to tear, rend
—
to investigate/examine
1 realization
Related shifts
| ID | Meaning 1 | Direction | Meaning 2 |
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| 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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