بلز

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes physical characteristics, specifically shortness and stoutness in people and animals. It also extends to concepts of taking or seizing something, and includes place names and a personal name derived from these meanings.

Derived headwords

بَلَزٌadjective

1.
shortboth
Describing a person, male or female, as being short in stature.
2.
stout, stockyclassical
Describing a person, particularly a woman, as being large, stout, and well-built.
3.
light, agileclassical
Describing a person as being light or agile, a meaning attributed to 'blaz' (بلز) in some classical sources.

بَلِزٌadjective

1.
shortclassical
Specifically referring to shortness, with the lam doubled and vocalized with a kasra.

اِبْتَلَزَهُverb

1.
to seize, to takeclassical
To take something from someone, to seize it.

مُبَالَزَةٌnoun

1.
seizing, takingclassical
The act of seizing or taking something, derived from the verb 'ibtalaaza' (ابتز).

بَلِيزَةٌname

1.
personal nameclassical
A title or name given to Abu al-Qasim Abd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Asbahani al-Kharti, a reciter.

إِبْلِيزٌnoun

1.
type of mud/clayclassical
Refers to the mud or clay found in Egypt, specifically what the Nile leaves behind after receding. It is of Persian origin, with the common pronunciation using 's' instead of 'z'.

بَلَازَكَرْدname

1.
place nameclassical
A village located between Irbil and Azerbaijan.

بَالُوزٌname

1.
place nameclassical
A village in Nasa, located three parasangs away. It is the origin of the renowned scholar Abu al-Abbas al-Hasan ibn Sufyan ibn Amir al-Baluzi al-Nisawi.

بَالُوزِيٌّadjective

1.
from Baluzclassical
An adjective indicating origin from the village of Baluz.

Parallel reading

رجل بلز

A short man.

وكذلك امرأة بلز

And likewise a short woman.

البلز: المرأة الضخمة المكتنزة

Al-blaz: The large, stout woman.

قال أبو عمرو: زعم الأخفش أنهم يقولون: امرأة بلز للضخمة، ولم أر ذلك معروفا

Abu Amr said: Al-Akhfash claimed they say 'blaz' for a stout woman, but I have not seen this to be well-known.

وقال ثعلب: لم يأت من الصفات على فعل إلا حرفان: امرأة بلز، وأتان إبد

And Tha'lab said: Only two words from the adjectives on the pattern 'fa'al' have come: 'blaz' for a woman, and 'ibd' for a female donkey.

والبلز، بتشديد اللام المكسورة: القصير

And al-blaz, with a doubled kasra-ed lam: the short one.

وابتزّه منه شيئاً: أخذه وهي المبالزة

And he seized something from him: he took it, and that is al-mubalaza.

وبليزة، بتثقيل اللام المكسورة: لقب أبي القاسم عبد الله بن أحمد الأصبهاني الخرتي المقرئ

And Baliza, with a heavy kasra-ed lam: is the title of Abu al-Qasim Abd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Asbahani al-Kharti, the reciter.

وطين الإبليز، بالكسر: طين مصر، وهو ما يعقبه النيل بعد ذهابه عن وجه الأرض، أعجمية

And the mud of al-ibliz, with a kasra: is the mud of Egypt, which is what the Nile leaves behind after it recedes from the face of the earth; it is non-Arabic.

ورجل بلز: أي خفيف

And a man 'blaz': meaning light.

وبلاز كرد بالفتح قرية بين إربل وأذربيجان

And Balazkard, with a fatha, is a village between Irbil and Azerbaijan.

وبالوز: قرية بنسا، على ثلاثة فراسخ، منها الإمام أبو العباس الحسن بن سفيان بن عامر البالوزي النسوي إمام عصره

And Baluz: is a village in Nasa, three parasangs away, from which is Imam Abu al-Abbas al-Hasan ibn Sufyan ibn Amir al-Baluzi al-Nisawi, the imam of his era.