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برقط

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of scattering, dispersing, or moving in a varied or irregular manner. It also encompasses specific physical actions like stepping, sitting, or climbing, and can refer to a type of food.

Derived headwords

تَبَرْقَطَتْverb
  1. 1.
    diversifiedclassical

    Used for camels whose grazing patterns became varied or scattered.

تَبَرْقَطَverb
  1. 1.
    fell backwardsclassical

    To fall backwards onto one's posterior, similar to the verb 'taqarṭaba'.

البَرْقَطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    short stepsclassical

    A manner of walking characterized by short, close steps.

  2. 2.
    sitting postureclassical

    A specific way of sitting on one's legs with the knees spread apart.

بَرْقَطَverb
  1. 1.
    fledclassical

    To flee in a hurried manner, looking back as one runs away.

  2. 2.
    scatteredclassical

    To disperse or separate something.

  3. 3.
    climbedclassical

    To ascend or climb, particularly in a mountainous area.

المُبَرْقَطnoun
  1. 1.
    type of foodclassical

    A dish named 'al-mubaraqṭ' because oil is heavily dispersed within it.

بَقَطَverb
  1. 1.
    climbedclassical

    To ascend or climb, used in conjunction with 'barqaṭa' in mountainous terrain.

Parallel reading

تبرقطت الإبل: اختلفت وجوهها في الرعي؛ حكاه اللحياني.
The camels became diversified: their grazing patterns differed; narrated by Al-Laḥyānī.
وتبرقط على قفاه: كتقرطب.
And he fell backwards on his rear: like taqarṭaba.
والبرقطة: خطو متقارب.
And al-barqaṭah: short, close steps.
وبرقط الرجل برقطة: فر هاربا وولى متلفتا.
And the man fled with a barqaṭah: he ran away and turned looking back.
وبرقط الشيء: فرقه.
And he scattered the thing: he dispersed it.
والمبرقط: ضرب من الطعام، قال ثعلب: سمي بذلك لأن الزيت يفرق فيه كثيرا.
And al-mubaraqṭ: a type of food, Thaʿlab said: it was named so because oil is much dispersed in it.
والبرقطة القعود على الساقين بتفريج الركبتين.
And al-barqaṭah is sitting on the legs with the knees spread apart.
برقط في الجبل وبقط إذا صعد.
He climbed in the mountain and ascended if he went up.