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بَدْرَةٌ

Root: بدر

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بَدْرَةٌ , applied to an eye (عَيْنٌ), Quick-sighted; or that sees before others: or that sees before [the eyes of] other horses; applied to a horse's eye: or sharp-sighted: or round and large: or full like the full moon: but the correct meaning is [said to be] that [mentioned above as] given by IAar: or, accord. to IAar, full; not defective.

def.2 Also, and بَدْرٌ , The skin of a lamb or kid when it has been weaned, used for milk: for [when it is killed] while it continues sucking, its skin, if used for milk, is called شَكْوَةٌ; and for clarified butter, عُكَّة: when it has been weaned, its skin for milk is called بَدْرَة; and for clarified butter, مِسْأَد: and when it is in its second year, its skin for milk is called وَطْب; and for clarified butter, نِحْى: pl. بِدَرٌ and بُدُورٌ: the former said by El-Fárisee to be the only instance of the kind except هِضَبٌ pl. of هَضْبَةٌ, and بِضَعٌ pl. of بَضْعَةٌ [or this may be pl. of بِضْعَةٌ]. (M. [But the assertion of El-Fárisee is incorrect (see حَيْضَةٌ), unless it be meant to apply only to sound words; and in this case, at least one addition should be made, namely قِصَعٌ pl. of قَصْعَةٌ.])
2 Hence, the former word, and ↓ the latter also, The sum of ten thousand dirhems: or a purse containing a thousand, or ten thousand, dirhems, or seven thousand deenárs: pl. بُدُورٌ, and pl. of pauc. بِدَرَاتٌ.
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