Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

باعلت

Root: بعل

Form: 3

Full Definition

باعلتIII : see 1.
2 باعل القَوْمُ قَوْمًا The people intermarried with a people. You say also, بَنُو فُلَانٍ لَا يُبَاعَلُونَ The sons of such a one, none is married to them, nor are they married [to any but persons of their own tribe].
3 [The Verbal.Noun] بِعَالٌ signifies also The playing, or toying, together, of a man with his wife; and so مُبَاعَلَةٌ [also an Verbal.Noun of the same verb], and [Verbal.Noun of 6]. You say, باعل ٱمْرَأَتَهُ He played, or toyed, with his wife. And تُبَاعِلُ زَوْجَهَا She plays, or toys, with her husband. And بَيْنَهُمَا مُبَاعَلَةً Between them two is playing, or toying. And هُمَا They two play, or toy, together, each with the other.
4 And metonymically, بِعَالٌ signifies also I. q. جِمَاعٌ; and so مُبَاعَلَةٌ. You say, بَاعَلَهَا, meaning He lay with her.
5 And باعل فُلَانٌ فُلَانًا Such a one sat with such a one: the idea of playing, or toying, being imagined to be implied.


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