بلد

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of staying in a place, slowness, dullness, and the earth or land. It also extends to descriptions of physical attributes like broadness and robustness, and specific geographical or astronomical terms.

Derived headwords

بَلَدَ بالمكانverb

1.
to stay in a placeboth
To reside or remain in a location.

بَالِدadjective

1.
residentboth
One who resides or stays in a place.

البُلْدَةnoun

1.
town/cityboth
A populated area, a city or town; synonymous with 'balad'.
2.
constellationclassical
A specific lunar mansion consisting of six stars in Sagittarius, where the sun is during the shortest day of the year.
3.
chest/bosomclassical
The chest or bosom, often used metaphorically for capacity or disposition.
4.
space between eyebrowsclassical
The clear space between the eyebrows.

البَلَدnoun

1.
town/cityboth
A populated area, a city or town; synonymous with 'buldah'.
2.
trace/markclassical
A trace or mark left behind.
3.
ostrich nestclassical
The nest or nesting place of an ostrich.

البَلَدَانnoun

1.
towns/citiesboth
Plural of 'balad' or 'buldah', referring to multiple towns or cities.

البَلَدَةnoun

1.
dullness/stupidityboth
Lack of intelligence or quickness of mind; the opposite of being sharp or intelligent.

بَلِيدadjective

1.
its verb form is ẓarufa, so he is dullboth
its verb form is ẓarufa, so he is dull

تَبَلَّدَverb

1.
to feign dullnessclassical
To pretend to be dull or slow-witted.
2.
to wander confusedlyclassical
To move about in a state of confusion or bewilderment.

تَبْلِيدverb

1.
to strike the groundclassical
To hit or strike the ground with oneself (e.g., an animal falling).

أَبْلَدَverb

1.
to stick to the groundclassical
To adhere firmly to the ground.
2.
to have a slow animalclassical
Said of a man whose riding animal is slow or sluggish.

مُبْلِدadjective

1.
stuck to the groundclassical
Describing something that is stuck or adhered to the ground.

ومبلد بين موماة بمهلكة * جاوزته بعلاة الخلق عليان — And a thing stuck between a wasteland in a desolate place, which I passed by with the high creation of 'Ulyān.

مُبَالَدَةnoun

1.
futility/vanityclassical
Similar to 'mubatalah', referring to vain or futile actions.

أَبْلَادnoun

1.
traces/marksclassical
Plural of 'balad', referring to traces or marks.

أَبْلَجadjective

1.
It is said rajulun ablaj, clearly bright, if he is not (hairy between the eyebrows).both
It is said rajulun ablaj, clearly bright, if he is not (hairy between the eyebrows).
2.
bright, radiantboth
bright, radiant

أَبْلَدadjective

1.
large of buildclassical
A man of large physical stature or build.

بُلَنْدَىadjective

1.
broad/wideclassical
Describing something as broad or wide.

مُبْلَنْدَىadjective

1.
strong/tough (camel)classical
Describing a camel as strong, robust, and resilient.

Parallel reading

بلد بالمكان: أقام به، فهو بالد.

He stayed in the place: he resided in it, so he is a resident.

والبلدة والبلد: واحد البلاد، والبلدان (2) .

And al-buldah and al-balad: they are one of the lands, and the lands (plural).

والبلادة: ضد الذكاء.

And dullness: it is the opposite of intelligence.

وقد بلد بالضم فهو بليد.

And he became dull (with dammah on 'balada'), so he is dull-witted.

وتبلد: تكلف البلادة.

And he feigned dullness: he pretended to be dull.

وتبلد، أي تردد متحيرا.

And he wandered confusedly, meaning he moved about bewildered.

وبلد تبليدا: ضرب بنفسه الأرض.

And he struck the ground with himself (a form of 'balada' with 'tablidan'): he hit the ground with himself.

وأبلد، لصق بالأرض.

And he stuck to the ground: he adhered to the earth.

ومبلد بين موماة بمهلكة * جاوزته بعلاة الخلق عليان

And a thing stuck between a wasteland in a desolate place * which I passed by with the high creation of 'Ulyān

والمبالدة مثل المباطلة.

And al-mubaladah is like al-mubatalah (futility).

أبلد الرجل، إذا كانت دابته بليدة.

The man had a slow animal, if his mount was sluggish.

والبلد: الاثر، والجمع أبلاد.

And al-balad: the trace, and the plural is 'ablād'.

عرف الديار توهما فاعتادها * من بعد ما شمل البلى أبلادها

He recognized the dwellings by conjecture, then frequented them * after decay had encompassed their traces.

ليست تجرح فرارا ظهورهم * وبالنحور كلوم ذات أبلاد

Their backs are not wounded from fleeing * but rather wounds with traces on their chests.

والبلد: أدحي النعام.

And al-balad: the nesting place of ostriches.

هو أذل من بيضة البلد، أي من بيضة النعام التي تتركها.

He is more humiliated than the egg of the ostrich, meaning the ostrich egg that it leaves behind.

والبلدة: الأرض. يقال: هذه بلدتنا، كما يقال بحرتنا.

And al-buldah: the land. It is said: 'This is our land,' just as it is said 'our region'.

والبلدة من منازل القمر، وهي ستة أنجم من القوس تنزلها الشمس في أقصر يوم من السنة.

And al-buldah is one of the lunar mansions, and it is six stars from Sagittarius which the sun enters on the shortest day of the year.

والبلدة: الصدر. يقال: فلان واسع البلدة، أي واسع الصدر.

And al-buldah: the chest. It is said: 'So-and-so is broad of chest,' meaning broad of disposition.

أنيخت فألقت بلدة فوق بلدة * قليل بها الأصوات إلا بغامها

She knelt and laid her chest upon chest * with few sounds therein except their bleating.

والبلدة والبلدة: نقاوة ما بين الحاجبين.

And al-buldah and al-buldah: the clear space between the eyebrows.

يقال: رجل أبلد، أي أبلج بين البلد، وهو الذي ليس بمقرون.

It is said: 'A man is 'ablad', meaning broad-foreheaded between the eyebrows, and he is one whose eyebrows are not joined'.

والأبلد: الرجل العظيم الخلق.

And al-'ablad: the man of great build.

والبلندى: العريض.

And al-bulandā: the broad.

والمبلندى من الجمال: الصلب الشديد.

And al-mublandā among camels: the strong and tough.