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بِتْكَةٌ بتك بتكه بتكة تكة (S, K) and بَتْكَةٌ (K) A piece, or portion, of a thing, cut off, or severed: pl. بِتَكٌ. (S, K.) Hence the saying of the poet, (S,) namely, Zuheyr, (TA,) “ حَتَّى إِِذَا مَا هَوَتع كَفُّ الغُلَامِ لَهَا
طَارَتْ وَفِي كَفِّهِ مِنْ رِيشِهَا بِتَكُ
” [Until, when the hand of the boy descends to her, she flies, while portions of her feathers, plucked out, are in his hand]. (S, TA.) ― -b2- And [hence,] i. q. جُهْمَةٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ [i. e. A portion at the commencement of the latter parts of the night, accord. to the S and K in art. جهم; or a remaining portion of darkness in the latter part of the night, accord. to the K in that art.]: (S, K:) as though it were a division [or portion cut off] of the night. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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