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وءق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to relate to water birds, specifically a type of waterfowl. The entry discusses the etymology and potential variations in pronunciation or linguistic origin of a specific term for this bird.

Derived headwords

الوأقةnoun
  1. 1.
    Waterfowlboth

    A type of bird that lives on or near water.

Parallel reading

الوأقة: من طير الماء
Al-wa'iqah: a type of water bird.
وحكاه بعضهم في التخفيف
And some of them transmitted it (the word) with simplification (of pronunciation).
فلا أدري أهو تخفيف قياسي أو بدلي أو لغة
So I do not know if it is a standard simplification, or a substitution, or a dialectal variant.
فإن كان تخفيفا قياسيا أو بدليا فهو من هذا الباب
If it is a standard or substitutive simplification, then it belongs to this category.
وإن كان لغة فليس من هذا الباب
And if it is a dialectal variant, then it does not belong to this category.
والله أعلم
And God knows best.