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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. 3 باراهُ بار باراه باراة بارى , (T, S, M, &c.,) inf. n. مُبَارَاةٌ, (T, TA,) He vied, competed, or contended for superiority, with him; emulated, or rivalled, him; or imitated him; i. q. عَارَضَهُ; (S, M, Msb, K;) i. e., (TA,) he did the like of what he (the latter) did, (ISk, T, S, Msb, TA, and EM p. 64,) striving to overcome him or surpass him; (EM ubi suprà;) as also لَهُ ↓ بَرَى , aor. بَرِىَ , inf. n. بَرْىٌ; and له ↓ انبرى : (As, T:) and he vied, or competed, with him, or contended with him for superiority, in glory, or excellence, or in beauty, or goodliness; he emulated, or rivalled, him therein; syn. بَاهَاهُ: (TA in art. بهج:) and he vied, competed, or contended, with him in running; and strove with him to outstrip him, to be before him, to get before him, or to precede him. (TA.) You say, فُلَانٌ يُبَارِى الرِّيحَ سَخَآءً [Such a one vies with the wind in bounty]: (T, S:) [for] the bountiful man whose gifts are common is likened by the Arabs to the wind because it blows upon all in common, not only upon particular persons. (Ham p. 445.) -A2- بارى ا@مْرَأَتَهُ He compounded, or made a compromise, with his wife for their mutual separation; (K;) as also بَارَأَهَا [which is the original]. (TA.) 4 ابرى أبرى أبري إِبرة إِبري ابرى ابري برى : see art. برو -A2- Also He found, or met with, sugar-canes. (K.) -A3- See also أَبْرَأَ, in art. برأ, last signification. 5 التَّبَرِّى التبرى التبري signifies The coming before or forward, presenting oneself, advancing, confronting, encountering, meeting, or opposing; (KL;) and so ↓ الاِنْبِرَآءُ . (KL, PS.) You say, تبرّى لَهُ He presented, addressed, applied, or betook, himself to him, i. e., one man to another man; advanced, came forward, or went forward, to him; or opposed himself to him; syn. تَعَرَّضَ; as also تبرّاهُ; and لَهُ ↓ بَرَى , aor. بَرِىَ : (T:) and له ↓ انبرى signifies اِعْتَرَضَ لَهُ, (S, K, and Har p. 558,) meaning [as above; or] he betook himself, and advanced, or went forward, to it, namely, an action; (Har ubi suprà;) and it presented itself to it, as a thought to the heart, or mind, syn. تعرّض: (Ham p. 541:) لَهُ ↓ بَرَى , inf. n. بَرْىٌ, is syn. with عَرَضَ لَهُ [meaning as above, for it is syn. with تَعَرَّضَ and اِعْتَرَضَ; or it happened to him, befell him, or occurred to him]: (M:) and ↓ انبرى is also syn. with عَرَضَ [meaning it happened, befell, or occurred]. (Har p. 56.) You say also, تبرّى لِمَعْرُوفِهِ, i. e. تَعَرَّضَ لَهُ (ISk, S, K) or اِعْتَرَضَ لَهُ (M) [both of which explanations mean He presented, addressed, applied, or betook, himself, or he advanced, came forward, went forward, or attempted, to obtain his favour, or bounty; or he sought it, or demanded it]; as also تبرّى مَعْرُوفَهُ. (M, TA.) And تَبَرَّيْتُ وُدَّهُمْ [I addressed, applied, or betook, myself to obtain their love, or affection]. (S, M.) And لِطَىِّ بِسَاطِهِ ↓ انبرى , i. q. اِعْتَرَضَ, meaning, in this instance, He hastened to cut short his speech. (Har p. 280.) And يُنْشِدُ شِعْرًا ↓ انبرى , i. e. تَعَرَّضَ لِإِِنْشَآئِهِ [or لِإِِنْشَادِهِ, meaning He addressed himself to reciting poetry, or verses]. (Har p. 34.) And مِنَ الجَمَاعَةِ ↓ انبرى , i. q. اِعْتَرَضَ [He presented himself, or advanced, or came forward, from the company]. (Har p. 647.) 6 تَبَارَيَا بارى تبارى تباريا They vied, competed, or contended for superiority, each with the other; emulated, or rivalled, each other; imitated each other; (S, K, TA;) they did each like as the other did. (T, S, TA.) [See the part. n., below.] 7 انبرى أنبرى أنبري انبرى انبري ٱنبرى , (K, TA,) or ↓ ابترى , (so in a copy of the M,) It was, or became, formed, or fashioned, by cutting; shaped out; or pared: (M, K:) said of a reed for writing, and of a stick, or piece of wood, (M,) and of an arrow, (M, K,) &c. (M.) -A2- See also 3: ― -b2- and see 5, in six places. 