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برق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

4 أَبْرَقَ see 1, in eight places. ― -b2- ابرق, (Aboo-Nasr, S, K,) or ابرق بِسَيْفِهِ, (JK,) said of a man, (Aboo-Nasr, JK, S,) He made a sign with his sword [ by waving it about so as to make it glisten ]. (Aboo-Nasr, JK, S, K.) ― -b3- And ابرق He betook himself, or directed his course, towards the lightning. (TA.) ― -b4- He entered into [ a tract wherein was ] lightning. (TA.) ― -b5- He saw lightning. (TA.) Tufeyl uses the phrase أَبْرَقْنَ الخَرِيفَ as meaning They (women borne in vehicles upon camels) saw the lightning of [ the season, or the rain, called ] the خريف. (AAF, TA.) ― -b6- He was smitten, or assailed, or affected, by lightning. (S, K.) -A2- ابرقهُ الفَزَعُ [app. Fright, or fear, made him to be confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right way: see بَرِقَ]. (TA.) ― -b2- [And hence, perhaps,] ابرق الصَّيْدَ He roused the game, or chase. (K.)

Derived headwords

أَبْرَقَverb
  1. 1.
ابرق بِسَيْفِهِ
أَبْرَقْنَ الخَرِيفَ
ابرقهُ الفَزَعُ
ابرق الصَّيْدَ