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غقق

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the sound of boiling, gurgling, or a high-pitched noise. It extends to describe the sound of a woman's voice during intimacy, the sound of a bird, or a bird of prey's call. It can also refer to the sound of water flowing and a type of bird.

Derived headwords

غَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    to boil and make noiseboth

    To boil, like water or food, and produce a sound.

  2. 2.
    to make a gurgling soundboth

    To produce a gurgling or bubbling sound, often associated with liquids.

  3. 3.
    to make a high-pitched soundboth

    To make a sharp, high-pitched sound, like a bird.

غَقًّاnoun
  1. 1.
    boiling soundboth

    The sound of boiling, especially of liquids like water or cooking pots.

  2. 2.
    gurgling soundboth

    A gurgling or bubbling noise.

غَقِيقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    boiling soundboth

    The sound of boiling, similar to 'ghaqqan'.

  2. 2.
    gurgling soundboth

    A gurgling or bubbling noise.

  3. 3.
    bird's soundboth

    The sound made by a bird.

غَقْغَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    sound imitationboth

    An onomatopoeic word imitating a sound, such as the sound of a falcon or a hoarse voice.

غَقَّاقَةadjective
  1. 1.
    loud-voiced (woman)classical

    A woman whose voice is heard loudly, especially during sexual intercourse, implying a wide vagina or loose marital relations.

غَقُوقadjective
  1. 1.
    loud-voiced (woman)classical

    A woman whose voice is heard loudly, similar to 'ghaqqāfah'.

خَقَّاقَةadjective
  1. 1.
    loud-voiced (woman)classical

    A woman whose voice is heard loudly, similar to 'ghaqqāfah'.

خَقُوقadjective
  1. 1.
    loud-voiced (woman)classical

    A woman whose voice is heard loudly, similar to 'ghaqqāfah'.

غَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundboth

    To make a sound, specifically a gurgling or boiling sound.

غَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    to soften voiceboth

    To make one's voice softer or more delicate, as a falcon does.

غَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    to make a hoarse soundboth

    To make a rough or hoarse sound, like the crow 'ghudāf'.

غَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    to make a sound (water)both

    To make a sound when water flows from a narrow space to a wide one, or vice versa.

غَقِيقnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of waterboth

    The sound of water flowing, especially when transitioning between spaces of different widths.

الغَقَقَةnoun
  1. 1.
    mountain swallowsclassical

    A type of bird, specifically mountain swallows.

Parallel reading

غق القار وما أشبهه وغقت القدر تغق غقا وغقيقا: غلت فسمعت صوتها.
Tar and similar substances boiled, and the pot boiled, making a ghagq and ghaghigh sound, meaning it boiled and its sound was heard.
وغقيق القدر: صوت غليانها، سمي غقيقا، وغق غق: لحكاية صوت الغليان، وكذلك غقغقة صوت الصقر حكاية؛
And the ghaghigh of the pot is the sound of its boiling, named ghaghigh, and ghag ghag is to imitate the sound of boiling, and likewise ghaghqah is an imitation of the falcon's sound;
ومن هذا قيل للمرأة الواسعة المتاع التي يسمع لها صوت عند الخلاط: غقاقة وغقوق وخقاقة وخقوق،
And from this, it is said of a woman with ample marital capacity whose voice is heard during intercourse: ghagqāfah and ghaghooq, and khagqāfah and khaghooq,
وامرأة غقاقة: يسمع لحيائها صوت عند الجماع،
And a ghagqāfah woman: the sound of her modesty is heard during intercourse,
وغق بطنه يغق غقا وغقيقا كذلك.
And his belly ghagged, making a ghagq and ghaghigh sound, likewise.
إن الشمس لتقرب يوم القيامة من رؤوس الناس حتى إن بطونهم تغق غقا ،
Indeed, the sun will draw near on the Day of Resurrection to the heads of people until their bellies make a ghagq sound,
وفي رواية حتى إن بطونهم لتقول غق غق.
And in another narration, until their bellies say ghag ghag.
وغق الطائر يغق غقيقا: صوت.
And the bird ghagged, making a ghaghigh sound: a sound.
والصقر يغقغق في بعض أصواته.
And the falcon makes a ghaghq in some of its sounds.
وفي التهذيب: الغق حكاية صوت الغداف إذا بح صوته.
And in Al-Tahdhib: Al-ghaqq is an imitation of the sound of the ghudaf (crow) when its voice becomes hoarse.
وغق الماء وغقيقه: صوته إذا خرج من ضيق إلى سعة أو من سعة إلى ضيق.
And the water ghagged, and its ghaghigh: its sound when it exits from a narrow place to a wide one, or from a wide one to a narrow one.
ابن الأعرابي: الغققة الغواهق، وهي الخطاطيف الجبلية.
Ibn Al-A'rabi said: Al-ghaqqah are the ghawāhiq, which are the mountain swallows.