بِلْوُ
Root: بلو
Full Definition
بِلْوُ
, with kesr to the ب, and بِلْىُ سَفَرٍ, Worn, or wasted, by journeying, or travel; applied to a she-camel, and in like manner to a man, and to a he-camel: and بِلْىُ أَسْفَارٍ and بِلْوُ
أَسْفَارٍ, with kesr to the ب in both, a man worn, or wasted, by journeyings, or travels, and anxiety, and the like, and tryings, or trying events: pl. أَبْلَآءٌ. And بِلْوٌ شَرٍّ and بِلْىُ شَرٍّ [both written in the CK with fet-h to the ب] A man having strength, or power, to endure evil; tried, proved, or tested, thereby: and in like manner, بِلْوُ خَيْرٍ and بِلْىُ خَيْرٍ [tried, &c., by good, or prosperity]. And إِنَّهُ لِبَلْوٌ مِنْ أَبْلَآءِ المَالِ and بِلْىٌ [both written in the CK with fet-h to the ب as before] Verily he is one of those who manage, or tend, camels, or the like, well. The ى in بِلْى, in all these instances, is originally و, changed into ى because of the kesreh, and the weakness of the intervening letter, ل; as is the case in عِلَْيَةٌ: so says IJ.
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