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بلعه

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of swallowing, consuming, or engulfing. It extends to related concepts like the throat, a place for swallowing, and also encompasses specific astronomical and geographical terms, as well as a type of bird and a water receptacle.

Derived headwords

بَلَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to swallowboth

    To take food or drink into the stomach through the throat.

  2. 2.
    to engulfboth

    To swallow up or overwhelm something completely.

ابْتَلَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to swallowboth

    To take something into the stomach through the throat; to consume.

  2. 2.
    to engulfboth

    To swallow up or overwhelm something completely.

سَعْد بَلَعname
  1. 1.
    a lunar mansionclassical

    A specific lunar mansion, identified as two stars in the Milky Way, one hidden and one bright, associated with the month of January.

بَلْعnoun
  1. 1.
    swallowingboth

    The act of swallowing.

  2. 2.
    throatclassical

    The passage in the throat.

بِهَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    a part of a pulleyclassical

    The pulley itself or its opening.

بَلْعnoun
  1. 1.
    a mountainclassical

    A mountain, possibly named without the 'lam'.

بَنُو بَلَعname
  1. 1.
    a tribeclassical

    A clan or tribe belonging to the Quda'a confederation.

بَلِعadjective
  1. 1.
    gluttonousboth

    A person who eats excessively.

بُلْعُومnoun
  1. 1.
    throatboth

    The passage in the throat through which food and drink pass.

بَلْعَلَعnoun
  1. 1.
    water birdclassical

    A long-necked water bird.

بُلُوعadjective
  1. 1.
    spaciousclassical

    Wide or spacious, referring to a container.

بَالُوعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sewerboth

    A well with a narrow opening dug to collect rainwater or wastewater.

بَلَاعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sewerboth

    A well with a narrow opening dug to collect rainwater or wastewater.

بُلُوعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sewerboth

    A well with a narrow opening dug to collect rainwater or wastewater.

بُلَيعاءname
  1. 1.
    a man's nameclassical

    A name of a man from the Arabs.

  2. 2.
    a horse's nameclassical

    The name of three horses belonging to different individuals or tribes.

أَبْلَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to enable to swallowclassical

    To allow or enable someone to swallow something.

  2. 2.
    to grant respiteclassical

    To give someone a moment to swallow, implying a delay or pause.

مَبْلَعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    wellclassical

    A well that is lined with stones from the bottom to the rim.

تَبْلِيعnoun
  1. 1.
    appearingclassical

    The act of gray hair appearing for the first time.

Parallel reading

يا أرض ابلعي ماءك
O earth, swallow your water!
وهو نجمان مستويان في المجرى، أحدهما خفي، والآخر مضيء يسمى بالعا، كأنه بلع الآخر
It is two stars level in the course, one of them hidden, and the other luminous called al-'aa, as if it swallowed the other.
والبلع، كصرد، من البكرة: سمها وثقبها، الواحدة: بهاء
And al-bal' (like sard) from the pulley: its rope and its hole, the single unit is bihaa'.
وبنو بلع: بطين من قضاعة
And Banu Bal' are a clan from Quda'a.
والرجل الأكول
And the gluttonous man.
والبلعلع، بالضم: طائر مائي طويل العنق
And al-balal' (with damma): a long-necked water bird.
وقدر بلوع، كصبور: واسعة
And a pot bulu', (like sabur): spacious.
والبالوعة والبلاعة والبلوعة، مشددتين: بئر يحفر ضيق الرأس يجري فيها ماء المطر ونحوه، ج: بواليع وبلاليع
And al-balu'ah, al-balaa'ah, and al-bulu'ah, with shadda: a dug well with a narrow head into which rainwater and the like flows, pl: bawali' and balali'.
وأبلعته: مكنته من بلعه
And I enabled him to swallow: I gave him the ability to swallow it.
وأبلعني ريقي: أمهلني مقدار ما أبلعه
And he gave me respite to swallow my saliva: he delayed me for the amount of time it takes to swallow.
والمبلعة، كمكرمة: الركية المطوية من القعر إلى الشفة
And al-mabla'ah, (like makramah): the well lined with stones from the bottom to the lip.
بلع الشيب فيه تبليعا: ظهر أولا
Gray hair appeared in him gradually: it appeared first.