بلوة

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ب ل و (b-l-w).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bil.wa/ (singular)
  • IPA(key): /bi.lan/ (plural indefinite state)
  • IPA(key): /bi.laː/ (plural definite and construct state)

Noun

بِلْوَة (bilwa) f (plural بِلًى (bilan), plural construct state بِلَى (bilā))

  1. trial, test
    • 7th century CE, Jamīʿ at-Tirmiḏiyy, 37:
      بِئْسَ الْعَبْدُ عَبْدٌ سَهَا وَلَهَا وَنَسِيَ الْمَقَابِرَ وَٱلْبِلَى
      biʾsa l-ʿabdu ʿabdun sahā walahā wanasiya l-maqābira wal-bilā
      What a bad servant is he who is heedless and diverted and forgets the graves and trials!

Declension

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