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ع ق ط

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of rolling or being round, specifically in the context of dung or small round objects. It is noted as being obscure and potentially related to another root.

Derived headwords

العَقْطnoun
  1. 1.
    rollingclassical

    The act of rolling, or something that rolls.

القَعْطnoun
  1. 1.
    rollingclassical

    Similar to العقط, referring to the act of rolling or something round.

اليعقوطةnoun
  1. 1.
    dung beetle's ballclassical

    The round ball of dung rolled by a dung beetle.

  2. 2.
    dungclassical

    The excrement of an animal, specifically referring to the rolled ball.

Parallel reading

العقط، أهمله الجوهري، وقال الخارزنجي في تكملة العين: هو في العمة: كالقعط، كما سيأتي.
Al-'aqt, Imam Jawhari neglected it, and Al-Khawarizmi said in Takmilat al-'Ayn: it is in the general sense: like al-qaṭ, as will be mentioned.
ومما يستدرك عليه: اليعقوطة: دحروجة الجعل، وهي البعرة، كما في اللسان.
And among what is to be added to it: Al-ya'qūṭah: the dung beetle's rolling ball, and it is the dung, as in Al-Lisān.