بِتْكَةٌ
Root: بتك
Full Definition
بِتْكَةٌ
and بَتْكَةٌ A piece, or portion, of a thing, cut off, or severed: pl. بِتَكٌ. Hence the saying of the poet, namely, Zuheyr,
2 And [hence,] i. q. جُهْمَةٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ [i. e. A portion at the commencement of the latter parts of the night, accord. to the S and K in art. جهم; or a remaining portion of darkness in the latter part of the night, accord. to the K in that art.]: as though it were a division [or portion cut off] of the night.
[Until, when the hand of the boy descends to her, she flies, while portions of her feathers, plucked out, are in his hand].حَتَّى إِذَا مَا هَوَتع كَفُّ الغُلَامِ لَهَا طَارَتْ وَفِي كَفِّهِ مِنْ رِيشِهَا بِتَكُ
2 And [hence,] i. q. جُهْمَةٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ [i. e. A portion at the commencement of the latter parts of the night, accord. to the S and K in art. جهم; or a remaining portion of darkness in the latter part of the night, accord. to the K in that art.]: as though it were a division [or portion cut off] of the night.