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ش ر غ ف

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to small creatures, specifically a small frog. It also seems to have a variant spelling that is more common.

Derived headwords

الشَّرْغُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    small frogclassical

    A small frog, as mentioned in the dictionaries Al-Abab and Al-Takmila.

الشَّرْعُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    small frogclassical

    This is a variant spelling of 'al-sharghuf' (small frog), using the letter 'ayn' (ع) instead of 'ghayn' (غ). Ibn Duraid considers it a linguistic variation.

Parallel reading

الشرغوف، والغين معجمة أهمله الجوهري، وصاحب اللسان
Al-Sharghuf, with the voiced ghayn, was neglected by Al-Jauhari and the author of Al-Lisan.
وقال ابن دريد: هي لغة في الشرعوف، بالعين المهملة.
And Ibn Duraid said: it is a linguistic variant for Al-Shar'uf, with the unvoiced 'ayn'.
قال: الشرغوف أيضا: الضفدع الصغيرة، كما في العباب، والتكملة.
He said: Al-Sharghuf is also: the small frog, as found in Al-Abab and Al-Takmila.