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بِرْقَعُ برقع رقعة , (S, K, * TA,) imperfectly decl., (S, TA,) and ↓ بِرْقَعُ , (Fr, Az, Ibn-'Abbád,) of a rare form, like هِجْرَع, (Fr, Az, *) or البِرْقِعُ and ↓ البُرْقُعُ , (K, * TA,) but perhaps this last is a mistranscription, for بِرْقَعُ, (TA,) a name of The heaven, or sky: (Fr:) or the seventh heaven: (AAF, S, K:) or the fourth heaven: (Lth, Az, K:) or the first heaven; (K;) i. e. the lowest heaven: IDrd says, so they assert; and in like manner says IF; and he says, the ب is augmentative, the radical letters being ر ق ع, for every heaven is termed رَقِيعٌ, and the heavens [together] are termed أَرْقِعَةٌ: (TA:) or the lowest heaven is termed الرَّقِيعُ. (S, TA.) [See an ex. voce سَدِرٌ.] بُرْقَعَةٌ: see بُرْقُعٌ. بُرْقُوعٌ: see بُرْقُعٌ.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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