أَبْرَقُ

A rope (حَبْل) having two colours; (S, O;) twisted with a black strand and a white strand: (JK:) and in like manner, (JK,) a mountain (جَبَل, JK, K) in which are two colours, (K, TA,) black and white: (TA:) and (so in the S , but in the K “ or,”) anything having blackness and whiteness together. (S, K.) You say تَيْسٌ أَبْرَقٌ and عَنْزٌ بَرْقَاءُ [A black and white he-goat and she-goat]: (S, K:) and شَاةٌ بَرْقَاءُ a ewe whose white wool is cleft, or divided, by black flocks [or streaks]: (K:) أَبْرَقُ and بَرْقَاءُ applied to sheep or goats are like أَبْلَقُ and بَلْقَاءُ applied to beasts of the equine kind, and أَبْقَعُ and بَقْعَاءُ to dogs. (Lh, TA.)

بَرْقَاءُ is also a name given to An eye; (S, M;) because it has blackness and whiteness mingled in it: (M, TA:) dual بَرْقَاوَانِ. (TA.) And عَيْنٌ بَرْقَاءُ signifies An eye black in the iris, with whiteness [of the rest] of the bulb. (TA.)

رَوْضَةٌ بَرْقاءُ A meadorc, or garden, in which are two colours. (TA.)

See also بُرْقَةٌ. in seven places.

أَبْرَقُ also signifies A certain bird. (Tekmileh, K.)

And [the plural] بُرْقٌ is used as a name for The [locusts, or crickets, termed] جَنَادِب. (IB, TA.)

Also A certain Persian medicine, good for the memory. (Sgh, K.)