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بقو

1 بَقَاهُ بِعَيْنِهِ بقاه بعينه بقاه بعينة , [aor. بَقُوَ ,] inf. n. بَقَاوَةٌ [and بَقْوَةٌ, as will be seen from what follows, like رَحْمَةٌ], He looked, (Lh, JK, ISd, K,) or looked long, or glanced lightly, (JK,) at him, or it; (Lh, JK, ISd, K;) and so with ى for the last radical: (JK:) and بَقَاهُ [alone], with و and with ى for the last radical, (K in art. بقى,) first pers. بَقَوْتُهُ and بَقَيْتُهُ, (Lh, TA,) he looked at him, or it: (Lh, K:) or he watched, or observed, him, or it: (K in art. بقى:) and بقوته I looked, watched, or waited, for him, or it: (K:) a dial. var. of بَقَيْتُهُ, which is the more approved. (TA.) [Hence,] اُبْقُهُ بَقْوَتَكَ مَالَكَ and بَقَاوَتَكَ مَالَكَ Guard thou, or preserve thou, him, or it, as thou guardest, or preservest, thy property. (M, Tekmileh, K.) بَقْوَى بقوى بقوي قوى قوة قوي and بُقْوَى: see art. بقى.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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