← Back to Lisan al-Arab

مغا

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the vocalizations of animals, specifically cats. It denotes the act of crying out or making a specific sound, often distinguished from other animal sounds.

Derived headwords

مَغَاverb
  1. 1.
    to cry outboth

    To make a loud vocalization, typically used for the sound a cat makes.

مَغْوًاnoun
  1. 1.
    crying outclassical

    The act of crying out or making a vocal sound, specifically referring to the sound a cat makes.

مَغْوَاءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    crying outclassical

    The act of crying out or making a vocal sound, specifically referring to the sound a cat makes.

مُغَاءٌnoun
  1. 1.
    crying outclassical

    The act of crying out or making a vocal sound, specifically referring to the sound a cat makes.

يَمْغُوverb
  1. 1.
    to cry outclassical

    To make a loud vocalization, typically used for the sound a cat makes. This is a variant form of the verb.

يَمْغُوverb
  1. 1.
    to cry outclassical

    To make a loud vocalization, typically used for the sound a cat makes. This is a variant form of the verb.

نَغِيتُverb
  1. 1.
    to cry outclassical

    To cry out or make a sound, used synonymously with the root 'mghw'.

أَمْغُوverb
  1. 1.
    to cry outclassical

    The first-person singular imperfect form of the verb meaning to cry out.

أَمْغِيverb
  1. 1.
    to cry outclassical

    The first-person singular imperfect form of the verb meaning to cry out, used synonymously with 'amghu'.

Parallel reading

مغا السنور مغوا ومغوا ومغاء: صاح.
The cat cried out with a maghwa, maghwa, and maghaa' – it made a sound.
معا السنور يمعو ومغا يمغو، لونان أحدهما يقرب من الآخر، وهو أرفع من الصئي.
The cat makes a sound (yam'u) and makes a sound (yamghu); two forms, one close to the other, and it is higher pitched than the 'sa'i' sound.
مغوت أمغو ومغيت أمغي بمعنى نغيت.
I cried out (maghawtu, amghu) and I cried out (maghaytu, amghi), meaning 'I cried out' (naghaytu).