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Etymological Dictionary of Arabic
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BKY بكي 
ID … • Sw – • BP – • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√BKY 
“root” 
▪ BKY_1 ‘to cry, weep, bemoan, lament’ ↗bakà
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♦ Semantic value spectrum in ClassAr (acc. to BAH2008): ‘to wail, to cry, to bemoan, to lament; to cause to cry; to pretend to cry’ 
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bakà / bakay‑ بكى / بكيْـ , ī (bukāʔ, bukaⁿ, det. bukà) 
ID … • Sw – • BP 1238 • APD … • © SG | 15Feb2021
√BKY 
vb., I 
1a to cry, weep; 1b to bemoan, lament, bewail, mourn – WehrCowan1976. 
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▪ Bergsträsser1928: (*‘to weep, cry’) Akk ibkī, Hbr bāḵā, Syr bḵā, Gz bakáya.
 
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►bakkà, vb. II, and ʔabkà, vb. IV, to make cry: D-stem and *Š-stem, respectively, caus.
►ĭstabkà, vb.X, to move to tears, make cry: *Št-stem, desiderative.

►bukāʔ, n., crying, weeping: vn. I .
►bakkāʔ, adj., given to weeping frequently, tearful, lachrymose: ints.
►ḥāʔiṭ al‑ mabkà, n., the Wailing Wall (in Jerusalem): n.loc.
►bākin (det. bākī), pl. bukāẗ, 1a adj., weeping, crying: PA I; 1b n., weeper, wailer, mourner: nominalized PA I.
►bākiyaẗ, pl. ‑āt, n.f., wailing woman, hired mourner: PA I f.; – (pl. bawākin, det. bawākī; Eg. ) arch, arcade: ?
►mubakkin, det. mubakkī, and mubkin, det. mubkī, adj., 1a causing tears, tearful; 1b sad, lamentable, deplorable: PA II and IV, respectively.
 
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