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بَقِيرٌ

Root: بقر

Full Definition

بَقِيرٌ Slit; ripped; split; cut, or divided, lengthwise; as also مَبْقُورٌ .
2 A she-camel having her belly ripped open so as to disclose her fœtus.
3 A mare's colt or foal that is born in a [membrane such as is called] مَاسِكَةٌ or سَلًى: so termed because this is ripped open over it.
4 Also, and بَقِيرَةٌ , A garment of the kind called بُرْد, which is slit [in the middle], and worn by a woman, who throws it upon her neck, [putting her head through the slit,] without sleeves, and without a جَيْبٍ [or an opening at the bosom]; i. q. إِتْبٌ [q. v.], which is a kind of shirt without sleeves, worn by women.

def.2 See also بَقَرٌ.
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