بَدَنَةٌ
Root: بدن
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بَدَنَةٌ
A she-camel, and a male camel, and a cow, and a bull, accord. to some, or properly the first of these, and the second, but made by the Sunneh to apply to a cow also, that is slaughtered at Mekkeh, or that is, or may be, brought thither for sacrifice; so called because they used to fatten them, or because of their greatness, or bulkiness: not applied to a sheep or goat: En-Nawawee erroneously cites the T as asserting that it is thus applied; misled, it is said, by an omission in his copy: pl. بَدَنَاتٌ, a pl. of pauc., and بُدْنٌ, or بُدُنٌ, or both, the former being a contraction of the latter, which seems to be pl. of بَدِينٌ: one should not use بَدَنٌ as a pl. of بَدَنَةٌ; though they used to say خَشَبٌ and أَجَمٌ &c.
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