أَبَلٌّ
Root: بل
Full Definition
أَبَلٌّ[
More, and most, moist: fem. بَلَّآءُ: and pl. بُلٌّ. Hence,] الجَنُوبُ أَبَلُّ الرِّيَاحِ
The south is the most moist of the winds.
2 [Hence, also,] مَا شَىْءٌ أَبَلَّ لِلْجِسْمِ مشنَ اللَّهْوِ Nothing is more healthful and suitable to the body than sport.
3 And صَفَاةٌ بَلَّآءٌ A smooth stone or rock.
4 And أَبَلُّ, applied to a man, Violent, or vehement, in contention, altercation, or dispute; as also بَلٌّ : or one who has no sense of shame: or one who resists, or withstands, and overcomes: or very mean, from whom that which he possesses cannot be obtained, by reason of his meanness; and so بَلَّآءُ applied to a woman: or mean, much given to the deferring of payment to his creditors, much given to swearing and to wronging, withholding the rightful property of others; as also بَلٌّ [q. v.]: or, accord. to AO, i. q. فَاجِرُ [i. e. vicious, immoral, unrighteous, &c.]: fem. بَلَّآءُ: and pl. بُلُّ: or it signifies one who pursues his course at random, not caring for what he meets.
2 [Hence, also,] مَا شَىْءٌ أَبَلَّ لِلْجِسْمِ مشنَ اللَّهْوِ Nothing is more healthful and suitable to the body than sport.
3 And صَفَاةٌ بَلَّآءٌ A smooth stone or rock.
4 And أَبَلُّ, applied to a man, Violent, or vehement, in contention, altercation, or dispute; as also بَلٌّ : or one who has no sense of shame: or one who resists, or withstands, and overcomes: or very mean, from whom that which he possesses cannot be obtained, by reason of his meanness; and so بَلَّآءُ applied to a woman: or mean, much given to the deferring of payment to his creditors, much given to swearing and to wronging, withholding the rightful property of others; as also بَلٌّ [q. v.]: or, accord. to AO, i. q. فَاجِرُ [i. e. vicious, immoral, unrighteous, &c.]: fem. بَلَّآءُ: and pl. بُلُّ: or it signifies one who pursues his course at random, not caring for what he meets.
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