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بَرْقَعَهُ

Root: برقع

Form: Q. 1

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بَرْقَعَهُ
Q. 1 Verbal.Noun بَرْقَعَةٌ, He attired him with a بُرْقُع: and بَرْقَعَ المَرْأَةَ he attired the woman with a بُرْقُع
2 بَرْقَعَ لِحْيَتَهُ [He veiled his beard with a بُرْقُع;] He assumed the guise of such as wear the بُرْقُع; i. e. صَارَ مَأْبُونًا [he became effeminate, or a catamite]. A poet says, أَلَمْ تَرَ قَيْسًا قَيْسَ عَيْلَانَ بَرْقَعَتْ لِحَاهَا وَبَاعَتْ نَبْلَهَا بِالمَغَازِلِ [Dost thou no see that Keys, Keys-'Eylan, have veiled their beards, and sold their arrows for spindles?].
3 بَرْقَعَ فُلَانًا بِالعَصَا, Verbal.Noun as above, He struck such a one with the staff, or stick, between his ears, so that it became like the بُرْقُع upon his head.
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