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الخعخع

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a type of plant or tree, and also a specific sound made by a cheetah when it is startled or exerting itself greatly during a chase.

Derived headwords

الخُعْخُعnoun
  1. 1.
    plantclassical

    A type of plant or tree.

خَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundclassical

    To make a sound from the throat, specifically when startled or exerting oneself greatly in running.

Parallel reading

الخُعْخُع، كهدهد: نبت، أو شجرة.
Al-khu'khu', like the hoopoe: a plant, or a tree.
وخع الفهد يخع: صات من حلقه إذا انبهر في عدوه.
And the cheetah made a sound (yakha'u): it made a sound from its throat when it was startled in its running.