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بَقَاقٌ

Root: بق

Full Definition

بَقَاقٌ A man who speaks, or talks, much; loquacious; talkative; garrulous; a great talker; whether incorrectly or correctly; or such is termed بَقَّاقٌ ; as also بَقَاقَةٌ , but this has a more intensive signification, and مِبَقٌّ , and بَقْبَاقٌ , or لَقْلَاقٌ بَقْبَاقٌ , and لَقٌّ بَقٌّ , which last occurs in a trad., but accord. to one recital it is لَقًى بَقًى, in which the former word signifies “ cast away, ” and the latter is an imitative sequent thereto: بَقَقَةٌ , also, [app. pl. of بَاقٌّ,] is syn. with ثَرْثَارُونَ [great talkers, &c.]: and بَقَاقٌ [thus written without teshdeed] signifies a babbler; nonsensical, irrational, foolish, or delirious, in his talk; one who speaks confusedly and improperly; or who speaks, or talks, much and badly, or erroneously. [See also 1, of which it is an Verbal.Noun]
2 Also, n. un. with ة, A kind of clamorous bird: but Sgh writes it [ بَقَّاقٌ ,] with teshdeed.

def.2 Also The worthless, or mean, or vile, articles of the furniture or utensils of a house or tent, or of household-goods.


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