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برقش

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root relates to the concept of being multi-colored, speckled, or variegated. It is associated with a bird known for its varied plumage and a dog whose barking led to a tribe's downfall. The term also refers to a small bird.

Derived headwords

بَرَقَشَverb
  1. 1.
    he variegated the thing: he engraved it with various colorsboth

    he variegated the thing: he engraved it with various colors

تَبَرْقُشverb
  1. 1.
    to be variegatedclassical

    To become marked with various colors or patterns; to be speckled or mottled.

البَرَاقِشnoun
  1. 1.
    a birdclassical

    A bird known for its varied colors, which gives its name to the root's meaning.

أبو براقشname
  1. 1.
    a bird's nameclassical

    The name of a bird that is variegated in color, used as an example in poetry.

بُرَاقِشname
  1. 1.
    a dog's nameclassical

    The name of a dog whose barking led to the discovery and subsequent plundering of her tribe.

البَرْقَشnoun
  1. 1.
    a small birdboth

    A small bird, similar to a sparrow, known in the Hijaz region as the 'shurshur'.

Parallel reading

برقشت الشئ، إذا نقشته بألوان شتى.
Barqash-tu the thing, if you engrave it with various colors.
وأصله من أبي براقش، وهو طائر يتلون ألوانا.
And its origin is from Abu Burāqish, which is a bird that changes colors.
كأبي براقش كل لون لونه يتخيل
Like Abu Burāqish, every color of its hue is imagined.
وبراقش: اسم كلبة.
And Burāqish: is the name of a female dog.
" على أهلها دلت براقش "
"Burāqish led to her people."
لأنها سمعت وقع حوافر الدواب فنبحت، فاستدلوا بنباحها على القبيلة فاستباحوهم.
Because she heard the sound of the hooves of the beasts and barked, so they inferred the tribe from her barking and thus plundered them.
والبرقش بالكسر: طائر صغير مثل العصفور يسميه أهل الحجاز الشرشور.
And al-barqash (with kasra): is a small bird like a sparrow, which the people of Hijaz call al-shurshur.