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بعقط

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to shortness or being stunted, particularly in reference to a person's stature. It also has a secondary meaning related to the rolling motion of a beetle.

Derived headwords

البَعْقُوطnoun
  1. 1.
    short personclassical

    A person who is short in stature, according to some languages.

البَعْقُوطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    beetle's rollclassical

    The act of rolling by a dung beetle.

  2. 2.
    type of birdclassical

    A kind of bird, according to Ibn Barrī.

بَعْقُوطadjective
  1. 1.
    shortclassical

    Describing a man who is short in stature.

بَلْقُوطadjective
  1. 1.
    shortclassical

    Describing a man who is short in stature. However, some scholars consider this word to be not firmly established.

Parallel reading

القصير في بعض اللغات.
The short in some languages.
دحروجة الجعل.
The rolling of the dung beetle.
البعقوطة ضرب من الطير.
The ba'qūṭah is a type of bird.
ورجل بعقوط وبلقوط: قصير،
And a man ba'qūṭ and balqūṭ: short,
وقال بعضهم ليس البلقوط بثبت.
And some of them said the balqūṭ is not firmly established.