بِطَانٌ

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بِطَانٌ [The belly-girth of a camel: or] the girth of the [kind of saddle called] قَتَب, which is put beneath the belly of the camel, and is like the تَصْدِير to the رَحْل: or the girth of the [saddle called] رَحْل: pl. [of pauc.] أَبْطِنَةٌ and [of mult.] بُطْنٌ. [Hence,] اِلْتَقَتْ حَلْقَتَا البِطَانِ [The two rings of the belly-girth met]: said of a case, or an affair, that has become severe, strait, or distressing. And رَجُلٌ عَرِيضُ البِطَانِ A man in ample and easy circumstances; or in an easy, or a pleasant, state or condition; or easy, or unstraitened, in mind. (K, TA. [See also art. عرض.]) And مَاتَ فُلَانٌ وَهُوَ عَرِيضُ البِطَانِ, meaning, accord. to A'Obeyd, Such a one died broad in the fleshy parts (المَلَاحِم); nothing of him having gone.

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