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الروكة

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to sounds, specifically echoes and reverberations. It can also extend to the sound of waves, particularly in a dialectal context.

Derived headwords

الرَّوْكَةnoun
  1. 1.
    echoboth

    The sound that is reflected back from a surface, creating a repetition of the original sound.

  2. 2.
    reverberationboth

    A long, deep, resonant sound, or the effect of such sounds.

الرَّوْكَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    echoclassical

    A variant term for echo, similar to الرَّوْكَة.

المَوْجnoun
  1. 1.
    waveboth

    A disturbance on the surface of a liquid body, such as the sea or a lake, in the form of a rising and falling movement.

  2. 2.
    sound of wavesclassical

    Specifically refers to the sound produced by waves, often in a dialectal usage.

Parallel reading

صوت الصدى
the sound of the echo
كالروكاء
like the echo
والموج
and the waves
بغدادية
Baghdadi (dialectal)