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ءءء

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to trees and the sounds they make, particularly rustling or creaking. It also extends to onomatopoeic representations of sounds.

Derived headwords

آءnoun
  1. 1.
    Treeclassical

    A type of tree, described as being on the pattern of 'عاع'. The singular form is 'آءة'.

آءةnoun
  1. 1.
    Singular of a treeclassical

    The individual unit or specimen of the tree referred to by 'آء'.

آءnoun
  1. 1.
    Sound imitationclassical

    An onomatopoeic representation of sounds, possibly rustling or creaking.

Parallel reading

آء: شجر، على وزن عاع، واحدتها: آءة
A tree, on the pattern of 'عاع', its singular is 'آءة'.
كأن الرحل منه فوق صعل من الظلمان جؤجؤه هواء - أصك مصلم الاذنين أجنى له بالسى تنوم وآء
As if the saddle were upon it, above a small, dark bird, its breast hollow – with blunt ears, it brings forth from the desert grasses 'آء' and 'آء'.
وآء أيضا: حكاية أصوات.
And 'آء' also: an imitation of sounds.
إن تلق عمرا فقد لاقيت مدرعا وليس من همه إبل ولا شاء في جحفل لجب جم صواهله بالليل يسمع في حافاته آء
If you meet Amr, you have met a man in armor, and his concern is neither camels nor sheep, in a roaring host whose cries are heard at night, on its edges, 'آء'.