بعثر
Q. 1 بَعْثَرَ, [
inf. n. بَعْثَرَةٌ,] He took, drew, or pulled, a thing out, or forth, and uncovered it, laid it open, or exposed it; (
S,
K;) as also بَحْثَرَ: (
S:) he raised what was in a thing, (
S,
K,) and caused it to come forth. (
S.) Hence, in the
Kur [c. 9], إِذَا بُعْثِرَ مَا فِى الْقُبُورِ When that which is in the graves is raised, and caused to come forth: (
AO,
S:) [see also بَحْثَرَ:] or the meaning is, when the dust, or earth, in the graves is turned over, and the dead in them are raised: (
Zj:) or when what is in the graves, of gold and silver, comes forth; after which the dead are to come forth. (
Fr.)
b2: Also He examined; he searched. (
K.)
b3: He searched for, or after, or into, news, or tidings. (
TA.)
b4: He scattered, or dispersed, a thing, and turned it over, one part upon another: (
K:) he scattered, or dispersed, his household goods, or his commodities, (
Fr,
S,) and turned them over, one upon another; (
Fr,
Zj,
S;) as also بَحْثَرَ, (
Fr,
S,) and بَغْثَرَ. (Yaakoob.)
b5: He demolished a watering-trough or tank, and turned it upside-down. (
AO,
S,
K.)
