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شجح

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to be related to a specific bird's name. The primary discussion revolves around identifying a bird known as the 'Shajḥī' and its connection to the 'Uqāq'.

Derived headwords

الشَّجَحَىname
  1. 1.
    A type of birdclassical

    A name given to a specific type of bird, identified as the 'Uqāq'.

Parallel reading

ومما يستدرك عليه هنا: شجح، بالشين والجيم والحاء.
And among what is to be added to it here is: sh-j-ḥ, with the letters shīn, jīm, and ḥā'.
قال ابن بري في ترجمة (عقق) عند قول الجوهري: والعقعق: طائر معروف، قال ابن بري: قال ابن خالويه: روى ثعلب عن إسحاق الموصلي أن العقعق يقال له: الشجحى؛ كذا في (اللسان).
Ibn Barrī said in the entry for (ʿaqqaq) regarding Jawharī's statement: 'And the 'uqāq is a known bird', Ibn Barrī said: Ibn Khālawayh said: Tha'lab narrated from Isḥāq al-Mawṣilī that the 'uqāq is called: the Shajḥī; thus it is in (al-Lisān).