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ابهى

Root: بهو

Form: 4

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ابهىIV He was, or became, beautiful, or handsome, in face.

def.2 ابهاهُ [He deprived it of beauty, or goodliness; the ا being a privative, as it often is, like the Greek a: this is probably the primary signification: and hence,
2 ] He made it empty, or vacant: or he rent it, or made holes in it: or he rent it, or made holes in it, and rendered it vacant: namely, a tent. Hence the saying, المِعْزَى تُبْهِى وَ لَا تُبْنِى [explained in art. بنى]: applied to him who injures and does not profit.
3 He emptied it; namely, a vessel.
4 ابهى الخَيْلَ He freed the horses from service in warfare; i. e. he did not go to war upon the horses: or he divested the horses of their furniture, and did not ride them: or he supplied the horses amply with fodder, and gave them rest: but the first is the-approved explanation.
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