or clear; [ and falsity is a cause of embarrassment, or hesitation, to the speaker; ] (S, A; *) i. e., the latter is agitated to and fro, without having utterance: (S in art. لج:) or the truth is lucid and direct; and falsity is confused and indirect. (TA in that art.) And حُجَّةٌ بَلْجَاآءُ (assumed tropical:) A manifest, an evident, or a clear, proof or argument. (Msb.)

أُبْلُوجُ السُّكَّرِ ذ , with damm, [meaning Sugar-candy, and loaf-sugar, thus applied in the present day,] is an arabicized term [from the Persian اآبْلُوجْ]: (K, TA:) in one copy of the K, it is said that أُبْلُوجٌ, with damm, is [syn. with] السُّكَّرٌ [ sugar ]: by the people [who are makers] of الحَسَا and القَطِيف, [see these words, the latter of which is a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is with ة, pl. قَطَائِفٌ,] it is called أٌمْلٌوجٌ. (TA.)

4 ابلح أبلح ابلح بلح It (a palm-tree) bore, or had, dates in the state in which they are termed بَلَح. (S, A, K.)

بَلَح بلح Dates, or the fruit of the palm-tree, while continuing green (Msb, TA) and small; (TA;) a term like حِصْرِمٌ applied to grapes; (Msb, TA;) called by the people of El-Basrah خَلَالٌ: when they have begun to colour, i. e., to become red or yellow, they are termed بُسْرٌ: (Msb:) or dates in the state between that in which they are called خلال and that in which they are called بسر; (S, Mgh, K;) for dates in their incipient state are termed طَلْعٌ; then, خلال; then, بلح; then, بسر; then, رُطَبٌ; and then, تَمْرٌ: (S, IAth:) or i. q. سُيَّابٌ: (As, and S and K in art. سيب:) [by many of the Arabs in the present day, it is applied to fresh ripe dates, and to dried dates: it is a coll. gen. n.:] n. un. with ة. (S, Msb.)

1 بَلَدَ ألد بلد لد , aor. بَلِدَ , [inf. n. بُلُودٌ,] He (a man) remained, stayed, abode, or dwelt, in the بَلَد [i. e. country, or town, &c.]: (Msb:) or بَلَدَ بِالمَكَانَ, (T, S, M, L, K,) aor. بَلُدَ , (M, L,) inf. n. بُلُودٌ, (T, M, L, K,) he remained, stayed, abode, or dwelt, in the place, (AZ, T, S, L, K,) and kept to it: (K:) or he took it as his بَلَد [or country, or town, &c.], (M, L, K,) and kept to it. (M, L.) ― -b2- And بَلِدُوا, aor. بَلَدَ ; (M, K;) and بَلَدُوا, aor. بَلُدَ ; (K;) or the latter is correctly ↓ بلّدوا; (M, * TA;) They kept to the ground, fighting upon it: (M, K:) said to be derived from بِلَادُ الأَرْضِ. (TA.) -A2- بَلِدَ, aor. بَلَدَ , His skin had أَبْلَاد, or marks, [pl. of بَلَدٌ,] remaining upon it. (M, L.) ― -b2- Also, (M, K,) inf. n. بَلَدٌ, (S, M,) He (a man, M) had a space clear from hair between his eyebrows: (S, M, K:) or had eyebrows not joined. (M.) -A3- بَلُدَ, aor. بَلُدَ , (S, M, Msb, K,) inf. n. بَلَادَةٌ, (T, S, M, A, Msb,) He was, or became, stupid, dull, wanting in intelligence: (S, A, Msb:) inert; wanting in vigour; not penetrating, sharp, vigorous, or effective, in the performance of affairs; (T, M, K, * TA;) [or soft, weak, feeble, wanting in endurance, or patience; (see بَلِيدٌ;)] as also بَلِدَ, aor. بَلَدَ , (K, TA,) inf. n. بَلَدٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, inf. n. as above, said of a horse, meaning He lagged behind those that outstripped in running. (T, TA.) [See also 2.] ― -b3- بَلَدَ السَّحَابُ: see 2.

