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برقع

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

Q. 1 بَرْقَعَهُ برقع برقعه برقعة رقعة , (S, K,) inf. n. بَرْقَعَةٌ, (TA,) He attired him with a بُرْقُع: (S, K:) and بَرْقَعَ المَرْأَةَ he attired the woman with a بُرْقُع (Msb.) ― -b2- بَرْقَعَ لِحْيَتَهُ [ He veiled his beard with a بُرْقُع;] He assumed the guise of such as wear the بُرْقُع; (TA;) i. e. صَارَ مَأْبُونًا [ he became effeminate, or a catamite ]. (K, TA.) A poet says, أَلَمْ تَرَ قَيْسًا قَيْسَ عَيْلَانَ بَرْقَعَتْ لِحَاهَا وَبَاعَتْ نَبْلَهَا بِالمَغَازِلِ [ Dost thou no see that Keys, Keys-'Eylan, have veiled their beards, and sold their arrows for spindles? ]. (TA.) ― -b3- بَرْقَعَ فُلَانًا بِالعَصَا, (K,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) He struck such a one with the staff, or stick, between his ears, (K, TA,) so that it became like the بُرْقُع upon his head. (TA.)

Derived headwords

بَرْقَعَهُ
  1. 1.
بَرْقَعَ المَرْأَةَ
بَرْقَعَ لِحْيَتَهُ
صَارَ مَأْبُونًا
أَلَمْ تَرَ قَيْسًا قَيْسَ عَيْلَانَ بَرْقَعَتْ
لِحَاهَا وَبَاعَتْ نَبْلَهَا بِالمَغَازِلِ
بَرْقَعَ فُلَانًا بِالعَصَا