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بكّتهُ

Root: بكت

Form: 2

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بكّتهُII , Verbal.Noun تَبْكِيتٌ, He reprehended, reproved, blamed, chid, or reproached, him, for an affair, or for a crime or the like; accord. to some, with justice; or he did so severely; and threatened him; and declared his deed to be evil; as when one says, “ O wicked man! wast thou not ashamed? didst thou not fear God? ” and sometimes this is done by using an enunciative phrase, such as the saying of Abraham, [mentioned in the Kur xxi. 64,] “ Nay, the chief of them, this, did it; ” for thus he said to reprove their worship of idols; and it may be by means of the hand, and a staff or stick, and the like.
2 He accused him, to his face, (اِسْتَقْبَلَهُ, q. v.,) of that which he disliked, or hated; as also , Present.T ـُ Verbal.Noun بَكْتٌ.
3 He overcame him, بِالحُجَّةِ [with the argument, allegation, or plea]; as also ; and both, he obliged him to be silent by reason of his inability to reply. You say, بكّتهُ حَتَّى أَسْكَتَهُ, and , He overcame him [by an argument, &c.,] so that he silenced him.
4 Also, and , Present.T and Verbal.Noun as above, He beat, struck, or smote, him with a staff or stick, and a sword, and the like.


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