ب ل و

Arabic

Root

ب ل و • (b-l-w)

1. related to stressing resources

Derived terms

• Form I: بَلَا (balā, “to try, to test”)
  • Verbal noun: بَلْو (balw), بَلَاء (balāʔ)
  • Active participle: بَالٍ (bālin)
  • Passive participle: مَبْلُوّ (mabluww)
• Form I: بَلِيَ (baliya, “to wear out, to attrit; to decay, to rot”)
  • Verbal noun: بِلًى (bilan)
  • Active participle: ?
• Form II: بَلَّى (ballā, “to make worn out”)
  • Verbal noun: تَبْلِيَة (tabliya)
  • Active participle: مُبَلٍّ (muballin)
  • Passive participle: مُبَلًّى (muballan)
• Form III: بَالَى (bālā, “to take notice of, to mind, to heed”)
  • Verbal noun: مُبَالَاة (mubālāh)
  • Active participle: مُبَالٍ (mubālin)
  • Passive participle: مُبَالًى (mubālan)
• Form IV: أَبْلَى (ʔablā, “to render worn out”)
  • Verbal noun: إِبْلَاء (ʔiblāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُبْلٍ (mublin)
  • Passive participle: مُبْلًى (mublan)
• Form VIII: اِبْتَلَى (ibtalā, “to afflict, to wrack”)
  • Verbal noun: اِبْتِلَاء (ibtilāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُبْتَلٍ (mubtalin)
  • Passive participle: مُبْتَلًى (mubtalan)

• بَال (bāl)
• بِلْوَة (bilwa, “trial”)
• بَلْوَى (balwā, “trial”)
• بَلِيَّة (baliyya, “vestment or camel worn away; amorous adventure”)
  • شَرُّ الْبَلِيَّةِ مَا يُضْحِكُ (šarru l-baliyyati mā yuḍḥiku, proverb)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “ب ل و”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 115
• Freytag, Georg (1830) “ب ل و”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 157–158
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ب ل و”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 255–257
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ب ل و”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 112