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عبشق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a type of creeping creature or insect found on the ground. It also appears as a proper name.

Derived headwords

العَبْشُوقnoun
  1. 1.
    creeping creatureclassical

    A small, creeping creature or insect found on the ground.

عَبْشَقَname
  1. 1.
    proper nameclassical

    A proper name, likely a given name.

Parallel reading

العبشوق: دويبة من أحناش الأرض.
Al-ʿabshūq: a small creature from the crawling things of the earth.
وعبشق: اسم.
And ʿabshaq: a name.