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بَقَاهُ

Root: بقو

Form: 1

Full Definition

بَقَاهُI , [Present.T ـُ] Verbal.Noun بَقَاوَةٌ [and بَقْوَةٌ, as will be seen from what follows, like رَحْمَةٌ], He looked, or looked long, or glanced lightly, at him, or it; and so with ى for the last radical: and بَقَاهُ [alone], with و and with ى for the last radical, (K in art. بقى,) first pers. بَقَوْتُهُ and بَقَيْتُهُ, he looked at him, or it: or he watched, or observed, him, or it: (K in art. بقى:) and بقوته I looked, watched, or waited, for him, or it: a dial. var. of بَقَيْتُهُ, which is the more approved. [Hence,] اُبْقُهُ بَقْوَتَكَ مَالَكَ and بَقَاوَتَكَ مَالَكَ Guard thou, or preserve thou, him, or it, as thou guardest, or preservest, thy property.


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