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بلدم

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes parts of the throat and chest, particularly the front of the chest and the upper airway. It also extends to describe a heavy, slow, or dull person, and a dull or ineffective sword.

Derived headwords

بَلْدَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be heavy/slowclassical

    To be slow, heavy, or dull in disposition or action.

بُلْدُمٌnoun
  1. 1.
    throat/windpipeclassical

    That which is agitated or disturbed in the throat of a horse.

  2. 2.
    front of chestclassical

    The front part of the chest.

  3. 3.
    throat and esophagusclassical

    The throat and what is connected to it of the esophagus.

ما اضطرب من حلقومه ومريئه وجرانه — That which is agitated from its throat, esophagus, and windpipe.
بِلْذَمٌnoun
  1. 1.
    throat/windpipeclassical

    That which is agitated or disturbed in the throat of a horse.

  2. 2.
    front of chestclassical

    The front part of the chest.

  3. 3.
    throat and esophagusclassical

    The throat and what is connected to it of the esophagus.

ما اضطرب من حلقومه — That which is agitated from its throat.
بَلْدَمَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    silence after confusionclassical

    A state of being confused and then falling silent.

بَلْدَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to become silent after confusionclassical

    A man becomes silent after being confused or agitated.

بلدم الرجل بلدمة إذا فرق فسكت — The man became silent after confusion.
بُلَنْدَمٌnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy/dull manclassical

    A man who is heavy in appearance and dull in intellect, with a disordered constitution.

ما أنت إلا أعفك بلندم — You are nothing but a confused, heavy-set person.
بَلْدَمٌnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy/dull manclassical

    A man who is heavy in appearance and dull in intellect, with a disordered constitution.

ما أنت إلا أعفك بلندم، ... هردبة هوهاءة مزردم — You are nothing but a confused, heavy-set person, a clumsy, empty, talkative one.
بَلْدَامَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy/dull manclassical

    A man who is heavy in appearance and dull in intellect, with a disordered constitution.

بِلْذَمٌnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy/dull manclassical

    A man who is heavy in appearance and dull in intellect, with a disordered constitution.

حتى اختلى بالناب منها البلذما — Until the canine tooth of the wolf was exposed to it.
سيف بلدمadjective
  1. 1.
    dull swordclassical

    A sword that does not cut effectively.

سيف بلدم: لا يقطع — A dull sword: it does not cut.

Parallel reading

ما اضطرب من حلقومه
That which is agitated from its throat.
ما اضطرب من حلقومه ومريئه وجرانه
That which is agitated from its throat, esophagus, and windpipe.
مقدم الصدر
The front of the chest.
الحلقوم وما اتصل به من المريء
The throat and what is connected to it of the esophagus.
ما زال ذئب الرقمتين كلما ... دارت بوجه دار معها أينما، حتى اختلى بالناب منها البلذما
The wolf of the two markings kept going, whenever... it turned its face, it turned with it wherever it went, until the canine tooth of the wolf was exposed to it.
بلدم الفرس صدره، بالدال والذال معا
The horse's chest was heavy, with both dal and dhal.
بلدم الرجل بلدمة إذا فرق فسكت
The man became silent after confusion.
الرجل الثقيل في المنظر البليد في المخبر المضطرب الخلق
The man who is heavy in appearance and dull in intellect, with a disordered constitution.
ما أنت إلا أعفك بلندم، ... هردبة هوهاءة مزردم
You are nothing but a confused, heavy-set person, a clumsy, empty, talkative one.
مقدم الصدر عند الأئمة الثقات، بالذال المعجمة
The front of the chest according to reliable imams, with the voiced dhal.
ومنهم من يجعل الدال والذال في البلدم لغتين
And some of them consider the dal and dhal in 'buldum' to be two variants.
سيف بلدم: لا يقطع
A dull sword: it does not cut.