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بَعَقَ

Root: بعق

Form: 1

Full Definition

بَعَقَI , [Present.T ـَ] Verbal.Noun بُعَاقٌ, said of a man, and a camel, &c., He uttered a vehement sound, or cry.

def.2 Also, Verbal.Noun as above, said of a vehement rain, descending in large drops, It clave, or furrowed, the ground, and made it to flow.
2 And, Verbal.Noun بَعْقٌ, He stabbed, or stuck, a camel in the نَحْر, or throat, or uppermost part of the breast, making the blood to flow; and so بعّق .
3 Also, Verbal.Noun بَعْقٌ, He dug a well.
4 بَعْقٌ also signifies The act of slitting, ripping, or rending; like بَعْجٌ: and the same; or the doing so much. You say, زِقَّ الخَمْرِ, Verbal.Noun تَبْعِيقٌ, I slit, or ripped, or rent, the wine-skin.
5 بَعَقَةُ عَنْ كَذَا, Verbal.Noun بَعْقٌ, He removed it, took it off, or stripped it off, from over, or before, such a thing, which it covered, or concealed.
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