Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

مُبَادَلَةٌ

Root: بدل

Form: 3

Full Definition

مُبَادَلَةٌIII and signify the same, namely, The act of exchanging with another or others. You say, بادلهُ, Verbal.Noun مُبَادَلَةٌ and بِدَالٌ [in the CK erroneously written with fet-h to the ب], He exchanged, or made an exchange, with him; or] he gave him the like of that which he took, or received, from him; for instance, a garment, or piece of cloth, in the place of another; and a brother in the place of a brother. And They exchanged, or made an exchange, each with the other; or each gave to the other the like of that which he took, or received, from him. نُبَادِلُهْ, ending a verse of El-Kulákh, means for whom we would take a substitute: El-Marzookee says, it is for نُبَادِلُ بِهِ النَّاسَ [for whom we would make an exchange with the people]; the preposition being suppressed.


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