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بلدم

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of heaviness, slowness, and a certain type of physical or vocal disturbance. It describes a person who is heavy and awkward, a horse with a disturbed throat, and a general sense of being slow or sluggish.

Derived headwords

بَلَدَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be heavy and silentclassical

    To be heavy, slow, and silent, especially when one is supposed to speak or react.

بَلْدَمَverb
  1. 1.
    to be disturbed (horse's throat)classical

    Describing the sound or state of a horse's throat when it is disturbed or making an unusual noise.

بُلْدُمnoun
  1. 1.
    disturbed part of throat (horse)classical

    The part of a horse's throat that is disturbed or makes a sound, including the windpipe, esophagus, and jugular vein.

بُلْدُمnoun
  1. 1.
    heavy and awkward personclassical

    A person who is heavy, awkward in build, and perhaps slow or clumsy in movement.

بُلَنْدَمadjective
  1. 1.
    heavy and awkwardclassical

    Describing a person who is heavy, awkward in build, and perhaps slow or clumsy.

Parallel reading

بلدم الرجل، إذا فرق فسكت
A man is 'baladama' if he is startled and falls silent.
بلدم الفرس: ما اضطرب من حلقومه
A horse's 'buldum' is what is disturbed from its throat.
ما اضطرب من حلقومه ومريئه وجرانه
What is disturbed from its throat, its esophagus, and its jugular vein.
والبلندم: الرجل الثقيل المضطرب الخلق
And 'al-bulandam' is the heavy man, awkward in build.
ما أنت إلا أعفك بلندم هردبة هوهاءة مزردم
You are nothing but a heavy, awkward, lumbering, empty, and noisy creature.