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القوق

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to extreme height in men, and also describes a long-necked water bird. It extends to terms for female genitalia, baldness, and foolishness, with a specific historical reference to coinage.

Derived headwords

القوقnoun
  1. 1.
    excessive heightclassical

    A man who is excessively tall.

  2. 2.
    water birdclassical

    A water bird characterized by a long neck.

  3. 3.
    female genitaliaclassical

    The vulva or female private parts.

القاقnoun
  1. 1.
    foolishnessclassical

    A foolish and reckless person.

القيقnoun
  1. 1.
    excessive heightclassical

    A man who is excessively tall.

بهاءnoun
  1. 1.
    baldnessclassical

    A bald spot on the head.

المقوقadjective
  1. 1.
    very largeclassical

    Something that is very large or immense.

القوقيةadjective
  1. 1.
    Caesareanclassical

    Referring to coins minted by Caesar, who was called 'Qawq'.

قاقتverb
  1. 1.
    to cackleclassical

    The sound made by a hen.

قوقأتverb
  1. 1.
    to cackleclassical

    The sound made by a hen.

Parallel reading

القوق، بالضم، والقاق والقيق من الرجال: الفاحش الطول.
Al-qawq, with damma, al-qaaq, and al-qeeq among men: excessively tall.
والقوق، بالضم: طائر مائي طويل العنق، وفرج المرأة، وبهاء: الصلعة، والمقوق، كمعظم: العظيمها.
And al-qawq, with damma: a long-necked water bird, and the vulva of a woman, and bahaa': baldness, and al-muqawwaq, like mu'dham: the immense one.
والدنانير القوقية: من ضرب قيصر، لأنه كان يسمى قوقا
And the Qawqiyyah dirhams: were minted by Caesar, because he was called Qawq.
والقاق: الأحمق الطائش.
And al-qaaq: the foolish, reckless one.
وقاقت الدجاجة: صوتت، كقوقأت.
And the hen qaaqat: made a sound, like qawqa'at.