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بلدح

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to actions of falling or collapsing, and also describes physical characteristics like stoutness and breadth. It can also refer to specific geographical locations.

Derived headwords

بَلَدَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to fall heavilyboth

    To strike oneself or something else forcefully against the ground.

  2. 2.
    to promise and not fulfillclassical

    To make a promise or commitment but fail to keep it.

تَبَلَدُحverb
  1. 1.
    to fall heavilyclassical

    To fall or strike oneself heavily against the ground.

بَلَدَحnoun
  1. 1.
    valleyclassical

    A valley located before Mecca.

  2. 2.
    mountainclassical

    A mountain on the road to Jeddah.

بَلَدَحadjective
  1. 1.
    stout, corpulentclassical

    Describing a woman who is stout or corpulent.

أَبْلَنْدَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to widen, expandclassical

    To become wide or spacious, referring to a place.

  2. 2.
    to collapse, fall downclassical

    To collapse or fall down, referring to a basin or reservoir.

البَلَنْدَحadjective
  1. 1.
    short and stoutclassical

    Describing someone who is short and stout or corpulent.

Parallel reading

ضرب بنفسه الأرض
He struck himself against the ground.
وعد ولم ينجز العدة
He promised but did not fulfill the promise.
كتبلدح
Like one who strikes himself against the ground.
وامراة بلدح
And a stout woman.
واد قبل مكة
A valley before Mecca.
أو جبل بطريق جدة
Or a mountain on the road to Jeddah.
ورأى بيهس الملقب بنعامة قوما في خصب، وأهله في شدة، فقال متحزنا بأقاربه: لكن على بلدح قوم عجفى
And Bihays, nicknamed 'Ostrich', saw people in prosperity, while his family was in hardship, so he said, grieving for his relatives: 'But in Baladah are lean people.'
اتسع
It became wide.
انهدم
It collapsed.
والبلندح: القصير السمين
And Al-Balindah: the short and stout.