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بكس

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of overcoming or defeating someone, often through a game or contest. It also encompasses a specific children's game involving a rolled-up cloth and a stone, treated as a ball.

Derived headwords

بَكَسَverb
  1. 1.
    to defeatclassical

    To overcome or defeat one's opponent.

بَكْسَةnoun
  1. 1.
    rolled clothclassical

    A piece of cloth that is rolled up, used by children in a game.

الكُجَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    gameclassical

    A children's game played with a rolled-up cloth and a stone, resembling a ball.

التُّونnoun
  1. 1.
    rolled clothclassical

    Another name for the rolled-up cloth used in the children's game.

الآجِرَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    rolled clothclassical

    Also refers to the rolled-up cloth used in the children's game.

Parallel reading

ابن الأعرابي بكس خصمه إذا قهره.
Ibn al-A'rabi said 'bakasa' his opponent when he defeated him.
والبكسة خرقة يدورها الصبيان ثم يأخذون حجرا فيدورونه كأنه كرة، ثم يتقامرون بهما
And the 'baksah' is a rag that children roll up, then they take a stone and roll it as if it were a ball, then they gamble with them.
وتسمى هذه اللعبة الكجة
And this game is called al-kajjah.
ويقال لهذه الخرقة أيضا: التون والآجرة.
And this rag is also called: al-tun and al-ajrah.