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أَلْبَدَ

Root: لبد

Form: 4

Full Definition

أَلْبَدَIV : see 1.
2 البد شَيْئًا بِشَىْءٍ He stuck a thing to a thing; as also لَبَدَهُ, Verbal.Noun لَبْدٌ: or he stuck a thing firmly to a thing.
3 He put the milking-vessel close to the udder [lit., stuck it to the udder] in order that there might be no froth to the milk. (TA, art. نفج.)
4 البد He struck his hinder parts with his tail, having befouled it with his thin dung and his urine, and so made these to form a compact crust upon those parts.
5 البد بَصَرُهُ His sight, or eye, remained fixed upon the place of prostration.
6 البد He lowered, or stooped, his head, in entering a door.

def.2 البد السَّرْجَ; and , Verbal.Noun لَبْدٌ; He made for the saddle a لِبْد [or cloth of felt to place beneath it]: and in like manner, البد الخُفَّ, and , he made a لِبْد [or lining of felt?] for the boots.
2 البد الفَرَسَ He bound upon the horse a لِبْد [or saddle cloth, or covering of felt]: or put it upon his back.
3 البدتِ الإِبِلُ The camels put forth their soft hair and their colours, and assumed a goodly appearance, and began to grow fat, by reason of the [season, or pasture, called] رَبِيع: as though they put on أَلْبَاد [or felt coverings].
4 البد القِرْبَةَ He put the water-skin into a جُوَالِق [or sack]: or into a لَبِيد, or small جوالق: the لَبِيد is a لِبْد [or covering of felt] which is sewed upon it.
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