بَكِمَ
Root: بكم
Form: 1
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بَكِمَI
Present.T
ـَ Verbal.Noun بَكَمٌ, He was
أَخْرَسٌ [meaning dumb, either by natural conformation or from inability to find words to express what he would say]; بَكَمٌ being syn. with
خَرَسٌ, as is also بَكَامَةٌ [accord. to rule an Verbal.Noun of بَكُمَ, which may also have the same signification as بَكِمَ, as well as another to be explained below]: or he had not understanding to reply, nor ability to frame speech well, though possessing the faculty of speech: [see أَبْكَمُ:] or he was dumb, and moreover unable to find words to express what he would say, and weak in understanding, silly, or stupid: or he was dumb and deaf and blind by birth.
2 بَكُمَ, Present.T ـُ (Verbal.Noun بَكَامَةٌ, TK,) He refrained, or, as some say, broke off, or ceased, from speaking, intentionally, or from ignorance.
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2 بَكُمَ, Present.T ـُ (Verbal.Noun بَكَامَةٌ, TK,) He refrained, or, as some say, broke off, or ceased, from speaking, intentionally, or from ignorance.
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