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بكع

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

The root بكع primarily denotes severe, repeated striking or cutting, often in scattered parts of the body. It also extends to confronting someone with something unpleasant, akin to scolding or reprimanding, and can refer to a lump sum of money.

Derived headwords

البَكْعnoun
  1. 1.
    striking, cuttingclassical

    Severe and repeated striking or cutting in scattered parts of the body.

  2. 2.
    confrontationclassical

    Confronting someone with something unpleasant, such as criticism or rebuke.

  3. 3.
    lump sumclassical

    A total amount, given all at once rather than in installments.

بَكَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike severelyclassical

    To strike severely and repeatedly, especially with a sword or stick.

  2. 2.
    to cutclassical

    To cut someone, particularly in scattered parts of the body.

  3. 3.
    to confront with dislikeclassical

    To meet someone with something they dislike or find unpleasant.

بَكْعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    strikingclassical

    The act of striking severely and repeatedly.

أَبْكَعadjective
  1. 1.
    severely struckclassical

    A man who has been severely struck or cut.

تَبْكَعُنِيverb
  1. 1.
    to confront meclassical

    To confront me with something unpleasant or critical.

تَبْكِيعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    confrontationclassical

    The act of confronting someone with words or a sword.

بَكَعَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to cut himclassical

    To cut him, implying severe and possibly scattered wounds.

  2. 2.
    to strike himclassical

    To strike him severely and repeatedly.

بَكَعَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to confront himclassical

    To confront him with something he dislikes or finds reprehensible.

بَكَعَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to strike himclassical

    To strike him with a sword or stick.

بَكَعَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to strike himclassical

    To strike him with a sword, implying repeated blows.

بَكَعَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to confront himclassical

    To confront him with words or a sword.

بُكِعَverb
  1. 1.
    to be struckclassical

    To be struck severely and repeatedly.

مَكْبُوعadjective
  1. 1.
    struckclassical

    Describing something that has been struck or hit.

بَكَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to strikeclassical

    To strike severely and repeatedly.

بَكَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to cutclassical

    To cut.

بَكَعَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to cut himclassical

    To cut him.

بَكَعَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to confront himclassical

    To confront him with something he dislikes.

بَكَتَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to scold himclassical

    To scold him or confront him with something unpleasant.

تَبْكَعُنِيverb
  1. 1.
    to rebuke meclassical

    To rebuke me or confront me with something I dislike.

البَكْعnoun
  1. 1.
    rebukeclassical

    The act of confronting someone with something they dislike; a rebuke or reprimand.

البَكْعnoun
  1. 1.
    strikingclassical

    Striking with a sword.

تَبْكِيعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    confrontingclassical

    Confronting someone with a sword or with words.

بَكْعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    lump sumclassical

    A total amount given at once, not in installments.

بَكْعnoun
  1. 1.
    placeclassical

    A place or location.

Parallel reading

البكع: القطع والضرب المتتابع الشديد في مواضع متفرقة من الجسد.
Al-bak'u: The cutting and severe, successive striking in scattered parts of the body.
ورجل أبكع إذا كان أقطع؛
And a man is abka' if he is cut;
تركت لصوص المصر من بين مقعص ... صريع، ومكبوع الكراسيع بارك
I left the thieves of the city among the fallen... a corpse, and the one whose haunches were struck, he knelt.
وبكعه بالسيف والعصا وبكعه: قطعه.
And he struck him with the sword and the stick, and he cut him: he cut him.
وبكعه وبكعه بكعا: استقبله بما يكره وبكته.
And he confronted him and confronted him with striking: he met him with what he disliked and rebuked him.
قال له رجل: ما قلت هذه الكلمة ولقد خشيت أن تبكعني بها ؛
A man said to him: 'What did you say this word, and indeed I feared that you would confront me with it;
البكع والتبكيت أن تستقبل الرجل بما يكره.
Al-bak'u and al-tabkītu is to confront a man with what he dislikes.
فبكعه بها فزخ في أقفائنا ؛
So he confronted him with it, and it struck our necks;
والبكع: الضرب بالسيف.
And al-bak'u: is striking with the sword.
فبكعه بالسيف أي ضربه ضربا متتابعا.
So he struck him with the sword, meaning he struck him with successive blows.
بكعه تبكيعا إذا واجهه بالسيف والكلام.
He struck him with repeated blows if he confronted him with the sword and words.
يقال: أعطاهم المال بكعا لا نجوما،
It is said: He gave them the money as a lump sum, not in installments,
ما أدري أين بكع.
I do not know where he went.