2 بلّد ألد بلد لد , inf. n. تَبْلِيدٌ, He remained, stayed, or abode; [like بَلَدَ;] or cast, or laid, himself down upon the ground; syn. ضَرَبَ بِنَفْسِهِ الأَرْضَ: (S, K:) or he did so by reason of fatigue. (TA. [See 5.]) See also بَلِدُوا. ― -b2- He became languid, and affected laziness, after being brisk, lively, or sprightly. (A.) ― -b3- He (a man) was impotent in work, and was weak; (T, L;) and so even in bounty, or liberality, (T,) or in running. (T, * L.) ― -b4- He (a horse) failed to outstrip in running. (M, K.) [See also بَلُدَ.] ― -b5- He was niggardly, or avaricious; was not liberal, nor generous. (M, K.) [And hence,] بَلَّدَتِ السَّحَابَةُ, (K,) or السَّحَابُ ↓ بَلَدَ, (M,) [but the latter is probably imperfectly transcribed,] The cloud, or clouds, gave no rain. (M, K.) ― -b6- He did not apply himself rightly to anything. (M, K.) -A2- بَلَّدَتِ الجِبَالِ (tropical:) The mountains appeared low to the eye by reason of the darkness of the night: so in the L, confirmed by a citation from a poet: in the A, البِلَادُ ↓ تَبَلَّدَتِ (tropical:) The countries, or regions, appeared short [ in extent ] to the eye by reason of the darkness of the night. (TA.)

3 مُبَالَدَةٌ مبالده مبالدة [inf. n. of بَالَدَ] The contending with another, or others, in fight, ( i. q. مُبَالَطَةٌ, T, S, M, K,) with swords and staves. (T, M, K.)

4 ابلد أبلد ابلد بلد He clave to the ground, (S, K,) in submissiveness. (TA.) [Perhaps formed by transposition from أَلْبَدَ: see مُبْلِدٌ.] ― -b2- See also 5. ― -b3- His beast became dull; not to be rendered brisk, lively, or sprightly, by being put in motion. (AZ, S, * K.) -A2- ابلدهُ مَكَانًا He made him to keep to a place. (K.) -A3- ابلد, inf. n. اـِبْلَادٌ, It (a water-ing-trough or tank) was, or became, abandoned, and no longer used, so that it threatened to fall to ruin. (T.) -A4- [And] ابلدهُ الدَّهْرُ Time caused it (a watering-trough or tank) to become abandoned, and worn, and no longer used, so that it threatened to fall to ruin. (TA.) [See مُبْلِدٌ.]

5 تبلّد بلد تبلد He obtained, or exercised, dominion over a بَلَد [i. e. country, or town, &c.,] belonging to others. (K.) ― -b2- He alighted, or sojourned, in a بَلَد [or country, &c.,] wherein was no one, (L, K,) saying within himself, O my grief, or sorrow, or regret! (L.) ― -b3- He was, or became, confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course; (M, K;) he went backwards and forwards in confusion or perplexity, unable to see his right course: (T, * S:) because he who is in this state is like one in a بَلْدَة, meaning a desert in which he cannot find his way: (T, L:) he was overtaken by confusion, or perplexity, such that he was unable to see his right course; as also ↓ أَبْلَدَ. (TA.) ― -b4- He fell to the ground, (K,) by reason of weakness. (TA.) [See also 2.] ― -b5- He became submissive, and humble; (T, TA;) contr. of تَجَلَّدَ. (T, M, K.) ― -b6- He affected بَلَادَة [i. e. stupidity, dulness, want of intelligence, &c.]. (S.) ― -b7- (assumed tropical:) He turned his hands over, or upside-down: (K:) [thus one does in sorrow, or regret, or in perplexity: see Kur xviii. 40:] or the meaning is that which here next follows: (TA:) (assumed tropical:) he clapped his hands; or smote palm upon palm; syn. صَفَّقَ (M, K) بِالكَفِّ. (TA.) [See بَلْدَةٌ.] ― -b8- [And hence, app.,] (tropical:) He felt, or expressed, grief, sorrow, or regret. (M, A, L, K.) -A2- تَبَلَّدَتِ البِلَادُ: see 2. -A3- Accord. to AAF, تبلّد also signifies It (the dawn, or daybreak,) shone, was bright, or shone brightly; i. q. تبلّج. (M.)

