*bḏl: 'to give freely, be liberal; to concede'

Root

Field	Value
Reconstruction	*bḏl
Meaning	'to give freely, be liberal; to concede'
Basis	project

Language	Form	Sources	Note
Arabic	baḏala 'he gave it liberally, bountifully, freely'; baḏḏāl 'wont to give property liberally' (Lane 174)	Lane 174
Epigraphic South Arabian	Sab bḏln (Biella 36); bḏl (SD 26)	Biella 36; SD 26	gloss withheld

A form keeps its source's gloss only when the source is public domain or openly licensed.

Sabaic bḏl describes a concessionary document, beside ḫdʿn 'restrictive' (C 609/5; Biella 36; SD 26). Not K0010 *badal- 'exchange'.

Updated 26 October 2026