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فرقد

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to a calf or young bovine, and by extension, to two stars near the celestial pole. It also appears in poetic contexts.

Derived headwords

الفَرْقَدnoun
  1. 1.
    calf of a cowboth

    calf of a cow

الفَرْقَدَانnoun
  1. 1.
    two stars near the poleboth

    two stars near the pole

Parallel reading

ولد البقرة
the offspring of the cow
كمكحولتي مذعورة أم فرقد
like two kohl-lined eyes of a frightened mother of a calf
والفرقدان: نجمان قريبان من القطب
And the two Farqads: two stars near the pole.