بَلَدٌ ألد بلد لد (which is masc. and fem., Msb) and ↓ بَلْدَةٌ both signify the same; (M, A, Msb, K;) namely, [ A country, land, region, province, district, or territory: and a city, town, or village: or] any portion of the earth, or of land, comprehended within certain limits, [thus I render مُسْتَحِيزَة, and in like manner it is rendered in the TK,] cultivated, or inhabited, or uncultivated, or uninhabited: (M, Msb, * K:) or the former signifies any place of this description; and the latter, a portion thereof: (T:) or the former is a generic name of a place [or country or region or province ] such as El-'Irák and Syria; and the latter signifies a particular portion thereof such as [ the city or town of ] El-Basrah and Damascus; (M, K;) or these are post-classical applications: (TA:) or the former, a tract of land, or district, which is an abode, or a place of resort, of animals, or genii, even if containing no building: (Nh:) or a land, or country, absolutely: and also a town, or village, syn. قَرْيَةٌ: but this latter is a conventional adventitious application: ('Ináyeh, TA:) and the latter, a land, country, or territory, [ belonging to, or inhabited by, a people, ] syn.

أَرْضٌ ذ : (S, TA: [a meaning assigned in the K to بَلَدٌ; but this appears to be a mistake occasioned by the accidental omission of the word البَلْدَةٌ:]) you say, هٰذِهِ بَلْدَتُنَا [ This is our land, &c.] like as you say, هٰذِهِ بَحْرَتُنَا: (S, TA:) the pl. (of the former, S, Msb) is بُلْدَانٌ (S, M, Msb) and (of the same, S, or of the latter, Msb) بِلَادٌ: (T, S, M, Msb:) [which latter, regarded as pl. of بَلْدَةٌ in a more limited sense than بَلَدٌ, is often used as meaning provinces collectively; i. e. a country: ] بُلْدَانٌ is syn. with كُوَرٌ [which signifies districts, or tracts of country; quarters, or regions; and also, cities, towns, or villages ]. (T.) البَلَدُ and ↓ البَلْدَةُ are names applied to Mekkeh; (M, K;) in like manner as النَّجْمُ is a name applied to the Pleiades. (M.) [So too البَلَدُ الأَمِينُ and البَلَدُ الحَرَامُ &c.] بَلَدٌ مَيِّتٌ means A tract of land without herbage, or pasture: (Msb:) and بَلَدٌ alone, a [ desert, a waterless desert, or such as is termed ] مَفَازَةٍ. (TA voce تا; under which see an ex.) ― -b2- بَلَدٌ also signifies Land which has not been dug, and upon which fire has not been kindled. (M, K.) ― -b3- A [ house, or dwelling, such as is termed ] دار: (M, K:) of the dial. of ElYemen. (M.) Sb mentions the saying, هٰذِهِ الدَّارُ نِعْمَتِ البَلَدُ [ This house, excellent, or most excel-lent, is the dwelling! ]; in which البلد is made fem. because it is syn. with الدار. (M.) ― -b4- A burial-ground: (M, K:) or, as some say, (M, but in the K “and,”) a grave, or sepulchre: (M, K:) pl. as above. (M.) ― -b5- Dust, or earth; and so ↓ يَلْدَةٌ. (T, M, K.) ― -b6- The place in which an ostrich lays its egg, in sand. (S, M, L, K.) And hence, بَيْضَةُ البَلَدِ The egg of the ostrich, which it abandons in the place where it lays it, in the sand, or in a desert: (M, L:) also called ↓ البَلَدِيَّةِ and ذَاتُ البَلَدِ. (M.) You say, فُلَانٌ بَيْضَةُ البَلَدِ [(tropical:) Such a one is like the egg of the ostrich, &c.], meaning such a one is unequalled, or unparalleled: said in dispraise and in praise: (M, * L:) allowed by A'Obeyd to be used in praise: and said by El-Bekree to be applied to him who is separated from his family and near relations. (TA.) [See also art. بيض.] You also say, هُوَ أَذَلُّ مِنْ بَيْضَةِ البَلَدِ (S, M, A) (tropical:) He is more object, or vile, than the egg of the ostrich, which it abandons (S, TA) in the desert, and to which it does not return. (TA.) [See again art. بيض.] Also هُوَ أَعَزَّ مِنْ بَيْضَةِ البَلَدِ (tropical:) [ He is more highly esteemed than the egg of the ostrich, which it lays in the sand ]; because the ostrich spreads its wings over it and sits upon it. (A in art. فرخ.) [See more in art.

