Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

البَاعُوثُ

Root: بعث

Full Definition

البَاعُوثُ , or, accord. to some, البَاغُوتُ, q. v., with the pointed غ and the double-pointed ت, [The Christian festival of Easter;] the اِسْتِسْقَآء of the Christians; or [rather] what is to the Christians as the استسقآء is to the Muslims: a Syriac word.


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