VerbForm Itransitiveto swallow, swallow up
بَلَعَ
Root: ب ل ع
- AR
جَرَعَ
- UR(supplied)
نگلنا، نگل جانا
- EN
To swallow, swallow up
Quranic witness · shāhid
وَقِيلَ يَا أَرْضُ ابْلَعِي مَاءَكِ وَيَا سَمَاءُ أَقْلِعِي“And it was said, O earth, swallow your water, and O sky, withhold [your rain]”