Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

ابزى

Root: بزو

Form: 4

Full Definition

ابزىIV : see 1, in three places.

def.2 Also, Verbal.Noun إِبْزَآءٌ, He elevated his posteriors; as also تبازى : or the latter signifies he acted in such a manner in his walk as to cause it to be imagined that he was أَبْزَى; or he moved his posteriors in walking, like as does a woman; or he bent, or bowed, himself to others. Accord. to IAar, البزاء [probably a mistranscription for الإِبْزَآءُ] signifies الصلف [i. e. الصَّلَفُ, app. meaning An extravagant affecting of elegance of carriage, such as is common with women].


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