برق

بَرَقَ

To shine, gleam, or glisten.

Used of a thing, a weapon, the dawn, and other objects that give off or reflect a visible gleam.

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بَرَقَ

Of a cloud or the sky, to flash or lighten; of lightning, to appear.

A weather-related use describing the production or appearance of lightning.

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بَرَقَ

To threaten or menace, especially with evil.

A figurative use, often paired with رَعَدَ or expressed in the construction بَرَقَ وَرَعَدَ.

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بَرَقَ

To beautify, adorn, or display oneself; to show one's beauty.

A figurative use, including the construction of presenting or displaying oneself to another.

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بَرَقَ

Of a star or asterism, to rise.

Used in time-expressions referring to how long a star remains rising in the sky.

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بَرَقَ

Of a she-camel, to raise or move its tail deceptively as if pregnant when she is not.

A specialized description of false signs of pregnancy.

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بَرِقَ

To be frightened, astonished, or confounded, becoming perplexed and unable to see the right course.

Used of a person overwhelmed by fear or astonishment; this is distinct from the eye-specific Quranic sense.

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بَرِقَ

To become weak or impaired, especially of sight; the same verb may describe the weakening of the feet.

A physical weakening use distinct from temporary dazzlement or fright.

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بَرِقَ

Of a skin or leather container, to be damaged by heat so that its butter or contents melt and separate.

A specialized description of heat damage to a skin or container and its contents.

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بَرَقَ

To add a small quantity of oil, clarified butter, or grease to food or water.

The addition is specifically slight, enough to make the food or liquid somewhat greasy or glistening.

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بَرِقَ

Of sheep, goats, or camels, to suffer abdominal illness from eating the plant بَرْوَق.

A livestock-related use referring to a complaint in the belly.

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بَرَّقَ

To make the eyes glisten or to open them wide and look sharply or intently.

Form II intensifies or causes the eye-related action; the construction may describe fixed, hard looking.

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بَرَّقَ

To decorate or adorn a place of residence.

A causative or intensive use applied to a dwelling or place.

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بَرَّقَ

To make a baseless sign, false display, or empty promise, and to accomplish little.

An idiomatic reproach for something presented without reality or verification.

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بَرَّقَ

To travel or journey far.

A specialized Form II usage.

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بَرَّقَ

To persist or persevere in acts of disobedience.

Used with في المعاصي.

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بَرَّقَ

To become unattainable or impracticable for someone.

Used of an affair or undertaking that proves impossible to accomplish.

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أَبْرَقَ

To make a sign with a sword by waving it so that it flashes.

A Form IV use involving a visible signal made with a shining weapon.

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أَبْرَقَ

To turn or direct one's course toward lightning.

A directional use with lightning as the destination or point of orientation.

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أَبْرَقَ

To enter a tract in which there is lightning.

A specialized motion or location construction.

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أَبْرَقَ

To see lightning.

Used of observers witnessing lightning, including seasonal or rain-associated lightning.

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أَبْرَقَ

To be struck, assailed, or affected by lightning.

A passive-result use describing the effect of lightning on a person or thing.

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أَبْرَقَ

To be made perplexed or confounded by fright.

The subject is overwhelmed by fear and loses the ability to find the right way.

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أَبْرَقَ

To rouse or start game for hunting.

A specialized hunting usage, reported as an additional sense.

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اِسْتَبْرَقَ

Of a place or the horizon, to shine or gleam with lightning.

A Form X verb describing a landscape or horizon illuminated by lightning.

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بَرْقٌ

Lightning that occurs without rain.

Used in the conventional expression برق الخلب or برق خلب.

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بُرْقٌ

Lizards of the species ضَبّ.

A plural lexical item, with a proposed derivation from بَرُوقٌ or أَبْرَقُ.

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بَرَقٌ

A lamb.

An Arabicized word, with حَمَلٌ given as its synonym.

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بَرْقَةٌ

A single flash of lightning.

The feminine noun functions as a noun of one occurrence or flash.

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بَرْقَةٌ

A fit of confusion or perplexity in which one cannot see the right course.

A noun for a state of mental bewilderment.

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بُرْقَةٌ

A quantity or mass of lightning.

A related measure-like noun used in explanations of a display of lightning; its headword is kept distinct from the Quranic noun بَرْق.

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بُرْقَةٌ

Rugged or variegated ground composed of mixed stones, sand, and earth, often with contrasting colors.

