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الوصع

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to small birds, specifically sparrows, and their sounds or young. It also extends to a metaphorical usage describing a specific posture or action related to the ground.

Derived headwords

الوَصْعnoun
  1. 1.
    Sparrowboth

    A type of bird smaller than a sparrow.

وَصْعnoun
  1. 1.
    Sparrowboth

    A type of bird smaller than a sparrow.

وُصْعnoun
  1. 1.
    Sparrowboth

    A type of bird smaller than a sparrow.

وَصِيعnoun
  1. 1.
    Sound of sparrowsclassical

    The chirping or vocalizations made by sparrows.

  2. 2.
    Young sparrowsclassical

    The small or young offspring of sparrows.

  3. 3.
    Sparrowclassical

    A small bird, similar to a sparrow.

Parallel reading

طائر أصغر من العصفور
A bird smaller than a sparrow.
ج: كغزلان
Its plural is like the plural of ghazal (gazelles).
والوصيع: صوت العصافير
And al-waṣīʿ: the sound of sparrows.
وصغارها
And their young.
كالوصع
Like al-waṣaʿ.
أناخ فنعم ما اقلولى وخوى
He dismounted, and what a good resting place he chose and settled.
على خمس يصعن حصى الجبوب
On five (parts) that press the pebbles of the ground.
أي: الثفنات الخمس يغيبنه في الأرض
Meaning: the five callosities that sink it into the ground.
أو الصواب: بضم الصاد
Or the correct pronunciation is: with a damma on the ṣād.