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يء

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

يُؤْيُؤٌ ذ A certain bird (S, K) of prey, (S,) resembling the [ kind of hawk called ] بَاشَق: (S, K:) it is of the birds called صُقُور, [pl. of صَقْرٌ,] as are also the بَازِى and the شَاهِين and the زُرَّق and the بَاشَق: (AHát in TA, in art. بشق:) accord. to Dmr, it is a small bird, short-tailed, the temperament of which is, in comparison with that of the باشق, cold and moist; for it is more patient, or enduring, and heavier in motion: the people of Egypt and Syria, he adds, call it جَلَمٌ, on account of the lightness and swiftness of its wings: (TA:) pl. يَأآئِىُ, and, in a verse, يَأآئِىْ. (S.) ― -b2- Also, accord. to AA, The head, or uppermost part, of a vessel in which كُحْل ( collyrium ) is kept: mentioned before as called بُؤْبُؤٌ, which is perhaps a mistake for يؤيؤ. (TA.)

Derived headwords

يُؤْيُؤٌ
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