بكى

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

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

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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

• ضَرَبَنِي وَبَكَى سَبَقَنِي وَٱشْتَكَى (ḍarabanī wabakā sabaqanī waštakā, proverb)

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

بُكًى • (bukan) m

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

• 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

From Arabic بَكَى (bakā).

بكى • (baka) I (non-past يبكي (yabki))

1. to cry

From Arabic بَكَّى (bakkā).

بكى • (bakka) II (non-past يبكي (yibakki))

1. to cause to cry

• Heath, Judith, Mahadi, Mahamat Zene (2021) Lexique Arabe Tchadien-Français‎^[3] (in French), 11th edition, N'Djamena, Chad: SIL Chad, page 25
• Pommerol, Patrice Jullien de (1999) Dictionnaire Arabe Tchadien-Français (in French), Éditions Karthala, →ISBN, pages 235, 236

From Arabic بَكَى (bakā).

• IPA^(key): /bka/

بكى • (bka) I (non-past يبكي (yibki))

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

1=ب
3=b
2=ك
4=k

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• ضربني وبكى سبقني وشكى (ḍrabni we-bka sbaqni we-ška, proverb)

From Arabic بَكَى (bakā).

• IPA^(key): /ba.ka/, [ˈba.ka]

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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.