(A, L, K) and ↓بَعْثٌ (L, TA) and ↓بُعْثٌ, (L,) or ↓بَعَثٌ, (TA,) Sleepless, or wakeful: (K:) a man incessantly, (A,) or often, (TA,) awaking from his sleep: (A, TA:) a man whose anxieties, or griefs, incessantly render him sleepless, or wakeful, and awake him from his sleep: plural أَبْعاثٌ. (TA.)