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بُلْبُلٌ

Root: بل

Full Definition

بُلْبُلٌ [The nightingale: and a certain melodious bird resembling the nightingale: both, in the present day, vulgarly called بِلْبِل:] the عَنْدَلِيب [q. v.]: and the كُعَيْت [q. v.]: a certain bird, well known, of beautiful voice, that frequents the Haram [or Sacred Territory of Mekkeh], and is called by the people of El-Hijáz the نُغَر [q. v.].
2 A man light, or active: or clever, well-mannered, or elegant, and light, or active: or a man light, or active, in journeying, and very helpful; and so بُلَابِلٌ , or : or, accord. to Th, a boy light, or active, in journeying: and a man light, or active in that which he sets about; as also بُلَابِلٌ ; or this last signifies a man active in intellect, to whom nothing is unapparent: pl. of the first, and of the last, بَلَابِلُ.

def.2 A certain fish, of the size of the hand.

def.3 The spout (قَنَاة) of a mug (كُوز), that pours forth the water.
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