بتك

بِتْكَةٌ بتك بتكه بتكة تكة (S, K) and بَتْكَةٌ (K) A piece, or portion, of a thing, cut off, or severed: pl. بِتَكٌ. (S, K.) Hence the saying of the poet, (S,) namely, Zuheyr, (TA,) حَتَّى اـِذَا مَا هَوَتع كَفُّ الغُلَامِ لَهَا طَارَتْ وَفِي كَفِّهِ مِنْ رِيشِهَا بِتَكُ [ Until, when the hand of the boy descends to her, she flies, while portions of her feathers, plucked out, are in his hand ]. (S, TA.) ― -b2- And [hence,] i. q. جُهْمَةٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ [i. e. A portion at the commencement of the latter parts of the night, accord. to the S and K in art. جهم; or a remaining portion of darkness in the latter part of the night, accord. to the K in that art.]: (S, K:) as though it were a division [or portion cut off] of the night. (TA.)