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ابضعها

Root: بضع

Form: 4

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ابضعهاIV , Verbal.Noun إِبْضَاعٌ, He gave her in marriage. It is said in a trad., تُسْتَأْمَرُ النِّسَآءُ فِى إِبْضَاعِهِنَّ Women shall be consulted respecting the giving them in marriage: or, accord. to one relation, , which [virtually] means the same; but this is a pl., namely, of بُضْعٌ.

def.2 ابضع الشَّىْءَ He made the thing to be بِضَاعَة [i. e. an article of merchandise], whatever it was; as also : or الشَّىْءَ signifies I made [or took] the thing as بضاعة [an article of merchandise] for myself: and you say, أَبْضَعْتُهُ غَيْرِى [I made it, or gave it as, an article of merchandise to another than me]: and ابضعهُ البِضَاعَةَ he gave him the article of merchandise. Hence the phrase, in a trad. relating to El-Medeeneh, accord. to one relation, تُبْضِعُ طِيبَهَا, meaning It gives the good that it possesses to its inhabitants; as explained by Z; but accord. to the relation commonly known, it is تَنْصَعُ, with ن and with the unpointed ص; [meaning “it purifies;”; (L in art.
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