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2 بلّد ألد بلد لد , inf. n. تَبْلِيدٌ, He remained, stayed, or abode; [like بَلَدَ;] or cast, or laid, himself down upon the ground; syn. ضَرَبَ بِنَفْسِهِ الأَرْضَ: (S, K:) or he did so by reason of fatigue. (TA. [See 5.]) See also بَلِدُوا. ― -b2- He became languid, and affected laziness, after being brisk, lively, or sprightly. (A.) ― -b3- He (a man) was impotent in work, and was weak; (T, L;) and so even in bounty, or liberality, (T,) or in running. (T, * L.) ― -b4- He (a horse) failed to outstrip in running. (M, K.) [See also بَلُدَ.] ― -b5- He was niggardly, or avaricious; was not liberal, nor generous. (M, K.) [And hence,] بَلَّدَتِ السَّحَابَةُ, (K,) or السَّحَابُ ↓ بَلَدَ , (M,) [but the latter is probably imperfectly transcribed,] The cloud, or clouds, gave no rain. (M, K.) ― -b6- He did not apply himself rightly to anything. (M, K.) -A2- بَلَّدَتِ الجِبَالِ (tropical:) The mountains appeared low to the eye by reason of the darkness of the night: so in the L, confirmed by a citation from a poet: in the A, البِلَادُ ↓ تَبَلَّدَتِ (tropical:) The countries, or regions, appeared short [in extent] to the eye by reason of the darkness of the night. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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