Are you claiming that my dislexia got me again? I read it as "breaking down"
as in destruction. It looks as if you are right.
Karl W. Randolph.
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From: Peter Kirk <peterkirk AT qaya.org>
>
> On 20/10/2004 00:02, Karl Randolph wrote:
>
> >...
> >Thanx for the response on BLG: it looks as if the Arabic balaja with the
> >idea of destruction fits the context better than the gloss I had been
> >given.
> >
> >
>
> Where did you get this one from? None of the on-list replies suggested a
> meaning "destruction" for the Arabic. "Break" when used of dawn does not
> mean destruction.
>
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