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بذح

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of splitting or tearing, particularly in the context of a physical opening or wound. It extends to the act of causing such a split, especially in a specific animal husbandry practice.

Derived headwords

البَذْحnoun
  1. 1.
    splittingboth

    The act or state of being split or torn open.

بَذَحَverb
  1. 1.
    to splitboth

    To cause something to split or tear open.

بَذَحَ لِسَانَ الفَصِيلِverb
  1. 1.
    to slit a camel foal's tongueclassical

    To slit the tongue of a young camel, a practice done to prevent it from suckling.

بَذُوحadjective
  1. 1.
    splitclassical

    Describing a person's leg that has splits or fissures.

Parallel reading

البذح: الشق.
Al-badh: the split.
وبذحت لسان الفصيل: شققته لئلا يرتضع.
And I slit the camel foal's tongue: I split it so that it would not suckle.
وفي رجل فلان بذوح، أي شقوق.
And in so-and-so's leg are splits, meaning fissures.