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ب ل ع ك

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes slowness, dullness, and heaviness, often applied to animals like camels or to people. It can also refer to a type of date and the act of cutting with a sword.

Derived headwords

البِلَعْكُnoun
  1. 1.
    Sluggish she-camelboth

    A she-camel that is sluggish, slow-moving, or old. It can also refer to a heavy, slow she-camel or a large, docile one.

  2. 2.
    Dull personboth

    A dull-witted or slow-thinking man.

  3. 3.
    Jemel dullclassical

    A dull-witted camel.

  4. 4.
    Vile personboth

    A base and insignificant person.

  5. 5.
    Type of dateclassical

    A variety of date, considered a dialectal variant of 'bal'aq'.

بِلَعْكُadjective
  1. 1.
    Dull-wittedboth

    Describing a person who is dull-witted, characterized by a lack of spirit, excessive greed, and little zeal.

بَلَعَكَهُverb
  1. 1.
    To cut (with sword)classical

    To cut something, specifically with a sword.

Parallel reading

الناقة المسترخية أو المسنة
The sluggish or old she-camel.
هي البلعك والدلعك للناقة الثقيلة
It is the 'bal'ak' and 'dala'ak' for the heavy she-camel.
أو هي الضخمة الذلول
Or it is the large and docile one.
والبلعك: الرجل البليد
And 'al-bal'ak': the dull man.
هو الجمل البليد
It is the dull camel.
والبلعك: اللئيم الحقير
And 'al-bal'ak': the base and insignificant person.
رجل بلعك: يشتم ويحقر فلا ينكر ذلك لموت نفسه، وشدة طمعه، وقلة حميته
A 'bal'ak' man: he is insulted and belittled, and does not object due to his lack of spirit, intense greed, and little zeal.
ضرب من التمر لغة في البلعق
A type of date, a dialectal variant of 'al-bal'aq'.
بلعكه بالسيف: قطعه
He 'bal'akahu' with the sword: he cut it.