Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

بارأهُ

Root: برأ

Form: 3

Full Definition

بارأهُIII , Verbal.Noun مُبَارَأَةٌ and بِرَآءٌ, He made him free, clear, quit, or irresponsible, the latter doing to him the same: he compounded, or made a compromise, with him for their mutual separation: he separated himself from him , the latter doing the same. And بَارَأْتُ الرَّجُلَ I became free, clear, quit, or irresponsible, to the man, he becoming so to me. And بارأ المَرْأَةَ, or ٱمْرَأَتَهُ, Verbal.Noun as above, He compounded, or made a compromise, with the woman for their mutual separation; i. e. he divorced her for a compensation [which she was to make him, such as her giving up a portion of her dowry remaining due to her, in order that they might be clear, each of the other]: it occurs also [without ء] in art. برى.


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