بلت

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

The root بلت primarily relates to cutting, severing, or stopping. It extends to meanings of being cut off, ceasing to speak, or becoming disconnected, often due to shyness or exhaustion. It also encompasses concepts of decisiveness and finality in agreements.

Derived headwords

بَلَتَverb

1.
to cutboth
To sever or cut something off.

بَلْتًاnoun

1.
cuttingboth
The act of cutting or severing.

بَتَلَverb

1.
to cut offclassical
To cut something off completely, often implying separation.

تَبَلَّتَverb

1.
to cut off speechboth
To cease speaking, often due to shyness, exhaustion, or being overwhelmed.
2.
to be cut offclassical
To become disconnected or severed.

بَلْتnoun

1.
interruptionboth
A cessation or interruption, particularly of speech.
2.
inability to speakclassical
A state of being unable to speak, often due to shyness or fear.

انْبَلَتَverb

1.
to be cut offclassical
To become disconnected or severed, in both good and bad contexts.

أَبْلَتَverb

1.
to cease speakingclassical
To stop speaking and remain silent.
2.
to make swearclassical
To cause someone to take an oath; to make someone swear.

بَلِيتٌadjective

1.
silentclassical
A person who is silent or reticent.
2.
eloquentclassical
A very eloquent person who can cut off or silence others in speech.
3.
intelligentclassical
A discerning, intelligent, and astute person.

بَلْتَةnoun

1.
severanceclassical
A definitive cut or severance, often used in the context of a final break or agreement.

مُبَلَّتٌadjective

1.
guaranteed dowryclassical
A dowry that is guaranteed or secured, particularly in the dialect of Himyar.

بَلَتnoun

1.
burnt-feathered birdclassical
A type of bird with burnt feathers, which can cause harm to other birds.

Parallel reading

بلت الشيء يبلته، بالفتح «5»، بلتا: قطعه.

He cut the thing, he cuts it, with fatha, a cutting.

كأن لها في الأرض نسيا تقصه ... على أمها، وإن تحدثك تبلت

As if she has a lost thing on earth that she recounts... to her mother, and if she speaks to you, she cuts off speech.

والبلت، بالتحريك: الانقطاع.

And al-balt, with harakah: the interruption.

وقيل: تبلت، في بيت الشنفرى، تفصل الكلام؛

And it is said: tabalt, in the verse of al-Shanfara, means to separate speech;

ومن رواه تبلت، بالكسر، يعني تقطع وتفصل ولا تطول.

And whoever narrates it as tabalt, with kasra, means to cut off and separate and not prolong.

وانبلت الرجل: انقطع في كل خير وشر.

And the man became cut off: he became disconnected in all good and evil.

وأبلت: انقطع من الكلام فلم يتكلم،

And abalta: he became cut off from speech and did not speak,

وبلت يبلت إذا لم يتحرك وسكت،

And balata yablatu if he did not move and remained silent,

وقيل: بلت الحياء الكلام إذا قطعه.

And it is said: shyness cut off speech when it severed it.

وإن تحدثك تبلت أي ينقطع كلامها من خفرها.

And if she speaks to you, she cuts off speech, meaning her speech is cut off from her shyness.

والبليت: الفصيح الذي يبلت الناس أي يقطعهم؛

And al-balit: the eloquent one who silences people, meaning he cuts them off;

يشاهل العميثل البليتا، ... الصمكيك، الهشم، الزميتا

He contends with al-Umaythil the eloquent, ... al-Samkik, al-Hashim, al-Zamīt.

وتبا له بلتا أي قطعا؛

And woe to him, a cutting, meaning a severance;

لئن فعلت كذا وكذا، ليكونن بلتة بيني وبينك إذا أوعده بالهجران؛

If you do such and such, there will be a severance between me and you if he threatens him with abandonment;

وكذلك بتلة ما بيني وبينك بمعناه.

And likewise, a severance between me and you with its meaning.

يقال أبلته يمينا إذا أحلفته، والفعل بلت بلتا، وأصبرته أي أحلفته، وقد صبر يمينا،

It is said: Ablatuhu yaminan if you made him swear, and the verb is balata baltan, and asbartuhu means you made him swear, and he swore an oath,

وأبلته أنا يمينا أي حلفت له.

And I ablatuhu yaminan means I swore to him.

وإن تحدثك تبلت أي توجز.

And if she speaks to you, she cuts off speech, meaning she is concise.

وما زوجت إلا بمهر مبلت أي مضمون، بلغة حمير.

And I did not marry her off except with a guaranteed dowry, in the language of Himyar.

البلت طائر محترق الريش، إذا وقعت ريشة منه في الطير أحرقته.

Al-balt is a bird with burnt feathers; if a feather from it falls on a bird, it burns it.