بَقَرَ
Root: بقر
Form: 1
Full Definition
2 He opened, or laid open.
3 He widened; made wide, or ample.
4 He opened, and widened, or made wide, a house, or tent.
5 He opened and revealed to a person a story.
6 بَقَرَ الأَرْضَ said of a هُدْهُد [or hoopoe], It looked for the place of water and saw it: [or it clave the ground and discovered water:] occurring in a trad. respecting the هدهد of Solomon [mentioned in the Kur ch. xxvii.]
7 بَقَرَ فِى بَنِى فُلَانٍ He knew the state, condition, case, or affair, of the sons of such a one, and examined, or inspected, them.
8 بَقَرَ عَنِ العُلُومِ He inquired, and searched
9 بَقَرَ العِلْمَ: see 5.
def.2 بَقِرَ, Present.T ـَ He became confounded, and stupified, with joy, at seeing بَقَر, i. e., بَقَر الوَحْش [wild oxen, or wild bulls or cows]; like as one says غَزِلَ meaning “ he sported, ” or “ played, ” “ at seeing a gazelle, ” or “ a young gazelle; ” as also : or the former, he feared, so that he was astonished, amazed, or stupified, at seeing many بَقَر: (TA voce بَحِزَ:) and ↓ the latter signifies also [simply] he became confounded, or perplexed: and he doubted respecting a thing.
2 Also, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun بَقَرٌ and بَقْرٌ; but Az says, El-Mundhiree has informed me that A Heyth disallowed بَقْرٌ, saying that it is accord. to analogy بَقَرٌ, as the verb is intrans.; He became tired, or fatigued, so that he could hardly see; and he became weary, or jaded; as also .
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