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ابحر

Root: بحر

Form: 4

Full Definition

ابحرIV He embarked [or voyaged] upon the sea or a great river. [Opposed to أَبَرَّ.]
2 It was, or became, salt.
3 أَبْحَرَتِ الأَرْضُ The land abounded with places where water stagnated. (T, K. * [In the latter, مَنَافِعُهَا is put by mistake for مَنَاقِعُهَا. See بَحْرَةٌ.])

def.2 He found water to be salt; not easy, or pleasant, to be drunk. (K, TA. [In some copies of the K, for لَمْ يَسُغْ, we find لَمْ يَمْتَنِعْ, which is evidently a mistake.])

def.3 He met, or met with, a man unintentionally: from the phrase, لَقِيتُهُ صَحْرَةَ بَحْرَةَ.


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