بَدَنٌ
Root: بدن
Full Definition
بَدَنٌ
The body, without the head and arms and legs; so says Az: or the body without the arms and legs: or [the part] from the shoulder-joint to the posteriors [inclusive]: or the جَسَدَ [generally meaning the body together with the members] of a man; often applied. to the whole of the
جَسَد; and in the Kur x. 92 it is said to mean the body without soul: pl. أَبْدَانٌ; whence the phrase, mentioned by Lh, إِنَّهَا لَحَسَنَةُ الأَبْدَانِ [meaning Verily she is beautiful in respect of the body], as though the term بَدَنٌ were applied to every portion of her. شِرْكَةُ الأَبْدَانِ is originally شِرْكَةٌ بِالأَبْدَانِ, meaning Copartnership in bodily labours for the acquirement of gains.
2 And hence,
3 Also
4 And
5 Accord. to Kr, A limb, or member: or, specially, the limbs, or members, of a slaughtered camel: (M, K: [in the latter of which, the former of these two explanations is improperly connected with the first in this paragraph by the conjunction او:]) to these he specially applies it in one instance: pl. as above.
6 Also An old, or aged, man: or so رَجُلٌ بَدَنٌ. [In like manner, بَادِنٌ and بَدِنٌ are said by Golius, as on the authority of the S, to signify annosus et senior, applied to a man, and also to a woman; but this explanation is wrong; and the latter word I do not find in any lexicon.]
7 And An old mountain-goat: or so وَعِلٌ بَدَنٌ: [in the present day, بَدَن is applied to the wild goat of the Arabian and Egyptian deserts and mountains; the capra jaela of Hamilton Smith; called by some an ibex; as is also تَيْتَل, properly ثَيْتَلٌ:] pl. [of pauc.] أَبْدُنُ (M, K [in the CK, erroneously, أَبْدَنٌ]) and [of mult.] بُدُونٌ, which is extr. [with respect to rule], on the authority of IAar. The rájiz says, describing a bitch and a mountain-goat,
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2 And hence,
3 Also
4 And
5 Accord. to Kr, A limb, or member: or, specially, the limbs, or members, of a slaughtered camel: (M, K: [in the latter of which, the former of these two explanations is improperly connected with the first in this paragraph by the conjunction او:]) to these he specially applies it in one instance: pl. as above.
6 Also An old, or aged, man: or so رَجُلٌ بَدَنٌ. [In like manner, بَادِنٌ and بَدِنٌ are said by Golius, as on the authority of the S, to signify annosus et senior, applied to a man, and also to a woman; but this explanation is wrong; and the latter word I do not find in any lexicon.]
7 And An old mountain-goat: or so وَعِلٌ بَدَنٌ: [in the present day, بَدَن is applied to the wild goat of the Arabian and Egyptian deserts and mountains; the capra jaela of Hamilton Smith; called by some an ibex; as is also تَيْتَل, properly ثَيْتَلٌ:] pl. [of pauc.] أَبْدُنُ (M, K [in the CK, erroneously, أَبْدَنٌ]) and [of mult.] بُدُونٌ, which is extr. [with respect to rule], on the authority of IAar. The rájiz says, describing a bitch and a mountain-goat,
[I had said, when El-' Ikáb appeared, and El-Hikáb comprised her and the old mountain-goat, “Exert thyself: for every worker there is a recompense: the head and the shanks and the hide shall be thine”]: العقاب is the name of a bitch, and الحقاب is a certain mountain: he says, “Catch thou this goat, and I will make thy recompense to be the head and the shanks and the hide.” [Hence Golius has been led to mistake الحِقَاب for a signification of البَدَنُ.]قَدْ قُلْتُ لَمَّا بَدَتِ العُقَابُ وَضَمَّهَا وَالبَدَنَ الحِقَابٌ جِدِّى لِكُلِّ عَامِلٍ ثَوَابُ اَلرَّأْسُ وَالأَكْرُعُ وَالإِهَابُ
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