بقو1 بَقَاهُ بِعَيْنِهِ, [aor. ـُ inf. n. بَقَاوَةٌ [and بَقْوَةٌ, as will be seen from what follows, like رَحْمَةٌ], He looked, (Lh, JK, ISd, K,) or looked long, or glanced lightly, (JK,) at him, or it; (Lh, JK, ISd, K;) and so with ى for the last radical: (JK:) and بَقَاهُ [alone], with و and with ى for the last radical, (K in art. بقى,) first Pers\. بَقَوْتُهُ and بَقَيْتُهُ, (Lh, TA,) he looked at him, or it: (Lh, K:) or he watched, or observed, him, or it: (K in art. بقى:) and بقوته I looked, watched, or waited, for him, or it: (K:) a dial. var. of بَقَيْتُهُ, which is the more approved. (TA.) [Hence,] اُبْقُهُ بَقْوَتَكَ مَالَكَ and بَقَاوَتَكَ مَالَكَ Guard thou, or preserve thou, him, or it, as thou guardest, or preservest, thy property. (M, Tekmileh, K.) بَقْوَى and بُقْوَى: see art. بقى.