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بحل

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to intense or severe actions, possibly in a physical or emotional sense. It is noted as rare and potentially obscure in classical Arabic lexicography.

Derived headwords

بَحَلnoun
  1. 1.
    Intense eviscerationclassical

    A severe and intense act of evisceration or disembowelment. This is a rare and obscure meaning.

لَبَحَverb
  1. 1.
    To be neglectedclassical

    To be overlooked or neglected. The lexicographer notes that Al-Layth omitted this word.

Parallel reading

قال: أما بحل ولبح فإن الليث أهملهما
He said: As for baḥala and labaḥa, Al-Layth omitted them.
وروى أبو العباس عن ابن الأعرابي أنه قال: البحل الإدقاع الشديد
Abu Al-Abbas narrated from Ibn Al-A'rabi that he said: Al-baḥl is intense evisceration.
قال وهذا غريب
He said: And this is strange.