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قهقع

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root describes the sound of laughter, specifically a deep or rumbling laugh. It is primarily onomatopoeic, imitating the sound itself.

Derived headwords

قَهْقَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to laugh deeplyclassical

    To laugh with a deep, rumbling sound. This is often used to describe the sound of a bear's laughter.

قَهْقَاعnoun
  1. 1.
    deep laughter soundclassical

    The sound of deep, rumbling laughter. It is an onomatopoeic representation of such laughter.

Parallel reading

يقال قهقع الدب قهقاعا
It is said that the bear laughed a qahqa'an.
بالكسر: ضحك
With kasra: laughter.
وهي حكاية صوته في ضحكه
And it is an imitation of its sound in its laughter.
وهي حكاية مؤلفة
And it is a composed imitation.