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ج ق ق

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the excrement of birds and, by extension, to an old, worn-out female camel. The core meaning seems to revolve around waste or something depleted.

Derived headwords

الجقةnoun
  1. 1.
    Old female camelclassical

    A female camel that is old and worn out, likely nearing the end of its useful life.

جقّverb
  1. 1.
    To excrete (bird)classical

    The act of a bird defecating or excreting its waste.

Parallel reading

الجقة، بالكسر: الناقة الهرمة
Al-juqqah, with kasra: the old female camel.
جق الطائر أي: ذرق
The bird's jaqqa means: it excreted.