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باكِي
one who is weeping /ˈbaː.kiː/
nounB2#3237 most common
Also: weeper, mourner, crying (person)
Example sentences
الولدُ الباكي جالسٌ هناك.
The crying boy is sitting there.
رأيتُ رجلاً باكياً في الشارع.
I saw a weeping man in the street.
كان باكياً طوال الليل.
He was crying all night.
الأمُّ الباكيةُ احتضنت طفلها.
The weeping mother embraced her child.
سمعتُ صوتَ الباكي في الغرفة المجاورة.
I heard the sound of the weeping one in the next room.
وقف الباكون أمام القبر يذرفون الدموع بصمت.
The weeping men stood before the grave, shedding tears in silence.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | باكٍ | باكون |
| Genitive | باكٍ | باكين |
| Accusative | باكياً | باكين |
| Vocative | باكي | باكون |
Word family
بكىto weep, to cry
بكاءweeping, crying, tears
بكّاءone who cries often, a crybaby
تباكىto pretend to cry, to feign weeping
مبكٍtearjerking, causing tears
Etymology
باكِي comes from the triliteral Semitic root ب-ك-ي, meaning to weep or cry. The word itself is the active participle of the verb بكى (bakā), built on the فاعل pattern used across Arabic to name the doer of an action. Because the root's final letter is the weak consonant ي, the participle behaves irregularly, its ending shifting between a plain kasra, a long ī, and an accusative -an depending on case and definiteness.
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