Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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ظ ظأ ظأر


R. Q. 1. ⇒ ظأظأ

ظَأْظَأَ, inf. n. ظَأْظَأَةٌ (L, Ḳ) and ظَأْظَآءٌ, (Ḳ, TA, [in the CK ظَأْواء,]) the latter allowable in the case of a R. Q. verb, as in the instances of وَسْوَاسٌ and the like, (MF, TA,) [accord. to some, but وسواس and the like are generally held to be inf. ns. if with kesr, and simple substs. if with fet-ḥ,] He (a goat) made a [rattling] sound, or cry, when excited by lust, or at rutting-time; syn. نَبَّ. (AA, L, Ḳ.)

Root: ظأ - Entry: R. Q. 1. Signification: A2

And ظأظأ, (M, Ḳ,) inf. n. ظَأْظَأَةٌ, (M,) He (a person whose upper lip was slit, M, Ḳ, and one whose fore teeth were broken at the roots, Ḳ,* TA) spoke unintelligible speech, and with a nasal sound. (M, Ḳ.)


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