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بلعك

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something slow, heavy, or sluggish, often applied to animals like camels and camels, but also to humans. It can also refer to a type of date.

Derived headwords

بَلْعَكnoun
  1. 1.
    Sluggish she-camelboth

    A she-camel that is slow, sluggish, and old. It can also refer to a she-camel that is heavy.

  2. 2.
    Sluggish camelclassical

    A male camel that is slow and dull-witted.

  3. 3.
    Type of dateclassical

    A variety of date.

بَلْعَكadjective
  1. 1.
    Sluggish, dull-wittedboth

    Describing a person who is slow-witted, dull, or sluggish.

دَلْعَكnoun
  1. 1.
    Heavy she-camelclassical

    A she-camel that is heavy and slow-moving.

Parallel reading

البلعك من النوق: المسترخية المسنة
The 'bal'ak' of she-camels: the slack and aged one.
هي البلعك والدلعك للناقة الثقيلة
She is the 'bal'ak' and the 'dal'ak' for the heavy she-camel.
ناقة بلعك مسترخية
A slack, sluggish she-camel.
وقيل: ضخمة ذلول
And it was said: large and tractable.
ورجل بلعك: بليد
And a 'bal'ak' man: dull-witted.
رجل بلعك يشتم ويحقر فلا ينكر ذلك لموت نفسه وشدة طمعه
A 'bal'ak' man insults and belittles, and he does not deny this due to the death of his spirit and the intensity of his greed.
البَلْعَك الجمل البليد
The 'bal'ak' is the dull-witted camel.
والبلعك: لغة في البلعق وهو ضرب من التمر
And 'al-bal'ak': a dialectal variant of 'al-bal'aq', which is a type of date.