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5 تبقّر أبقر بقر تبقر It (a she-camel's belly) became ripped open; as also ↓ ابتقر and ↓ انبقر . (TA.) ― -b2- It became open. (As.) ― -b3- And i. q. توسّع; (As, K;) as also ↓ تَبَيْقَرَ . (K.) So in the phrase تبقّر فِى العِلْمِ [He enlarged himself, or took a wide range, in science, or knowledge]; (S, A, Msb;) and العِلْمَ ↓ بَقَرَ , inf. n. بَقْرٌ, signifies the same. (TA.) And so in the phrase تبقّر فِى المَالِ, (S, A, Msb,) and فى الأَهْلِ, (TA,) i. e., He enlarged himself, or he became, or made himself, large, or abundant, in wealth, or camels or the like, and in family; as explained by As. (A'Obeyd.) You say also, تبقّر الكَلَامَ, [meaning فِى الكَلَامِ,] i. e., He was diffuse, or profuse, in speech; syn. تَفَتَّقَ بِهِ. (A.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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