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بوم

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily refers to the owl, a nocturnal bird of prey. It encompasses the general term for the bird and distinctions between male and female.

Derived headwords

البُومnoun
  1. 1.
    a bird that applies to both male and femaleboth

    a bird that applies to both male and female

البُومَةnoun
  1. 1.
    a bird that applies to both male and femaleboth

    a bird that applies to both male and female

Parallel reading

البوم والبومة: طائر، يقع على الذكر والأنثى، حتى تقول صدى أو فياد، فيختص بالذكر.
The owl and the owl: a bird, it applies to the male and the female, until one says 'sada' or 'fiyad', then it is specific to the male.