Arabic

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Root
ب ل و (b l w)
9 terms

Etymology

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Verbal noun of بَلَا (balā).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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بَلَاء (balāʔm

  1. verbal noun of بَلَا (balā, to test, to try; to plague)
  2. affliction, plague, scourge, bane

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Noun

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بِلَاء (bilāʔm

  1. (obsolete) verbal noun of بَالَى (bālā) (form III)
    • a. 965 CE, Al-Mutanabbi, بِنا مِنكَ فَوقَ الرَملِ ما بِكَ في الرَملِ:
      أَقَلُّ بِلَاءً بِٱلرَّزَايَا مِنَ الْقَنَا
      وَأَقْدَمُ بَيْنَ الْجَحْفَلَيْنِ مِنَ النَّبْلِ
      ʔaqallu bilāʔan bi-r-razāyā mina l-qanā
      wa-ʔaqdamu bayna l-jaḥfalayni mina n-nabli
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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