بَحْرَةٌ
Root: بحر
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بَحْرَةٌ
A wide tract of land: so accord. to Aboo-Nasr: but in one place he says, a small valley in rugged land: pl. بِحَارٌ.
2 A land, country, or territory, belonging to, or inhabited by, a people; syn. بَلْدَةٌ. One says, هٰذِهِ بَحْرَتُنَا This is our land, &c.; syn. أَرْضُنَا. It occurs also in the dim. form [ بُحَيْرَةٌ ], as in the Towsheeh of El-Jelál.
3 Any town, or village, that has a running river and wholesome water: and [absolutely] any town, or village: of such the Arabs say, هٰذِهِ بَحْرَتُنَا This is our town, or village: and the pl. بِحَارٌ they apply to cities, as well as towns, or villages.
4 Low, or depressed, land: occurring also in the dim. form [ بُحَيْرَةٌ ].
5 A meadow; or a garden; syn. رَوْضَةٌ: or one that is large, and wide.
6 A place where water stagnates.
7 The pl. is بَحْرٌ , (as in some copies of the K, [or this is a coll. gen. n. of which بَحْرَةٌ is the n. un.,]) or بِحَرٌ, or بُحْرٌ, and بِحَارٌ.
def.2 لَقِيتُهُ صَحْرَةَ بَحْرَةَ, and صُحْرَةَ , as in the Expositions of the Tesheel, &c., and صَحْرَةً بَحْرَةً, and صُحْرَةً , I met him out, with nothing intervening between me and him; both of us being exposed to open view; without anything concealing, or intervening. صحرةَ بحرةَ, without tenween, is a compound denotative of state; not, as some say, consisting of two inf. ns.: and sometimes نَحْرَةً is added; in which case each of the three words is with tenween, decl.; and they do not form a compound. (MF. [But see صَحْرَة.)]
2 A land, country, or territory, belonging to, or inhabited by, a people; syn. بَلْدَةٌ. One says, هٰذِهِ بَحْرَتُنَا This is our land, &c.; syn. أَرْضُنَا. It occurs also in the dim. form [ بُحَيْرَةٌ ], as in the Towsheeh of El-Jelál.
3 Any town, or village, that has a running river and wholesome water: and [absolutely] any town, or village: of such the Arabs say, هٰذِهِ بَحْرَتُنَا This is our town, or village: and the pl. بِحَارٌ they apply to cities, as well as towns, or villages.
4 Low, or depressed, land: occurring also in the dim. form [ بُحَيْرَةٌ ].
5 A meadow; or a garden; syn. رَوْضَةٌ: or one that is large, and wide.
6 A place where water stagnates.
7 The pl. is بَحْرٌ , (as in some copies of the K, [or this is a coll. gen. n. of which بَحْرَةٌ is the n. un.,]) or بِحَرٌ, or بُحْرٌ, and بِحَارٌ.
def.2 لَقِيتُهُ صَحْرَةَ بَحْرَةَ, and صُحْرَةَ , as in the Expositions of the Tesheel, &c., and صَحْرَةً بَحْرَةً, and صُحْرَةً , I met him out, with nothing intervening between me and him; both of us being exposed to open view; without anything concealing, or intervening. صحرةَ بحرةَ, without tenween, is a compound denotative of state; not, as some say, consisting of two inf. ns.: and sometimes نَحْرَةً is added; in which case each of the three words is with tenween, decl.; and they do not form a compound. (MF. [But see صَحْرَة.)]
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