بِكْرٌ

A virgin; (S, K;) and a man who has not yet drawn near to a woman; (TA;) opposite of ثَيِّبٌ, applied to a man as well as to a female: (Mgh, Msb:) plural أَبْكَارٌ. (S, Msb, K.)

And [hence,] (assumed tropical:) A pearl unpierced. (MF.) And (assumed tropical:) A bow when one first shoots with it. (TA.) And (tropical:) A cloud abounding with water: (K, TA:) likened to a virgin, because her blood is more than that of her who is not a virgin: and the phrase سَحَابٌ بِكْرٌ is sometimes used. (TA.) And نَارٌ بِكْرٌ (tropical:) Fire not lighted from another fire. (As, A.)

Also She that has not yet brought forth offspring: (AHeyth:) and a cow that has not yet conceived: (K:) or a heifer (K, TA) that has not yet conceived: (TA:) and a woman, (S, K,) and a she-camel, (As, K,) that has brought forth but once: plural أَبْكَارٌ and بِكَارٌ: (TA:) or a she-camel in her first state or condition. (Ham p. 340.)

And [hence,] (tropical:) A grape-vine that has produced fruit but once: (A, K:) plural أَبْكَارٌ. (A.)

Also i. q. بَكْرٌ, q. v. (ISd, TA.) And [hence,] أَبْكَارُ الأَوْلَادِ (assumed tropical:) Young children. (TA, from a tradition) And أَبْكَارُ النَّحْلِ (assumed tropical:) Young bees. (TA.) Whence, عَسَلُ أَبْكَارٍ (tropical:) Honey produced by young bees: or this means honey of which the preparation has been superintended by virgin-girls. (A, * TA.)

Also (tropical:) The first-born of his, or her, mother (S, Msb, K) and father; (Msb, K;) applied alike to the male and the female: (S:) and sometimes to that which is not the offspring of human beings; (TA;) the first-born of camels; (S;) and of a serpent: (TA:) plural أَبْكَارٌ. (TA.) You say, هٰذَا بِكْرُ أَبَوَيْهِ (tropical:) This is the first-born of his parents. (TA.) And أَشَدُّ النَّاسِ بِكْرٌ ابْنُ بِكْرَيْنِ (A) or بِكْرُ بِكْرَيْنِ (M, TA) (tropical:) [The strongest of men is the first-born of a man and woman each a first-born].

(assumed tropical:) The first of anything; (K;) as also ↓ بَاكُورَةٌ: (TA:) and (assumed tropical:) an action that has not been preceded by its like. (K.) You say, مَا هٰذَا الأَمْرُ مِنْكَ بِكْرًا وَ لَا ثَنِيًا (tropical:) This thing, or affair, is not thy first nor thy second. (A, TA.)

حَاجَةٌ بِكْرٌ (tropical:) A want, or needful thing, recently sought to be accomplished or attained: (TA:) or that is the first in being referred to him of whom its accomplishment is sought. (A, TA.)

ضَرْبَةٌ بِكْرٌ (tropical:) A cutting blow or stroke, (S, K,) that kills (K) at once, (TA,) not requiring to be struck a second time: (S, A:) plural ضَرَبَاتٌ أَبْكَارٌ; occurring in a tradition, in which it is said that such were the blows of 'Alee; (S, TA;) but in that tradition, as some recite it, the latter word is ↓ مُبْتَكِرَاتٌ. (TA.)