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البُلَغِينَ

Root: بلغ

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البُلَغِينَ , or البِلَغِينَ, or both, Calamity, misfortune, or disaster: or distress, or affliction. Hence the saying of 'Áïsheh to 'Alee, when she was taken prisoner [by him], بَلَغْتَ مِنَّا البُلَغِينَ, and البِلَغِينَ, i. e., الدَّاهِيَةَ; meaning مِنَّا كُلَّ بَلَغْتَ [Thou hast distressed us, or afflicted us, in the utmost degree]: it is said to mean that the war harassed her, and distressed her in the utmost degree. It is like البُرَحِينَ [and البِرَحِينَ] and الأَطْوَرِينَ; all meaning calamities, misfortunes, or disasters: and is as though they said خَطْبٌ بِلَغٌ [and بُلَغٌ], meaning بَلِيغٌ, and then formed the pl. thus because they considered calamities [as personified, i. e.,] as rational beings having purpose, or design. It is invariably thus, terminating with ى and ن: or one may say in the nom. case البُلَغُونَ, and in the accus. and gen. البُلَغِينَ. You say also, بَلَغَ بِهِ البِلَغِينَ [lit. He caused him to come, i. e. he brought him, to calamity, misfortune, or disaster, or to distress, or affliction]; meaning he went to the utmost point in reviling him, and annoying him, or molesting him.


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