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بَرْطَلَ

Root: برطل

Form: Q. 1

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بَرْطَلَ
Q. 1 (Verbal.Noun بَرْطَلَةٌ, TK,) He placed a long stone (بِرْطِيلٌ) in the fore part (إِزَآء, q. v.,) of his watering-trough.

def.2 [He gave him a بِرْطِيل, or bribe;] he bribed him. And بُرْطِلَ He was bribed.
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