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أَبْلَدٌ

Root: بلد

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أَبْلَدٌ A man having a space clear from hair between his eyebrows: or having eyebrows not joined: i. q. أَبْلَجُ.

def.2 [More, and most, stupid, dull, wanting in intelligence, or in penetration, sharpness, vigour, or effectiveness, in the performing of affairs: see بَلُدَ.] You say, أَبْلَدُ مِنْ ثَوْرٍ [More stupid, &c., than a bull].
2 See also بَلِيدٌ.
3 A man of large, big, gross, rude, or coarse, make.
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