بكت
1 بَكڤتَ see 2, in four places.
2 بكّتهُ,
inf. n. تَبْكِيتٌ, He reprehended, reproved, blamed, chid, or reproached, him, for an affair, or for a crime or the like; (
S,
A,
Msb,
K;)
accord. to some, with justice; (
TA;) or he did so severely; (
S, *
TA;) and threatened him; (
TA;) and declared his deed to be evil; (
Msb;) as when one says, “O wicked man! wast thou not ashamed? didst thou not fear God? ” (
TA:) and sometimes this is done by using an
enunciative phrase, such as the saying of Abraham, [mentioned in the
Kur xxi. 64,] “ Nay, the chief of them, this, did it; ” for thus he said to reprove their worship of idols; (
Msb;) and it may be by means of the hand, and a staff or stick, and the like. (
Hr,
TA.)
b2: He accused him, to his face, (اِسْتَقْبَلَهُ,
q. v.,) of that which he disliked, or hated; (
As,
A,
K;) as also ↓ بَكَتَهُ, (
As,
K,)
aor. ـُ
inf. n. بَكْتٌ. (
TA.)
b3: He overcame him, بِالحُجَّةِ [with the argument, allegation, or plea]; (
S,
A,
K;) as also ↓ بَكَتَهُ; (
A,
TA;) and both, he obliged him to be silent by reason of his inability to reply. (
A, *
TA.) You say, بكّتهُ حَتَّى
أَسْكَتَهُ, and ↓ بَكَتَهُ, He overcame him [by an argument, &c.,] so that he silenced him. (
A,
TA.)
b4: Also, (
Lth,
TA,) and ↓ بَكَتَهُ, (
K,
TA,)
aor. and
inf. n. as above, (
TA,) He beat, struck, or smote, him (
K,
TA) with a staff or stick, and a sword, (
Lth,
K,
TA,) and the like. (
Lth,
TA.) مُبَكِّتٌ A woman who usually brings forth a male child after a female. (
K,
TA.) [Such a woman is
app. thus called because supposed to reproach her husband for his having been displeased with her on her bringing forth a female.]
