Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

بَضٌّ

Root: بض

Full Definition

بَضٌّ A man thin-skinned, or fine-skinned, and plump: or a man having a thin, or fine, and plump, skin, upon which the least thing makes a mark, or an impression: or a man soft, or tender, in body; not particularly implying whiteness: or soft, or tender, in body, thin-skinned, or fine-skinned, and plump: fem. with ة; signifying a girl, or a woman, thin-skinned, or fine-skinned, and soft, or tender, or delicate, if tawny or white: or soft, or tender, in body; not particularly implying whiteness: or fleshy and white: or thin-skinned, or fine-skinned, in whom the blood appears [through the skin]: or soft, or tender, or delicate, compact in flesh, and very white or fair in complexion: and بَضِيضَةٌ and بَاضَّةٌ and بَضْبَاضَةٌ , applied to a girl, signify the same as بَضَّةٌ; compact in flesh, plump, or soft and thin-skinned and plump, with a very white or fair complexion: and بَضَاضٌ also is syn. with بَضَّةٌ, applied to a woman.


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