بكى

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See also: بكي and بكی

Arabic

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Root
ب ك ي (b k y)
5 terms

Etymology

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Cognate with Akkadian 𒁀𒆪𒌑𒌝 (bakûm), Hebrew בָּכָה (bakhá) and Ge'ez በከየ (bäkäyä). Possibly related to Oromo bokkaa (rain).

Pronunciation

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  • Noun: IPA(key): /bu.kan/
  • Verb: IPA(key): /ba.kaː/
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Verb

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بَكَى (bakā) I (non-past يَبْكِي (yabkī), verbal noun بُكَاء (bukāʔ) or بُكًى (bukan))

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to cry, to weep (over)
  2. (figurative) to rain
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 44:29:
      فَمَا بَكَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّمَاءُ وَالْأَرْضُ وَمَا كَانُوا مُنْظَرِينَ
      famā bakat ʕalayhimu s-samāʔu wālʔarḍu wamā kānū munẓarīna
      And neither heaven nor earth shed a tear over them: nor were they given a respite

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Gulf Arabic: بچى (biča)
  • Hijazi Arabic: بكي (biki)
  • Maltese: beka

Noun

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بُكًى (bukanm

  1. verbal noun of بَكَى (bakā) (form I)

Declension

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References

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  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “بكى”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 146
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بكى”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[2], London: W.H. Allen, page 137
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “بكى”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 86

Moroccan Arabic

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Root
ب ك ي
2 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic بَكَى (bakā).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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بكى (bka) I (non-past يبكي (yibki))

  1. (intransitive) to cry, to weep (over)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ب ك ي
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic بَكَى (bakā).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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بكى (baka) I (present ببكي (bibki))

  1. to cry
    Synonym: عيّط (ʕayyaṭ)
    ما بدّي اشوفك عمّ تبكي.
    mā biddī ašūfak ʕamm tibkī
    I don't want to see you crying.

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of بكى (baka)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m بكيت (bakēt) بكيت (bakēt) بكى (baka) بكينا (bakēna) بكيتو (bakētu) بكو (baku)
f بكيتي (bakēti) بكت (bakat)
present m ببكي (babki) بتبكي (btibki) بيبكي (bibki) منبكي (mnibki) بتبكو (btibku) ببكو (bibku)
f بتبكي (btibki) بتبكي (btibki)
subjunctive m ابكي (abki) تبكي (tibki) يبكي (yibki) نبكي (nibki) تبكو (tibku) يبكو (yibku)
f تبكي (tibki) تبكي (tibki)
imperative m ابكي (ibki) ابكو (ibku)
f ابكي (ibki)