8 إِِبْتَرَىَ see 1: -A2- and see also 7. بَرًى بر برى بري ري , or بَرًا: see art. برو. بَرَاةٌ براه براة برى : see مِبْرَاةٌ. -A2- See also بَرَآءَةٌ, in art. برأ. بَرَآءٌ برآء : see مِبْرَاةٌ. بُرَآءٌ برآء : see بُرَايَةٌ. بَرِىٌّ بر برى بري ري , applied to an arrow, i. q. ↓ مَبْرِىٌّ [i. e. Formed, or fashioned, by cutting; shaped out; or pared]; (T, M, K;) or (M, K) completely; (T, M, K;) but not feathered, nor headed: for an arrow when first cut is termed قِطْعٌ; then it is formed, or fashioned, by cutting, or shaped out, or pared, and is termed بَرِىٌّ; and when straightened, and fit to be feathered and headed, it is a قِدْح; and when feathered and headed, it becomes a سَهْم. (T.) -A2- It is also sometimes used for بَرِىْءٌ. (Kz, TA in art. برأ.) البَرِيَّةٌ البريه البرية بري برية : see art. برو. بُرَايَةٌ برأيه برايه براية رأي راية (T, S, M, K) and ↓ بُرَآءٌ , (S, M, K,) in which latter the ' is originally ى, (IJ, M,) Cuttings, chips, parings, or the like; (S, M, K;) what falls from a thing that is formed, or fashioned, by cutting. (T, S. *) ― -b2- [Hence,] مَطَرٌ ذُو بُرَايَةٍ (assumed tropical:) Rain that pares and peels the ground. (TA.) ― -b3- And هُوَ مِنْ بُرَايَتِهِمْ (assumed tropical:) He is of the refuse, or lowest or meanest sort, of them. (M, TA.) ― -b4- But ذُو بُرَايَةٍ, applied to a camel, means (assumed tropical:) En-during travel: (T, S, M:) or having fat and flesh: (S:) and ذَاتُ بُرَايَةٍ, applied to a she-camel, has the latter meaning: or the former: (M, K:) or strong when fatigued and emaciated by travel: (TA:) or, as some say, براية in both cases means the remains of fatness and compactness, or of fat, and of strength. (M, TA.) حَتُّ البُرَايَةِ is said to mean (assumed tropical:) Fleet, or swift, when emaciated by travel; for the subst. براية is said to be here put for the inf. n. بَرْى. (L in art. حت, q. v.) بِرَايَةٌ برأيه برايه براية رأي راية a quasi-inf. n. of 1 in the first of the senses assigned to it above: as when it is said that a reed for writing is not called a قَلَم except after the براية [i. e. the shaping, or paring]. (Msb.) بَرَّآءٌ برآء A maker of arrows, who forms, or fashions, them by cutting; who shapes them out, or pares them: or who does so completely: (K:) and a maker of spindles, who forms, or fashions, them by cutting: and a cutter, or parer, of aloes-wood, that is used for fumigation: (TA:) [and in like manner, قِسِىٍ ↓ بَارِى a fashioner, or shaper, of bows: whence the saying,] أَعْطِ القَوْسَ بَارِيَهَا [Give thou the bow to its fashioner]; meaning (assumed tropical:) commit thou thine affair to him who will execute it well: a prov. (Har p. 68. [See also Freytag's Arab. Prov. ii. 98.]) بَرَّآءَةٌ برآءه برآءة : see مِبْرَاةٌ. بَارِى قِسِىّ باري قسى باري قسي : see بَرَّآءٌ. بَارِىٌّ أري بأري بار بارى باري باريي بآري آر آري and بَارِيَّةٌ and بَارِيَآءُ: see in art. بور. مَبْرَى القَلَمِ مبري القلم [The place where the paring is commenced of the reed for writing]. (K in art. جلف.) مِبْرَاةٌ مبرا مبراه مبراة The iron implement, (S,) or knife, (AHn, M, K,) with which one forms, fashions, shapes out, or pares, (AHn, S, M, K,) a bow; (AHn, M, K;) as also ↓ بَرَّآءَةٌ , (K, TA,) with teshdeed and medd, (TA,) or ↓ بَرَآءٌ , (so in a copy of the M,) or ↓ بَرَاةٌ . (CK, and so in a MS. copy of the K.) مَبْرِىٌّ مبرى مبري : see بَرِىٌّ. مُتَبَارِ متبار متباري part. n. of 6. It is said in a trad., المُتَبَارِيَانِ لَا يُجَابَانِ وَ لَا يُؤْكَلُ طَعَامُهُمَا [The two persons who vie with each other in the expensiveness of their entertainments shall not have their invitations accepted, nor shall their food be eaten]. (El-Jámi' es-Sagheer of Es-Suyootee.) The متباريان whose food is forbidden, in a trad., to be eaten, are They who vie with each other in order that each may render the other unable to equal him in respect of the repast prepared by him for his guests: and the doing of this is disliked because of the rivalry and ostentation that are involved in it. (TA.) ― -b2- المُتَبَارِيَانِ is also an appellation of The night and the day. (Har p. 377.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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