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خ ع ع

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root describes the sound made by a cheetah when it is out of breath. It specifically refers to a vocalization emanating from its throat during exertion.

Derived headwords

خَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundclassical

    To emit a sound from the throat, particularly when out of breath.

خُعَاعٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sound of exertionclassical

    The sound produced by an animal, like a cheetah, when it is panting due to exertion.

Parallel reading

خع الفهد يخع: صات من حلقه إذا انبهر في عدوه.
The cheetah makes a sound (yakh'a): it vocalizes from its throat when it is out of breath in its running.
كأنه حكاية صوته إذا انبهر.
It is as if it is an onomatopoeic representation of its sound when it is out of breath.