البركع

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes shortness in stature or physical form, and related actions of falling or collapsing. It also encompasses meanings of cutting and prostration.

Derived headwords

البَرَكَعُnoun

1.
short manboth
A man who is short in stature.
2.
short-necked animalclassical
A young camel or other animal whose neck is too short to reach the ground.

بَرَكَعَverb

1.
to cutclassical
To cut something, implying a decisive or complete action.
2.
to prostrateclassical
To fall down in prostration or submission.
3.
to fall on kneesboth
To collapse or fall onto one's knees.
4.
to get on all foursclassical
To assume a position on hands and knees.

تَبَرَّكَعَverb

1.
to fallboth
To fall down, to collapse.

بُرْكُوعnoun

1.
shortnessclassical
A state of being short, similar in form and meaning to برقوع (burqu'a).

Parallel reading

البركع، كقنفذ: الرجل القصير

Al-burka', like qunfudh: the short man.

وفصيل لا يصل عنقه إلى الأرض

And a young camel whose neck does not reach the ground.

وبركع: قطع

And baraka'a: to cut.

، وصرع

, and to prostrate.

، وقام على أربع

, and to get on all fours.

، وسقط على ركبتيه

, and to fall on his knees.

وتبركع: وقع

And tabarraka'a: to fall.

وجوع بركوع: كبرقوع زنة ومعنى

And ju'un bi-burku'in: like burqu'in in weight and meaning.