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ابلد

Root: بلد

Form: 4

Full Definition

ابلدIV He clave to the ground, in submissiveness. [Perhaps formed by transposition from أَلْبَدَ: see مُبْلِدٌ.]
2 See also 5.
3 His beast became dull; not to be rendered brisk, lively, or sprightly, by being put in motion.

def.2 ابلدهُ مَكَانًا He made him to keep to a place.

def.3 ابلد, Verbal.Noun إِبْلَادٌ, It was, or became, abandoned, and no longer used, so that it threatened to fall to ruin.

def.4 [And] ابلدهُ الدَّهْرُ Time caused it to become abandoned, and worn, and no longer used, so that it threatened to fall to ruin. [See مُبْلِدٌ.]
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