بيض بيض .] ― -b2- A trace, mark, or vestige, (T, S, M, K, [in the K mentioned in two places, but in the latter of these omitted in the CK,]) of a house, or dwelling: (TA:) and a mark remaining upon the body: (A'Obeyd, T:) pl. أَبْلَادٌ. (S, A'Obeyd, M, K.) ― -b3- The origin, or an element, (عُنْصُر,) of a thing. (Th, M, K.) ― -b4- See also the next paragraph, in three places: ― -b5- and see بُلْدَةٌ.

بَلْدَةٌ ألد بلد بلده بلدة لد لدة : see بَلَدٌ, in three places. You say, اـِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلْ كَذَا فَهِىَ بَلْدَةٌ بَيْنِى وَ بَيْنِكَ (tropical:) If thou do not thus, it will be [a cause of] separation between me and thee; (M, * A, TA;) i. e., I will alienate thee from me so that a country, or region, shall separate us, each from the other. (A, TA.) ― -b2- Also A desert, or waterless desert, in which one cannot find his way: and any extensive tract of land. (T, L.) [Hence,] لَقِيتُهُ بِبَلْدَةِ اـِصْمَتِ I found him, or met him, in a desert, or desolate, place, in which there was no one beside. (M.) [See also art. صمت.] ― -b3- And [hence, app.,] البَلْدَةُ One of the Mansions of the Moon, (M, K,) [namely, the Twenty-first Mansion, ] a patch of the sky, (K,) containing no stars, (M, K,) or containing only small stars, (T, * M,) between the نَعَائِم and سَعْد الذَّابِح: (M, K:) sometimes the moon declines from it, and takes as its mansion the قِلَادَة: it [app. القلادة, accord. to the K, but accord. to the TA البلدة,] consists of six stars resembling a bow, (K,) in the sign of Sagittarius (القَوْس): (T:) or البلدة is one of the Mansions of the Moon, consisting of six stars of Sagittarius (القوس), which the sun enters on the shortest day of the year: (S:) [see مَنَازِلُ القَمَر, in art. نزل: in the K it is also said that ↓ البَلَدُ is a Mansion of the Moon; but this appears to be a mistake, occasioned by the accidental omission of the word البَلْدَةُ; though البَلَدُ would seem to be an appropriate name for the mansion next after the نعائم:] IF says that البَلْدَةُ is a star, or an asterism, (نَجْمٌ,) said to be the بَلْدَة, i. e. breast, of the Lion; not meaning the mansion thus called in the sign of Sagittarius: El-Hareeree finds fault with him for using this expression, [the بلدة of the Lion,] but Ibn-Dhafr replies that it occurs in the language. (TA.) ― -b4- بَلْدَةٌ also signifies The earth, or ground. (S.) ― -b5- Also (S, M, L, TA, [in the K ↓ بَلَد, by the accidental omission of the word البَلْدَةُ,]) The pit between the two collar-bones, with the part around it: or the middle thereof, i. e., of that pit: (M, K:) or the third of the فَلَك (which are six in number) of that part of a horse's breast which is called the زَوُر: or the part called رَحَى الزَّوْرِ: (M:) or [so accord. to the M, but accord. to the K “and,”] the breast, syn. صَدْر, (S, M, A, K,) of a camel, (M, A,) or of that which has a foot like the camel's, and of a solid-hoofed animal, (M,) and of a man: (A:) and the part immediately beneath the two prominent portions of flesh of the breast of a horse, extending to the arms. (M, L.) Dhu-rRummeh says, أُنِيخَتْ فَأَلْقَتْ بَلْدَةً فَوْقَ بَلْدَةٍ She (the camel) was made to lie down, and threw her breast upon [ a tract of ] ground. (S, M.) And you say, فُلَانٌ وَاسِعُ البَلْدَةِ Such a one is wide in the breast. (S.) ― -b6- Also (tropical:) The palm of the hand. (M, A, TA. [In the K, by the accidental omission of the word البَلْدَةُ, this meaning is assigned to ↓ بَلَدٌ.]) You say, ضَرَبَ بَلْدَتَهُ عَلَى بَلْدَتِهِ (tropical:) He smote the palm of his hand upon his breast. (A.) -A2- See also بُلْدَةٌ, in two places: -A3- and see بَلَادَةٌ.

