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اع

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the sound of vomiting or retching. It is often described as an onomatopoeic representation of this bodily function.

Derived headwords

اع أعnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of vomitingclassical

    This refers to the sound made when someone is vomiting or retching. It is an onomatopoeic term.

اعverb
  1. 1.
    to vomitclassical

    To expel the contents of the stomach through the mouth. This verb is derived from the onomatopoeic sound of vomiting.

Parallel reading

اع أع، مضمومتين، في حديث السواك: وهي حكاية صوت المتقيئ، أصلها هع هع، فأبدلت همزة.
A' a', with both letters having damma, in the hadith about the siwak: it is the representation of the sound of one vomiting, its origin is ha' ha', and the hamza was substituted.