بَلَآءٌ
Root: بلو
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بَلَآءٌ
and
and
بَلِيَّةٌ and
بِلْوَةٌ , with kesr, and
بِلْيَةٌ , thus in the handwriting of Aboo-Zekereeyà, in the place of the third, substs. from بَلَاهُ ٱللّٰهُ, or from اِبْتَلَاهُ ٱللّٰهُ, [which is the same in meaning,] or from بَلَوْتُهُ, are one [in their signification; which is A trial, as meaning a probation, or a test; and as meaning particularly a trouble or an affliction of any kind by which one's patience or any other grace or virtue is tried, proved, or tested]; and the pl. of
بَلِيَّةٌ is بَلَايَا, of the measure فَعَائِلُ
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