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مَبْلَغٌ

Root: بلغ

Full Definition

مَبْلَغٌ [The place, and the time, which a person, or thing, reaches, attains, arrives at, or comes to: the utmost point to which, or towards which, one tends, or repairs, or betakes himself; to which one directs his course; or which one seeks, pursues, endeavours to reach, desires, intends, or purposes; whether it be a place, or a time, or any affair or state or event that is meditated or intended or determined or appointed: ] the utmost point, or scope, or degree, of knowledge [and of any attainment]: [the utmost degree of proficiency: a consummate degree of goodness and of any other quality: the age of puberty, virility, ripeness, or maturity: the sum, amount, or product, resulting from addition or multiplication: a sum of money: and particularly a considerable sum thereof: and] cash, or ready money, consisting of dirhems and of deenárs: in this sense, post-classical: pl. مَبَالِغُ. You say, بَلَغَ فُلَانٌ مَبْلَغَهُ and مَبْلَغَتَهُ: and بَلَغَ فِى العِلْمِ المَبَالِغَ: and بَلَغَ فِى الجَوْدَةِ مَبْلَغًا, and مِنَ الجَوْدَةِ: for explanations of all which, see 1. And بَلَغْتَ مِنَّا كُلَّ مَبْلَغٍ: see البُلَغِينَ.
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