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بكء

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 بَكَأَتْ ذ , aor. بَكَاَ ; and بَكُؤَتْ, aor. بَكُاَ ; inf. n. بَكْءٌ (S, K) and بُكْءٌ (AZ, TA) and بَكَأَةٌ, or بَكْأَةٌ, (accord. to different copies of the K,) or بَكَاآءَةٌ, (as in the O and CK,) and بُكُوْءٌ, (S, K,) which is inf. n. of بَكُؤَ, (S, TA,) as is also that next preceding it, (TA,) and بُكَاآءٌ, (AZ, K, TA,) in some copies of the K بُكْءٌ, (TA,) She (a camel, S, K, or a ewe or goat, S) had little milk; her milk became little: (S, K, TA:) or, as some say, her milk ceased, or stopped. (TA.) ― -b2- And [hence,] بَكَأَتْ عَيْنِى (assumed tropical:) My eye had few tears. (TA.) ― -b3- And بَكُؤَ, inf. n. بَكَاآءَةٌ, [app. (assumed tropical:) He became poor; had little wealth; being] said of a man. (TA.) [See also 4.] ― -b4- And بَكِئ (assumed tropical:) He failed of attaining the object of his want. (TA.)

Derived headwords

بَكَأَتْverb
  1. 1.
بَكَأَتْ عَيْنِى