بُلَهْنِيَةٌ

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بُلَهْنِيَةٌ , or بَلَهْنِيَةُ العَيْشِ, or مِنَ العَيْشِ, An easy and a plentiful, or a pleasant and heedless, state, or condition, of life: from عَيْشٌ أَبْلَهُ [q. v.]: the word بلهنية is rendered quasi-coordinate to the quinqueliteral-radical class by ا at the end, which is changed into ى because of the kesreh before it: (S in art. بلهن:) it is like رُفَغْنِيَةٌ and رُفَهْنِيَةٌ: IB says that it should be mentioned in art. بله, and means عَيْشٌ أَبْلَهُ; the ن and ى being augmentative, to render it quasicoordinate to خُبَعْثِنَةٌ: it is mentioned in the K [and S] in arts. بلهن and بله: (TA in art. بلهن:) the ن is augmentative accord. to Sb. One says, لَا زِلْتَ مُلَقًّى بِتَهْنِئَةٍ مُبَقًّى فِىبُلَهْنِيَةٍ [Mayest thou not cease to be greeted with congratulation, and made to continue in an easy and a plentiful state of life].
2 See also بَلَهٌ.

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