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بَكِىْءٌ بكىء بكيء بكئ and بَكِيْئَةٌ A she-camel, (S, K,) or a ewe or she-goat, (S,) having little milk; whose milk has become little: (S, K, TA:) or, as some say, whose milk has ceased, or stopped: (TA:) pl. بِكَآءٌ (S, K) and بَكَايَا (K.) ― -b2- And [hence,] دَرٌّ بَكِىْءٌ (assumed tropical:) [Milk, or a flow of milk, little in quantity]. (TA.) ― -b3- And رَكِيَّةٌ بَكِيَّةٌ (assumed tropical:) A well of which the water has sunk into the earth; or become low: the latter word having its ' changed into ى to assimilate it to the former. (TA.) ― -b4- And عُيُونٌ بِكَآءٌ (assumed tropical:) Eyes having few tears. (TA.) ― -b5- And أَيْدٍ بِكَآءٌ (assumed tropical:) Hands of which the gifts are few. (TA.) And رَجُلٌ بَكِىةءٌ (assumed tropical:) [app. A poor man; a man having little wealth: or of few words: or unable to speak: see بَكْءٌ; and see بَكِىٌّ, in art. بكى]: pl. بِكَآءٌ. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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