Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

بَاتٌّ

Root: بت

Full Definition

بَاتٌّ : see بَتٌّ, in three places.
2 Cut off from [the possession of] reason, or intellect, by drunkenness: or drunken: and stupid, or foolish: and أَحْمَقُ بَاتٌّ signifies very stupid or foolish, accord. to Lth; but [Az adds,] what we remember to have heard from those deserving of confidence is تَابٌّ, from التَّبَابُ, meaning الخَسَارُ; like as one says, أَحْمَقُ خَاسِرٌ دَابِرٌ دَامِرٌ [explained in art. خسر]. [See also 1, near the end of the paragraph.]
3 Also Lean, or meagre, and unable to rise, or stand.


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