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بَلْبَلَةٌ

Root: بل

Full Definition

بَلْبَلَةٌ Verbal.Noun of بَلْبَلَ [q. v.].

def.2 A state of confusion, or mixture, of tongues, or languages. In the copies of the K, الأَسِنَّة is here erroneously put for الأَلْسِنَة.
2 Also, and بَلْبَالٌ , The vain, or unprofitable, or evil, suggestion of anxieties in the bosom: or anxiety, and vain, or unprofitable, or evil, suggestion of the mind: or intense anxiety, and vain, or unprofitable, or evil, suggestions or thoughts; as also بُلَابِلٌ , or : this last [however] is pl. of بَلْبَالٌ ; which also signifies vehement distress in the bosom; and so does بَلْبَالَةٌ : or بَلْبَالٌ signifies anxiety and grief: and, as also بَلْبَلَةٌ, a motion, or commotion, in the heart, arising from grief or love.
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