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حءحء

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of calling or summoning, particularly in the context of animals. It encompasses specific calls directed at goats and the sound a donkey makes when called to water.

Derived headwords

حَأَحَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to callboth

    To call or summon, specifically used in the context of calling a goat.

حِئْ حِئْverb
  1. 1.
    to call (donkey)classical

    The sound or call made by a donkey when it is being summoned to water.

الحَأْحَأَةnoun
  1. 1.
    calling soundclassical

    A sound made for calling, specifically the sound made when calling a ram, analogous to 'ja'ja'ah' (جعجعة).

Parallel reading

حَأَحَأَ بالتيس: دعاه.
He said 'ha'ha' to the ram: he called it.
وحئ حئ: دعاء الحمار إلى الماء، عن ابن الأعرابي.
And 'hi' hi': the calling of the donkey to water, according to Ibn al-A'rabi.
والحَأْحَأَة، وزن الجعجعة، بالكبش: أن تقول له: حأحأ، زجرا.
And 'al-ha'ha'ah', on the pattern of 'al-ja'ja'ah', with the ram: is to say to it: 'ha'ha', as a reprimand.