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البقط

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of gathering, dividing, and rapid movement. It encompasses terms for household goods, portions of fruit, and actions like ascending, hurrying, rebuking, and separating. It also touches on the gradual acquisition of information.

Derived headwords

البَقْطnoun
  1. 1.
    household fabricclassical

    Refers to the fabric or textiles used within a household.

  2. 2.
    gathering of goodsclassical

    The act of collecting and bundling movable property or belongings.

  3. 3.
    sharecropping agreementclassical

    An agreement where one gives another a garden or orchard for a share of the produce, typically one-third or one-fourth.

  4. 4.
    separationboth

    The act of dividing or separating something.

البَقْطnoun
  1. 1.
    fallen fruitclassical

    What falls from fruit when it is cut and the claw misses it.

البَقْطnoun
  1. 1.
    divisionboth

    A part or piece of something.

البَقْطnoun
  1. 1.
    scattered groupboth

    A dispersed or scattered group of people.

البَقْطَةnoun
  1. 1.
    scattered groupboth

    A dispersed or scattered group of people, similar to البقط.

البُقْطnoun
  1. 1.
    handful of cheeseclassical

    A handful of dried cheese (aqit).

البَقْطَمَانnoun
  1. 1.
    sediment of hibbidclassical

    The dregs or sediment of the plant called hibbid.

بَقَطَ في الجبلverb
  1. 1.
    to ascend a mountainclassical

    To climb or ascend a mountain.

بَقَطَ في الكلام والمشيverb
  1. 1.
    to hurry speech/walkboth

    To move quickly or hasten in speech or walking.

بَقَطَ فلانًا بالكلامverb
  1. 1.
    to rebuke someoneclassical

    To reprimand or rebuke someone with words.

بَقَطَ الشيءverb
  1. 1.
    to divide somethingboth

    To separate or divide a thing into parts.

تَبَقَّطَ الخبرverb
  1. 1.
    to learn news graduallyclassical

    To acquire information or news little by little.

Parallel reading

البقط: قماش البيت
Al-baqt: household fabric.
وجمع المتاع وحزمه
And the gathering and bundling of belongings.
وأن تعطي الرجل البستان على الثلث أو الربع
And to give a man the garden for a third or a fourth.
والتفرقة
And separation.
ما سقط من الثمر إذا قطع فأخطأه المخلب
What falls from the fruit when it is cut and the claw misses it.
والفرقة
And the division.
والقطعة من الشيء
And the piece of something.
والجماعة المتفرقة، كالبقطة، بالضم
And the scattered group, like al-baqtah (with dammah).
وكغراب: قبضة من الأقط
And like ghurab: a handful of dried cheese.
وكرمان: ثفل الهبيد
And like kurman: the sediment of the hibbid.
بقط في الجبل تبقيطا: صعد
To ascend a mountain: to climb.
و في الكلام والمشي: أسرع
And in speech and walking: to hasten.
و فلانا بالكلام: بكته
And to rebuke someone with words: to reprimand him.
و الشيء: فرقه
And the thing: to divide it.
ومنه المثل: "بقطيه بطبك"، أي: فرقيه برفقك، لا يفطن له
And from it is the proverb: 'Baqqatihi bi-tabbika', meaning: divide it with your gentleness, so it is not noticed.
يضرب لمن يؤمر بإحكام العمل والاحتيال فيه مترفقا
It is said of one who is ordered to perfect work and to be cunning in it gently.
وتبقط الخبر: أخذه قليلا قليلا
And to learn the news gradually: to take it little by little.