ب ر ق ع

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns veiling, covering, or marking, often with a piece of cloth. It extends to descriptions of markings on animals, the sky, and even metaphorical uses for disguise or striking someone.

Derived headwords

البُرْقُعnoun

1.
veilboth
A veil worn by women, covering the face, with openings for the eyes.
2.
covering for animalsclassical
A covering or veil used for women and also for animals.
3.
mark on a camelclassical
A specific type of mark or branding on a camel's thigh, described as two rings with a connecting line.
4.
water sourceclassical
The name of a water source belonging to the Banu Numayr tribe.
5.
skyclassical
A name for the sky, specifically the seventh, fourth, or first heaven.

وخد كبرقوع الفتاة ملمع — And a cheek gleaming like a maiden's veil

برقعverb

1.
to veilboth
To put a veil on someone, typically a woman.
2.
to be veiledboth
To wear a veil.
3.
to disguise oneselfclassical
To adopt the appearance or mannerisms of someone who wears a veil, metaphorically.
4.
to strikeclassical
To strike someone with a stick, particularly on the head between the ears, to the point of dazing them.

برقعها برقعة: ألبسه إياه فتبرقع — He veiled her with a veil: he put it on her and she became veiled.

وكنت إذا ما جئت ليلى تبرقعت — And when I came to Layla, she would veil herself

البُرْقُعname

1.
name for a goatclassical
A name used to call a female goat when she is being milked.

البُرْقُعname

1.
name for the skyclassical
A name for the sky.

فكأن برقع والملائك تحتها ... سدر تواكله القوائم أجرب — As if the sky and the angels beneath it were like a scabby lote tree whose branches are eaten away

البُرْقُعname

1.
name of a placeclassical
A place name, specifically a spring in the upper Levant, distinct from the one in Najd.

البُرْقُعname

1.
titleclassical
A title given to Musa ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Musa al-Kadhim.

البُرْقُعname

1.
name for the skyclassical
A name for the sky, derived from the root meaning 'to cover'.

البُرَاقِعnoun

1.
veilsboth
The plural of برقع (burqu'), referring to veils.

إن ذوات الأزر والبراقع ... والبدن في ذاك البياض الناصع — Indeed, those with adornments and veils, and bodies in that pure whiteness

المُبَرْقَعadjective

1.
veiledboth
Wearing a veil.
2.
marked (horse)classical
Describing a horse with a blaze that covers the entire face, except for the eyes.

فرس مبرقع — A veiled horse

المُبَرْقَعَةadjective

1.
white-headed (sheep)classical
A sheep that is white-headed.
2.
marked (horse's blaze)classical
A blaze on a horse's face that is white and covers most of the face.

الشاة البيضاء الرأس — The white-headed sheep

برقوعadjective

1.
very hungryclassical
Extremely hungry, a description of a hungry state.

جوع برقوع — Extreme hunger

يرقوعadjective

1.
very hungryclassical
Extremely hungry, an alternative pronunciation/form of برقوع.

جوع يرقوع — Extreme hunger

بركوعadjective

1.
very hungryclassical
Extremely hungry, another variant form.

جوع بركوع — Extreme hunger

برقعname

1.
name for the skyclassical
A rare name for the sky, possibly related to the root's meaning of covering.

Parallel reading

وخد كبرقوع الفتاة ملمع

And a cheek gleaming like a maiden's veil

وقد أنكر أبو حاتم اللغة الثانية والثالثة وكان ينشد بيت الجعدي: وخد كبرقع الفتاة

Abu Hatim rejected the second and third pronunciations and would recite al-Ja'di's verse: 'And a cheek like a maiden's veil'

جمع البرقع البراقع

The plural of al-burqu' is al-baraqi'

وفيه خرقان للعينين

And it has two holes for the eyes

ومن قول العامة في العكس المستوي: عقارب تحت براقع

And from the common saying for an inversion: 'Scorpions under veils'

برقعه برقعة: ألبسه إياه فتبرقع

He veiled her with a veil: he put it on her and she became veiled

وكنت إذا ما جئت ليلى تبرقعت

And when I came to Layla, she would veil herself

حلقتان بينهما خباط في طول الفخذ، وفي العرض الحلقتان، صورتها هكذا

Two rings with a connecting line along the length of the thigh, and across the width are the two rings; its shape is like this.

والبرقع أيضا: ماء لبني نمير ببطن الشريف

And al-Burqu' is also: a water source of Banu Numayr in the heart of al-Sharif.

برقع، بلا لام: اسم للعنز إذا دعيت للحلب

Burqu', without the 'al-': a name for a goat when called for milking.

جوع برقوع، كعصفور، وصعفوق، جاء الأخير نادرا ندرة صعفوق، وكذلك جوع يرقوع بالياء التحتية المضمومة، وليس بتصحيف، بل هي لغة ثالثة، وكذلك بركوع وبركوع كل ذلك بمعنى واحد، أي شديد

Hunger of barqu', like 'usfur, and sa'fuq, the latter being rare like sa'fuq, and likewise 'jawa' yarqu' with the prefixed ya' with damma, and it is not a misspelling, but rather a third language, and likewise barku' and barku', all of them meaning one thing, i.e., severe.

فكأن برقع والملائك تحتها ... سدر تواكله القوائم أجرب

As if the sky and the angels beneath it were like a scabby lote tree whose branches are eaten away

وما وصفه الجوهري في تفسير هذا البيت هذيان منه، وسماء الدنيا هي الرقيع

And what al-Jawhari described in explaining this verse is his delirium, and the lowest heaven is al-Raqi'.

والمبرقعة، بفتح القاف: الشاة البيضاء الرأس

And al-Mubarraqa', with fatha on the qaf: the white-headed sheep.

وبكسرها: غرة الفرس الآخذة جميع وجهه غير أنه ينظر في سواد

And with kasra: the blaze of a horse that takes its entire face, except that it sees through blackness.

برقع لحيته، أي صار مأبونا، معناه تزيا بزي من لبس البرقع

He veiled his beard, meaning he became effeminate, meaning he adopted the guise of one who wears the veil.

برقع فلانا بالعصا برقعة: ضربه بها بين أذنيه، أي حتى صار كالبرقع على رأسه

He struck so-and-so with a stick a burqa'a: he hit him with it between his ears, meaning until he became like a veil on his head.

برقع، نادر ندرة هجرع: اسم للسماء عن ابن عباد

Burqu', rare like hajra': a name for the sky according to Ibn 'Abbad.