Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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غيف غيق غيل


غَاقٌ

غَاقٌ A certain aquatic bird; as alsoغَاقَةٌ↓. (Lth, O, Ḳ.)

Root: غيق - Entry: غَاقٌ Signification: A2

And The crow, or raven: (ISd, Ḳ:) so sometimes called because of his cry. (ISd, TA.)

Root: غيق - Entry: غَاقٌ Dissociation: B

غَاقِ is a word imitative of The cry [i. e. caw] of the crow, or raven: when indeterminate, [meaning a caw,] it is with tenween, (IJ, Ṣ, O, Ḳ,) i. e. غَاقٍ. (IJ, TA.)


غَاقَةٌ

غَاقَةٌ: see the preceding paragraph.


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