Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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بقم بقو بقى


1. ⇒ بقوبقى

بَقَاهُ بِعَيْنِهِ, [aor. ـُ {يَبْقُوُ},] inf. n. بَقَاوَةٌ [and بَقْوَةٌ, as will be seen from what follows, like رَحْمَةٌ], He looked, (Lḥ, JK, ISd, Ḳ,) or looked long, or glanced lightly, (JK,) at him, or it; (Lḥ, JK, ISd, Ḳ;) and so with ى for the last radical: (JK:) and بَقَاهُ [alone], with و and with ى for the last radical, (Ḳ in art. بقى,) first pers. بَقَوْتُهُ and بَقَيْتُهُ, (Lḥ, TA,) he looked at him, or it: (Lḥ, Ḳ:) or he watched, or observed, him, or it: (Ḳ in art. بقى:) and بقوته I looked, watched, or waited, for him, or it: (Ḳ:) a dial. var. of بَقَيْتُهُ, which is the more approved. (TA.) [Hence,] اُبْقُهُ بَقْوَتَكَ مَالَكَ and بَقَاوَتَكَ مَالَكَ Guard thou, or preserve thou, him, or it, as thou guardest, or preservest, thy property. (M, Tekmileh, Ḳ.)


بَقْوَى / بُقْوَى

بَقْوَى and بُقْوَى: see art. بقى.


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