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بكء

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the reduction or cessation of milk in animals, particularly camels and sheep. It also extends to related concepts like the act of milking and a type of plant.

Derived headwords

بَكَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to have little milkboth

    The verb describes a female animal, like a camel or sheep, having a diminished supply of milk.

  2. 2.
    to cease to give milkboth

    This sense implies a more complete stoppage of milk production in the animal.

بَكُؤَverb
  1. 1.
    to have little milkboth

    This verb form denotes the state of an animal having a reduced milk yield.

  2. 2.
    to cease to give milkboth

    It can also signify the complete cessation of milk production.

تَبْكُؤُverb
  1. 1.
    it (she-animal) has little milkboth

    This is the imperfect tense form of the verb, indicating the ongoing state of an animal having reduced milk.

تَبَكَّأَverb
  1. 1.
    it (she-animal) has little milkboth

    This verb form, likely a variant or derived form, also describes an animal with a low milk supply.

البُكَاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    cessation of milkboth

    This noun refers to the state of an animal's milk supply having stopped or significantly reduced.

بُكَاءَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    cessation of milkboth

    A noun denoting the state where an animal's milk has ceased.

بُكُوءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    cessation of milkboth

    This noun form signifies the stopping or drying up of milk in an animal.

بُكَاءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    cessation of milkboth

    Another noun form indicating the state of an animal having little or no milk.

بَكِيءٌadjective
  1. 1.
    having little milkboth

    An adjective describing an animal whose milk supply is low.

  2. 2.
    dry (of milk)both

    This implies the animal has completely stopped producing milk.

بَكِيئةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    having little milkboth

    The feminine form of the adjective, describing a female animal with a reduced milk yield.

  2. 2.
    dry (of milk)both

    This indicates a female animal that has ceased to give milk.

بُكَاءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    cessations of milkboth

    The plural form of nouns related to the cessation of milk.

البُكَاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of plantclassical

    This refers to a specific plant, likened to watercress.

البَكْءُnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of plantclassical

    This noun denotes a plant similar to watercress.

البَكَاnoun
  1. 1.
    a type of plantclassical

    This is a variant form referring to a plant resembling watercress.

Parallel reading

بَكَأت الناقة أو الشاة
The camel or sheep had little milk.
سمعنا في غريب الحديث بكؤت تبكؤ
We heard in the 'Book of Strange Hadith' that she (an animal) had little milk, she has little milk.
وبكأت الناقة تبكأ
And the camel had little milk, she has little milk.
البكء بالضم وبكاءة محركة
Al-buk'u (with damma) and bukā'ah (vocalized with haraka).
وبكوءا كقعود
And bukū'an like qū'ūdan.
فهي بكيء وبكيئة
So she is baki' and baki'ah.
أي (قل لبنها)، وقيل: إذا انقطع
Meaning (her milk is little), and it was said: when it stops.
فقام إلى شاة بكيء فحلبها
So he got up to a sheep with little milk and milked it.
هل يثبت لكم العدو قدر حلب شاة! بكيئة؟ فقالوا: نعم
Does the enemy hold its ground for you as long as it takes to milk a sheep with little milk? They said: Yes.
وليأزلن وتبكؤن لقاحه
And his pregnant camels will surely be milked and have their milk reduced.
البكء نبات كالجرجير
Al-buk'u is a plant like watercress.