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الجقة

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the excrement of birds. It also has a specific, less common meaning referring to an old female camel.

Derived headwords

الجَقَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    old female camelclassical

    A female camel that has become old and worn out.

جَقَّverb
  1. 1.
    to excreteboth

    The act of a bird releasing its droppings or excrement.

Parallel reading

الجقة، بالكسر: الناقة الهرمة.
Al-jaqqah, with a kasrah: the old female camel.
وجق الطائر: ذرق.
And the bird's jaqqa: its excrement.