بَكُورٌ

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بَكُورٌ and بَاكُورٌ and بَاكِرٌ and مُبْكِرٌ Rain that falls in the first of its season: or that comes in the commencement of [the season of] the وَسْمِىّ [q. v.]: and that comes in the end of the night, or the beginning of the day. You say also سَحَابَةٌ مِدْلَاجٌ بَكُورٌ [A cloud that comes in the latter part of the night, in the first of its season, bringing rain]: and سَحَابَةٌ مِبْكَارٌ a cloud that comes in the end of the night.
2 Also بَكُورٌ and and بَاكُورَةٌ and بَاكِرٌ and مِبْكَارٌ (A in art. اخر and K) A palm-tree (نَخْلَةٌ, A) that comes to maturity first, before the other palm-trees: or that produces its fruit early; contr. of مِئْخَارٌ (A in art. اخر:) pl. بُكُرٌ; (S, Msb, K; [in the CK بُكْرٌ;]) and [pl. of بَاكِرٌ or بَاكِرَةٌ] بَوَاكِرُ (K voce تَبَاشِيرُ) بَاكُورَةٌ is fem. of بَاكُورٌ, which signifies Anything that hastens its coming and its attaining to maturity. You say also مِبْكَارٌ أَرْضٌ Land that produces plants, or herbage, quickly.

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