بلع

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

The root 'بلع' primarily relates to the act of swallowing or consuming something. It also extends to concepts of absorption, holes or openings, and the initial appearance of something, like gray hair or celestial bodies.

Derived headwords

بَلَعَverb

1.
he swallowed the thingboth
he swallowed the thing
2.
he swallowed itboth
he swallowed it

ابْتَلَعَverb

1.
to swallowboth
To swallow something, often implying a complete or thorough act of swallowing.

أَبْلَعَverb

1.
I made someone else swallow the thingboth
I made someone else swallow the thing

سَعْد بَلَعname

1.
Sa'd Bala'classical
A name for two close stars, considered one of the mansions of the moon.

بَلْعnoun

1.
he swallowed the thingboth
he swallowed the thing
2.
he swallowed itboth
he swallowed it

تَبْلِيعnoun

1.
initial appearanceboth
The first appearance or emergence of something, such as gray hair in one's head.

بَالُوعَةnoun

1.
a hole in the middle of the houseboth
a hole in the middle of the house

بُلُوعَةnoun

1.
a hole in the middle of the houseboth
a hole in the middle of the house

بَلَاعname

1.
Bala'classical
A proper name of a man.

بَلَاعِيعnoun

1.
drains, sinkholesboth
The plural of 'bālū'ah' or 'bulū'ah', referring to multiple drains or sinkholes.

Parallel reading

بلعت الشئ بالكسر وابتلعته بمعنى

I swallowed the thing (with kasra), and I ingested it, meaning the same.

وأبلعته غيري

And I made someone else swallow it.

وسعد بلع من منازل القمر

And Sa'd Bala' is from the mansions of the moon.

وهما كوكبان متقاربان زعموا أنه طلع لما قال الله تعالى للارض: {يا أرض ابلعى ماءك}

And they are two close stars, which they claimed rose when God Almighty said to the earth: {O earth, swallow your water}.

والبلع أيضا: الثقب في قائمة البكرة

And swallowing is also: the hole in the pulley of the block.

وبلع الشيب في رأسه تبليعا أول ما يظهر

And the graying of hair in his head was a 'tablī'an' (initial appearance) the first time it appeared.

والبالوعة: ثقب في وسط الدار

And the drain: a hole in the middle of the house.

وكذلك البلوعة

And likewise the drain.

والجمع البلاليع

And the plural is 'balālī'.