Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

بَرْذَنَ, (M, Ḳ,) inf. n. بَرْذَنَةٌ, (T,) He (a horse) went in the manner of the بِرْذَوْن, q. v. (T, M, Ḳ.)

He (a man) was, or became, heavy, or sluggish: whence IDrd thinks بِرْذَوْنٌ to be derived: (M, Mṣb:*) but this opinion is of no account. (M.)

He was unable to reply, (T, Ḳ,) when asked respecting a thing. (T.)

He subdued, overpowered, or overcame: (Ḳ: [expl. by قَهَرَ and غَلَبَ; but I think that the right reading may be قُهِرَ and غُلِبَ, meaning he was, or became, subdued,, &c.:]) said of a man. (TA.)

بِرْذَوْنٌ [A horse of mean breed, or of coarse make; a jade: but commonly applied to a hack, or hackney; a horse for ordinary use, and for journeying:] a دَابَّة, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) not in an absolute sense, but of a particular sort, namely, (MF,) a horse that is not of Arabian breed: (T, MF:) or a heavy, or sluggish, دابّة: (so in a copy of the Ṣ:) or a coarse horse: (Towsheeh, TA:) or a horse of coarse make, hardy so as to endure travel upon the mountain-roads and rugged ground, not of Arabian breed, mostly brought from Er-Room [meaning Asia Minor or Greece]: (TA, from the Expos. of the 'Irákeeyeh of Es-Sakháwee:) or a horse of large and coarse make, with thick limbs; whereas those of Arabian breed are light of flesh, lank in the belly, and more slender in the limbs: (El-Bájee, TA:) or a Turkish horse; opposed to Arabian: (Mgh, Mṣb:) or a pacinghorse; syn. رَهَوَانٌ: (TA voce هِمْلَاجٌ:) fem. with ة {بِرْذَوْنَةٌ}; (Ks, Ṣ, M, Mgh, Mṣb, Ḳ;) sometimes; but without ة it is applied to the female as well as the male: (IAmb, Mṣb:) pl. بَرَاذِينٌ (T, Ṣ, Mgh, Ḳ.)

مُبَرْذِنٌ An owner of a بِرْذَوْن: (Ḳ:) or a rider thereon. (TA.)