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السقق

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of defecating, particularly by birds, and also encompasses terms for people who backbite or slander others. It includes a specific, likely onomatopoeic, term for a bird's droppings and a specialized term for a call used to urge on oxen.

Derived headwords

السُّقُقnoun
  1. 1.
    slanderersclassical

    Those who backbite and slander people.

سَقَطَverb
  1. 1.
    to defecate (bird)modern

    The act of a bird excreting its droppings.

سَقْسَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to defecate (bird)modern

    To excrete droppings, similar to the verb 'saqa'.

المِسْقِسْقnoun
  1. 1.
    reciter in turnsclassical

    A term for someone who ascends one platform while another ascends another, and each recites a verse in turn; it is a modernly coined term.

سَقْ سَقْinterjection
  1. 1.
    urge on (oxen)modern

    A call or sound used to urge on oxen.

سِقْ سِقْinterjection
  1. 1.
    urge on (oxen)modern

    A call or sound used to urge on oxen, with the first syllable being short.

Parallel reading

السُّقُق بضمتين: المغتابون للناس.
As-suququ (with two dammah): the backbiters of people.
وسق الطائر: ذرق، كسقسق.
And saqa the bird: it defecated, like saqsaga.
والمسقسق: من يصعد في دكة، وآخر في أخرى، وينشد كل منهما بيتا بالنوبة، مولدة.
And al-misqisqu: one who ascends a platform, and another ascends another, and each of them recites a verse in turn; it is a coined word.
وسق سق، ويكسران: زجر للثور.
And saq saq, and they are pronounced with kasrah: an urging on for the bull.