بَرَكَ

, (S, Msb, K,) aorist بَرُكَ , (S, TA,) verbal noun بُرُوكٌ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and تَبْرَاكٌ, (K,) said of a camel, (S, Mgh, Msb,) i. q. اِسْتَنَاخَ [i. e. He lay down, or kneeled and lay down, upon his breast, with his legs folded]; (S, K;) he made his breast to cleave to the ground; (Mgh;) he fell upon his بَرْك, i. e. breast; (Msb;) he threw his برك, i. e. breast, upon the ground; (TA;) and in like manner, ↓ برّك, (TA, and so in some copies of the K,) verbal noun تَبْرِيكٌ. (TA.) And بَرَكَتِ النَّعَامَةُ The ostrich lay upon its breast. (TA.) And بَرَكَ is also said of a lion, and of a man. (K voce ربض.) [Of the latter, one also says, بَرَكَ عَلَى رُكْبَتَيْهِ He fell, or set himself, upon his knees; he kneeled.] The بُرُوك of a man praying, which is forbidden, is The putting down the hands before the knees, after the manner of the camel [when he lies down; for the latter falls first upon his knees, and then upon his stiflejoints]. (Mgh.)

Hence, i. e., from the verb said of a camel, verbal noun بُرُوكٌ, (TA,) He, or it, (i. e. anything, S,) was, or became, firm, steady, steadfast, or fixed; continued, remained, or stayed; (S, K;) in a place: (TK:) [and so, apparently, with بَرِكَ for its aorist; for] you say, بَرَكَ لِلْقِتَالِ, aorist بَرِكَ , [He was, or became, firm, &c., for the purpose of fighting,] and in like manner بَرِكَ, aorist بَرَكَ . (TA. [See also a similar signification of 8.])

(assumed tropical:) It (the night) was, or became, long, or protracted; as though it did not quit its place. (A and TA in article قعس.)

See also 8, in two places.