بُلْدَةٌ ألد بلد بلده بلدة لد لدة (S, M, L, K) and ↓ بَلْدَةٌ (S, M, L) and ↓ بَلَدٌ [which is an inf. n. of بَلِدَ] (S, K) Clearness, from hair, of the space between the eyebrows: (S, L, K:) i. q. بُلْجَةٌ: or more than بُلْجَةٌ: or the having the eyebrows not joined: (M:) or ↓ the second signifies the space between the eyebrows. (M.) ― -b2- And the first, The form, aspect, appearance, or lineaments, of the face. (K.) -A2- See also بَلَادَةٌ.

البَلَدِيَّةُ البلديه البلدية بلدي بلدية : see بَلَدٌ.

بَلِيدٌ بليد (S, M, K) and ↓ أَبْلَدٌ (M, K) Stupid, dull, wanting in intelligence; (S, Msb;) inert; wanting in vigour; not penetrating, sharp, vigorous, or effective, in the performing of affairs: (T, M, K: *) [ soft, weak, feeble; wanting in endurance, or patience: ] contr. of جَلِيدٌ. (K.) ― -b2- Also the former, A horse that lags behind those that outstrip in running: (T, TA:) and a camel (TA) not to be rendered brisk, lively, or sprightly, by being put in motion. (M, K, TA.) ― -b3- See also مَبْلُودٌ.

بَلادَةٌ بلاد بلاده بلادة بلد [an inf. n. (of بَلُدَ) used as a subst.] (S, M, A) and ↓ بُلْدَةٌ and ↓ بَلْدَةٌ (M, TA) Stupidity, dulness, want of intelligence, (S, A,) or of penetration, sharpness, vigour, or effectiveness, in the performing of affairs. (M, TA.)

بَالِدٌ ألد بألد بالد Remaining, staying, abiding, or dwelling, (S, Msb,) in a بَلَد [i. e. country, or town, &c.], (Msb,) or in a place. (S.) ― -b2- تَالِدٌ بَالِدٌ Lasting; that does not cease, or fail, or pass away: the former word signifies old; and the latter is [said to be] an imitative sequent. (TA.)

أَبْلَدٌ ذ A man having a space clear from hair between his eyebrows: or having eyebrows not joined: i. q. أَبْلَجُ. (S, M.) -A2- [ More, and most, stupid, dull, wanting in intelligence, or in penetration, sharpness, vigour, or effectiveness, in the performing of affairs: see بَلُدَ.] You say, أَبْلَدُ مِنْ ثَوْرٍ [ More stupid, &c., than a bull ]. (A.) ― -b2- See also بَلِيدٌ. ― -b3- A man (S) of large, (S, K,) big, gross, rude, or coarse, (M,) make. (S, M, K.)

مُبْلِدٌ مبلد , (K,) or مُبْلَدٌ, (T,) Old; applied to a watering-trough or tank. (T, K.) So in the words of a poet, describing a watering-trough or tank, وَ مُبْلَدٍ بَيْنَ مَوْمَاةٍ بِمَهْلَكَةٍ formed by transposition from مُلْبِدَ, which [properly] means cleaving to the ground: (IAar, T, TA:) or it is مُبْلَد, (TA,) or مُبْلِد, (T,) which means abandoned, and worn, and no longer used, so that it threatens to fall to ruin. (T, TA.)