قوق

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes tallness, often with negative connotations of being awkward or ugly. It also extends to terms for a water bird, baldness, and a specific type of Roman coin, as well as onomatopoeia for a bird's sound.

Derived headwords

القوقnoun

1.
tall personboth
A tall person, often implying awkwardness or ugliness due to their height.
2.
awkward tallnessclassical
The quality of being awkwardly tall.
3.
water birdboth
A type of water bird with a long neck.
4.
bald personclassical
A bald person, specifically referring to someone with a bald head.

القاقnoun

1.
tall personclassical
A tall person, similar to 'qawq'.
2.
foolish personclassical
A foolish, reckless, or flighty person.
3.
water birdclassical
A water bird with a long neck.

قيقnoun

1.
tall personclassical
A tall person.

أنقوقnoun

1.
tall personclassical
A tall person.

قاقnoun

1.
tall personclassical
A tall person, particularly one with long legs.
2.
bald personclassical
A bald person.

قاقةnoun

1.
tall personclassical
A tall person, particularly one with long legs.
2.
bald personclassical
A bald person.

قوقةnoun

1.
tall personclassical
A tall person, particularly one with long legs.
2.
bald personboth
A bald person, or a person with a bald head.
3.
baldnessboth
The state of being bald; baldness.

مقوقadjective

1.
very baldboth
A man with a large bald spot on his head.

قوقيadjective

1.
Romanclassical
Relating to or originating from Rome; specifically, a type of coin minted by Caesar.

قاقnoun

1.
sound of ostrichesclassical
The sound made by ostriches.

قيقnoun

1.
gurgling soundclassical
The sound of gurgling, particularly when a hen is ready to mate.

ققوnoun

1.
gurgling soundclassical
The sound of gurgling, particularly when a hen is ready to mate.

قوقnoun

1.
gurgling soundclassical
The sound of gurgling, particularly when a hen is ready to mate.

قوقname

1.
Roman kingclassical
The name of a Roman king, to whom the 'Qawqiyyah' coins are attributed.

قوقةname

1.
Roman kingclassical
The name of a Roman king.

Parallel reading

يقال للطويل قاق وقوق وقيق وأنقوق

The tall person is called qaq, qawq, qiq, and anquq.

والقوق: الأهوج الطول

And al-qawq: awkward tallness.

والقاق: الأحمق الطائش

And al-qaq: the foolish, reckless one.

والقاق: طائر مائي طويل العنق.

And al-qaq: a water bird with a long neck.

والقوق: طائر من طير الماء طويل العنق قليل نحض الجسم

And al-qawq: a water bird with a long neck and a lean body.

فرس قوق، والأنثى قوقة، للطويل القوائم

A qawq horse, and the female qawqah, for one with long legs.

والقوقة بالهاء للأصلع

And al-qawqah with the ha' is for the bald one.

لها ولد قوقة أحدب

She has a hunchbacked, bald-headed child.

وقوق: بمعنى مع «2» أني لها مع زوجها

And qawq: meaning 'with' - I am with her and her husband.

أيها القس الذي قد حلق القوقة حلقه

O priest, whose baldness has shaved his throat.

والقوقة: الصلعة.

And al-qawqah: baldness.

ورجل مقوق: عظيم الصلعة.

And a muqawwaq man: greatly bald.

والدنانير القوقية: من ضرب قيصر كان يسمى قوقا.

And the Qawqiyyah dirhams: minted by Caesar, who was called Qawq.

أجئتم بها هرقلية قوقية؟

Did you bring it Heraclian, Qawqian?

وقاق النعام: صوت

And the qaq of ostriches: a sound.

والقيق والققو والقوق: صوت الغرغرة إذا أرادت السفاد وهي الدجاجة السندية.

And al-qiq, al-quqqu, and al-qawq: the sound of gurgling when a hen desires mating, and it is the Indian hen.

وقوق المرأة وسوسها «1» صدع فرجها

And the qawq of a woman is the rustling of her vulva.

رأوا قوقها في الخص لم يتغيب

They saw its qawq in the private parts, not hidden.