Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

بَقِعَ

Root: بقع

Form: 1

Full Definition

بَقِعَI , Present.T ـَ Verbal.Noun بَقَعٌ, It was black and white; syn. بَلِقَ; [or rather] بَقَعٌ in birds and dogs is like بَلَقٌ in beasts that are ridden, or horses and the like: or it was partycoloured or pied.
2 He had his body sprinkled with the water, so that some parts of it became wetted.

def.2 مَا أَدْرِى أَيْنَ بَقَعَ I know not whither he went; as though one said, to what بُقْعَة of the بِقَاع of the earth he went; not used except negatively; as also .
2 بَقَعَتْهُمُ الدَّاهِيَةُ The calamity, or misfortune, befell them.

def.3 بُقِعَ, like عُنِىَ, He was assailed with bad, or foul, speech, or language: or with calumny, slander, or false accusation. And بُقِعَ بِقَبِيحٍ He was assailed with foul, evil, or abominable, speech, or language.


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