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ابركهُ

Root: برك

Form: 4

Full Definition

ابركهُIV He made him to lie down [or kneel and lie down] upon his breast. You say, أَبْرَكْتُهُ فَبَرَكَ I made him to lie down upon his breast, and he lay down upon his breast: but this is rare: the more common phrase is أَنْخَتُهُ فَٱسْتَنّاخَ.

def.2 See also 8.

def.3 مَا أَبْرَكَهُ [How blessed is he, or it!] is an instance of a verb of wonder with a passive meaning [and irregularly derived].
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