to tear, rend — to investigate/examine 1 realization Unique
ACCEPTED Realization 1
type Polysemy
language Classical Arabic
lexeme baqara
meaning 1 to slit, rip, split ʔubqurhā ʕan ǧanīn-i-hā ‘rip thou open her [a camel’s] belly so as to disclose her foetus’ (Lane 233)
direction —
meaning 2 to examine baqara fī banī fulān-in 'he knew the state, condition, case, or affair, of the sons of such a one, and examined, or inspected them'
reference Lane: 233
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