The term may designate a portion of such terrain or a broader tract when pluralized.

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بُرْقَةٌ

A small amount of grease or gravy in food.

A specialized culinary use.

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بُرْقَانٌ

Shining strongly or conspicuously in the body.

Applied particularly to a person described as having a visibly radiant appearance.

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بُرْقَانٌ

Variegated locusts, especially locusts marked with yellow, white, black, or other contrasting streaks.

A collective noun with a singular form in ـة.

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بُرْقُوقٌ

The plum or a small plum-like fruit; in some usage, the apricot.

A post-classical or Arabicized fruit name.

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البُرَاقُ

The named mount associated with the Prophet's night ascent, described as a bright, swift beast between a mule and a donkey in size.

The name is explained through its brightness or speed, by comparison with lightning.

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بَرُوقٌ

A she-camel that raises or moves her tail deceptively as if pregnant when she is not.

The noun may also be applied to a scorpion because of its raised tail.

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بَرُوقٌ

A fearful, timid, or cowardly man.

A derived personal description, distinct from the camel term.

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بَرْوَقٌ / بَرْوَاقٌ

A weak, juicy plant that greens when clouds appear and may be used as emergency food in drought.

The two cited spellings are treated as variant names of the plant; the plant is also proverbial for gratitude to scant moisture and weakness.

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بَرِيقٌ

Shining, gleaming, glistening, luster, or brilliance.

A noun of the visible quality or effect of shining.

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بَرِيقَةٌ

Food, milk, condiment, or water containing a small amount of grease, clarified butter, or olive oil.

The term can refer either to the prepared food or to the grease added to it.

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بَرَّاقٌ / بَرَّاقَةٌ

Intensely shining, brilliant, or splendid; by extension, strikingly beautiful or radiant in appearance.

Applied to bright features such as teeth and to a person characterized by beauty or brilliance; some usage includes intentional display of beauty.

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بَارِقٌ

Shining, gleaming, or glistening.

An adjective of visible brilliance.

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بَارِقٌ

A cloud containing, emitting, or accompanied by lightning.

Used as an adjective with سحاب or سحابة.

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بَارِقَةٌ

A shining sword or weapon; by extension, the gleam of weapons.

The feminine form is used for swords and other weapons, including in the idiom placing paradise beneath swords.

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بَوْرَقٌ / بُورَقٌ

A mineral or chemical substance put into dough or flour to make it swell, including forms identified with borax, natron, or related substances.

The term covers several kinds distinguished by origin and properties, including substances used in polishing or medicinal preparations.

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بَوْرَقٌ

A man in whom one cannot trust or confide.

A figurative personal noun, with بَوَارِقُ as its plural.

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بُورِقِيٌّ

A seller of بُورَق or بَوْرَق.

A nisbah-derived occupational noun.

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أَبْرَقُ / بَرْقَاءُ

Having black and white, or other strongly contrasting colors, intermixed.

Applied to ropes, mountains, animals, eyes, meadows, and similar things when contrasting colors are combined; the feminine form is used where required by agreement.

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أَبْرَقُ

A certain bird.

A lexicalized animal name distinct from the color adjective.

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بُرْقٌ

A name applied to locusts or crickets of the type called جَنَادِب.

A plural or collective animal name distinct from the lizard noun.

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أَبْرَقُ

A Persian medicine reputed to be beneficial for memory.

A specialized medicinal noun reported as a separate lexical use.

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إِبْرِيقٌ

A ewer or pitcher with a spout and handle, used for pouring water or other liquids.

The word is an Arabicized loanword; its plural is أَبَارِيقُ.

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إِبْرِيقٌ

A highly shining sword; in some usage, a sword or bow with gleaming or variegated markings.

A specialized weapon sense distinct from the vessel noun.

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إِبْرِيقٌ

A woman beautiful and splendid or brilliant in complexion; according to another usage, one who displays her beauty intentionally.

A figurative application of brilliance to personal appearance.

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إِسْتَبْرَقٌ

Thick silk brocade or closely woven silk cloth, especially cloth interwoven with gold.

An Arabicized textile term with several reported explanations of its foreign origin and exact material.

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مَبْرَقٌ

Shining or gleaming, or the time of shining; especially the time when dawn shines.

A noun of time or occasion, as in عند مبرق الصبح.

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