بَرْدٌ — Free Lane's Lexicon

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and بُرُودَةٌ [originally inf. ns.] Cold; coldness; chill; chilness; cool, as a subst.; coolness; the former, opposite of حَرٌّ; (S, M, A, Msb;) and the latter, of حَرَارَةٌ. (S.)

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And [hence] the former, (tropical:) Pleasantness; enjoyment; ease; comfort: as in the saying, نَسْأَلُكَ الجَنَّةَ وَ بَرْدَهَا (tropical:) We ask of Thee Paradise and its pleasantness, &c. (L.)

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Also (assumed tropical:) Sleep: (T, S, M, A, K:) [a verbal noun used as a subst.:] so in the Qur'an, 78:24: (S, M, K:) for sleep cools a man: (TA:) or, according to I'Ab, it there means the coldness, or coolness, of beverage. (T.) You say, مَنَعَ البَرَدُ البَرْدَ (assumed tropical:) The hail prevented sleep. (A.)

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And (assumed tropical:) Saliva: (Th, T, M, K:) so, according to Th, in the saying of El-'Arjee,

وَ إِنْ شِيءْتِ لَمْ أَطْعَمُ نُقَاخًا وَ لَا بَرْدَا

And if thou desire, I will not taste sweet water, nor saliva [from any lips but thine]. (T, M, * TA. [But this is cited in the S as an example of بَرْد signifying sleep.])

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