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برقعد

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root entry primarily discusses a place name, Barqad, and its inhabitants. It mentions its location, fortifications, and the reputation of its people for thievery. It also notes individuals from Barqad who were scholars.

Derived headwords

بُرْقُعَيْدname
  1. 1.
    Barqadclassical

    A place name, specifically a town or city, mentioned in classical Arabic texts.

بُرْقُعَيْدِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    from Barqadclassical

    An adjective denoting origin or affiliation with the place Barqad.

بُرْقُعَيْدِيّname
  1. 1.
    Al-Barqaydiclassical

    A nisba (surname) indicating a person is from or associated with Barqad.

Parallel reading

برقعيد، كزنجبيل
Barqad, like Zanjabil.
أهمله الجوهري، وقال الصاغاني: (د، قرب الموصل) من جهة نصيبين.
Al-Jawhari neglected it, and Al-Saghani said: (D, near Mosul) from the direction of Nisibin.
وأورده الأزهري في خماسي العين، وهي واسعة وعليها سور.
And Al-Azharī mentioned it among the five-lettered [roots] of 'ayn, and it is vast and has a wall around it.
ولها ثلاثة أبواب: باب بلد، وباب الجزيرة، وباب نصيبين.
And it has three gates: the gate of the land, the gate of the island, and the gate of Nisibin.
وأهلها يضرب بهم المثل في اللصوصية.
And its people are proverbial for thievery.
وقد نصب إليها قوم من الرواة، منهم الحسن بن علي بن موسى بن الخليل البرقعيدي، وأحمد بن عامر بن عبد الواحد الربعي البرقعيدي، سمعا وحدثا.
And a group of narrators were affiliated with it, among them Al-Hasan ibn Ali ibn Musa ibn Al-Khalil Al-Barqaydi, and Ahmad ibn Amir ibn Abd Al-Wahid Al-Raba'i Al-Barqaydi, both heard and narrated.
كذا في (المعجم).
Thus it is in (Al-Mu'jam).