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1 بَرَى بر برى بري ري , (T, M, K,) first pers. بَرَيْتُ, (T, S, Msb,) aor. بَرِىَ , (T, K,) inf. n. بَرْىٌ, (T, S, M, Msb, K,) He formed, or fashioned, by cutting; shaped out; or pared; (As, T, M, K;) a reed for writing, (Lth, As, ISk, T, S, M, Msb,) and a stick, or piece of wood, (Lth, T, M,) and an arrow, (M, K,) &c.; (M;) as also ↓ ابترى : (M, K:) and بَرَوْتُ, (Msb,) aor. بَرُىَ . (Lth, T,) is a dial. var., (Msb,) used by some, who say, هُمَ يَقْلُو البُرَّ [instead of يَقْلِى]. (Lth, T.) ― -b2- And hence, (As, T,) aor. and inf. n. as above, (As, T, M, K,) (assumed tropical:) He (a man) fatigued, or jaded, and made to lose flesh, (As, * T, * S,) a she-camel, (As, T,) or a camel: (S:) or it (journeying) rendered him lean, or emaciated: (M, K:) and in like manner one says of a year of dearth or drought. (TA.) And بَرَيْتُ سَنَامَهَا بِسَيْرِى عَلَيْهَا (assumed tropical:) [I wasted her hump by my journeying upon her]: occurring in a poem of El-Aashà. (M.) -A2- See also 3: ― -b2- and see 5, in two places.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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