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إِبْرِيقٌ

Root: برق

Full Definition

إِبْرِيقٌ a Persian word, arabicized, originally آبْ رِيزْ (CK [in a MS. copy of the K and in the TA, incorrectly, آب رِي]) [A ewer, such as is used for wine, and also such as is used for water to be poured on the hands; each having a long and slender spout, and a handle;] a well-known vessel; a vessel having a spout and a handle: accord. to Kr, a كُوز; and so says AHn in one place; but in another he says that it is like a كوز: [it is somewhat like a كوز with the addition of a spout:] pl. أَبَارِيقُ [and sometimes أَبَارِقَةٌ].

def.2 A sword such as is termed ; i. e. a sword that shines, gleams, or glistens, much, or intensely: or simply a sword: or, as some say, a bow: or it signifies also a bow in which are تَلَامِيع [or places differing in colour from the rest, and, app., glistening]: thus, accord. to Az, in a verse of ' Amr Ibn-Ahmar: but correctly, accord. to Sgh, it has there the first of the significations explained in this sentence: and it is said, also, that سَيْفٌ إِبْرِيقٌ signifies a sword having much lustre, and much diversified with wavy marks or streaks, or in its grain.
2 A woman who is beautiful, and splendid, or brilliant, in colour [or complexion]: or, as some say, who shows her beauty intentionally. [See also بَرَّاقَةٌ (voce بَرَّاقٌ).]


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