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Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to smallness, particularly in birds and young animals. It also extends to concepts of being slender or delicate, and in a derived sense, to being a young, inexperienced person or a specific type of bird.

Derived headwords

صَعْوَةnoun

1.
small birdboth
A small bird, often referring to a specific type of sparrow or similar small avian creature.
2.
slender/delicateclassical
Describing something as slender, delicate, or small in stature, particularly a young animal.

صَعْوَاتnoun

1.
small birds (pl.)both
The plural form of صعوة, referring to multiple small birds.

صِعَاءnoun

1.
small birds (pl.)both
Another plural form of صعوة, also referring to multiple small birds.

صَعْوverb

1.
to be small/slenderclassical
To be small, slender, or delicate in form, particularly referring to a young animal.
2.
to be quick/agileclassical
To be quick or agile, often associated with smallness.

صَعْوِيّadjective

1.
small-headedclassical
Describing a female camel (ناقة) as having a small head, implying youth or delicacy.

ابن أبي الصعوةname

1.
Ibn Abi al-Sa'wahclassical
A specific individual known as 'the son of the father of the small bird', identified as a hadith narrator.

Parallel reading

الصعو: عصفور صغير

Al-sa'wah: a small bird.

وهي: بهاء

And it (referring to صعوه) is beauty.

ج: صعوات وصعاء

Plural: sa'wat and si'a'.

وكسعى دق، وصغر

And 'sa'a' means to be small and to be young.

وناقة صعوة: صغيرة الرأس

And a sa'wah camel: small-headed.

وابن أبي الصعوة: محدث

And Ibn Abi al-Sa'wah: a hadith narrator.