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بكته

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns actions of striking, confronting, and overcoming someone, often with words or arguments. It also extends to the idea of receiving something unpleasant and the act of reprimanding or refuting.

Derived headwords

بَكَتهُverb
  1. 1.
    to strike himboth

    To strike someone with a sword or a stick.

  2. 2.
    to confront himboth

    To meet someone with something they dislike or find unpleasant.

تَبْكِيتnoun
  1. 1.
    reprimandboth

    The act of scolding or reprimanding someone.

  2. 2.
    refutationboth

    Overcoming someone with an argument or proof.

المُبَكِّتadjective
  1. 1.
    reproachful womanclassical

    A woman who is reproachful or who causes others to be reproached.

Parallel reading

ضربَه بالسيف والعصا
He struck him with a sword and a stick.
استقبله بما يكره
He met him with what he disliked.
التبكيت: التقريع
Reprimanding: scolding.
والغلبة بالحجة
And overcoming with an argument.
والمبكت: المرأة المعقاب
And the reproachful one: the woman who causes reproach.