בַּרְקָא II m. (ברק) 1) (adj.) shining, white. Snh. 98ᵃ סוסיא ב׳ a white horse, v. בָּארַג.—Pl. בַּרְקֵי. Y. B. Bath. VIII, 16ᵇ top; Y. Kidd. I, 60ᶜ bot. he let him ride אתרי ריכשי ב׳ on two white steeds (i.e. the donator gave him a doubly fortified document; another opin.: he made him ride on two …, which run in different directions, i.e. the document is invalid; v. explan. ibid., cmp. B. Bath. 152ᵃ, Keth. 55ᵃ. Gitt. 69ᵃ שודרא ב׳ a string of white hair. Sabb. 67ᵃ; Ab. Zar. 28ᵇ נירא ב׳ a white thread (of hair). —2) (as a noun) something white, white thread. Ib. וליתוב ב׳ וכ׳ and let him put a white thread around one end. Ib. פתילי ב׳ Ms. M. (ed. פתילתא ביקרא, corr. acc.) strings of white stuff.