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بلنط

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to refer to a type of stone or material, specifically a substance resembling marble but with different textural qualities. It is primarily used in classical poetry to describe building materials.

Derived headwords

بِلُنْطnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of stoneclassical

    A substance that resembles marble, but is described as being less hard and more yielding than marble.

Parallel reading

البِلُنْط شَيْءٌ يُشْبِهُ الرُّخَامَ إِلَّا أَنَّ الرُّخَامَ أَهَشُّ مِنْهُ وَأَرْخَى
Al-bulunṭ is a thing that resembles marble, except that marble is more brittle than it and more yielding.
وَسَارِيَتِي بِلُنْطٌ أَوْ رُخَامٌ
And my pillar is of bulunṭ or marble.