بَرْكٌ
Root: برك
Full Definition
بَرْكٌ
Many camels: or a herd of camels lying down upon their breasts: or any camels, males and females, lying down upon their breasts by the water or in the desert by reason of the heat of the sun or by reason of
def.2 Also, and بِرْكَةٌ , which is with kesr, The breast of a camel: this is the primary signification: as some say, the former signifies the breast of the camel with which he crushes a thing beneath it: and accord. to Lth, the latter is the part next to the ground of the skin of the breast of the camel; as also the former: or, as some say, the former is the middle of the breast, where [the two prominences of flesh called] the فَهْدَتَانِ conjoin at their upper parts: or the latter is pl. of the former, like as حِلْيَةٌ is of حَلْىٌ: or the former is of man; and the latter, of others: or the former is the interior of the breast; and the latter, the exterior thereof: or the former is the breast, primarily of the camel, because camels lie down (تَبْرُكُ) upon the breast; and metaphorically of others.
2 Hence, بَرْك الشِّتَآءِ
3 And hence, البُرُوكُ is an appellation applied to
def.2 Also, and بِرْكَةٌ , which is with kesr, The breast of a camel: this is the primary signification: as some say, the former signifies the breast of the camel with which he crushes a thing beneath it: and accord. to Lth, the latter is the part next to the ground of the skin of the breast of the camel; as also the former: or, as some say, the former is the middle of the breast, where [the two prominences of flesh called] the فَهْدَتَانِ conjoin at their upper parts: or the latter is pl. of the former, like as حِلْيَةٌ is of حَلْىٌ: or the former is of man; and the latter, of others: or the former is the interior of the breast; and the latter, the exterior thereof: or the former is the breast, primarily of the camel, because camels lie down (تَبْرُكُ) upon the breast; and metaphorically of others.
2 Hence, بَرْك الشِّتَآءِ
3 And hence, البُرُوكُ is an appellation applied to
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