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سقغ

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to a specific, possibly archaic, description of a creature or object, with a focus on its appearance or texture. The primary usage seems to be in describing something rough, shaggy, or perhaps even monstrous.

Derived headwords

سَقِغَverb
  1. 1.
    to be rough/shaggyclassical

    Describing something as having a rough, shaggy, or coarse texture or appearance.

سَقْغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    roughness/shagginessclassical

    The quality or state of being rough, shaggy, or coarse.

سَقْغِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    rough/shaggyclassical

    Possessing the quality of roughness or shagginess; rough-textured or shaggy in appearance.

Parallel reading

قبحت من سالفة ومن صدغ
How ugly is the side of the head and the temple.
كأنها كشية ضب في سقغ
As if it were the hump of a lizard in its roughness/shagginess.
لولا ذاك لم أروهما
Were it not for that, I would not have narrated them (the verses).