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ق وق

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of excessive height, foolishness, and specific sounds or actions of birds. It also extends to descriptions of physical attributes like baldness and female genitalia, as well as a type of coin and a ship.

Derived headwords

القوقnoun
  1. 1.
    excessive heightclassical

    A man who is excessively tall.

  2. 2.
    waterfowlclassical

    A water bird with a long neck and a slender body.

  3. 3.
    female genitaliaclassical

    The vulva of a woman.

  4. 4.
    bald spotclassical

    A bald spot on the head.

القاقnoun
  1. 1.
    excessively tall manclassical

    A man who is excessively tall.

  2. 2.
    foolishclassical

    A foolish and reckless person.

  3. 3.
    waterfowlclassical

    A water bird with a long neck.

القيقnoun
  1. 1.
    excessively tall manclassical

    A man who is excessively tall.

القوقةnoun
  1. 1.
    bald spotclassical

    A bald spot on the head.

المقوقadjective
  1. 1.
    greatclassical

    Great or large.

القوقيةnoun
  1. 1.
    coinclassical

    A type of coin minted by Emperor Constans II, who was called 'Qawq'. It was used in the Byzantine Empire.

وقاقتverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundclassical

    A hen made a sound, specifically a gargling sound when desiring to mate.

قوقاnoun
  1. 1.
    soundclassical

    The sound made by a hen, specifically a gargling sound.

  2. 2.
    sound of ostrichesclassical

    The sound made by ostriches.

تقوقئverb
  1. 1.
    to make a soundclassical

    To make a gargling sound, as a hen does when wanting to mate.

قيقاءnoun
  1. 1.
    soundclassical

    The sound made by a hen, specifically a gargling sound.

قوقاةnoun
  1. 1.
    soundclassical

    The sound made by a hen, specifically a gargling sound.

القواقadjective
  1. 1.
    tallclassical

    Tall.

  2. 2.
    ugly tallclassical

    Ugly in height.

القاقnoun
  1. 1.
    waterfowlclassical

    A water bird, long-necked.

القوقةnoun
  1. 1.
    birdclassical

    A bird that frequents desolate places.

قويقnoun
  1. 1.
    birdclassical

    A bird that frequents desolate places.

قويقname
  1. 1.
    river nameclassical

    The name of a river near Aleppo.

القائقnoun
  1. 1.
    shipclassical

    A long ship.

فَرَسٌ قوقadjective
  1. 1.
    tall-leggedclassical

    A horse with long legs.

قوقةadjective
  1. 1.
    tall-leggedclassical

    A mare with long legs.

قاقadjective
  1. 1.
    tall-leggedclassical

    A horse with long legs.

وقاقةadjective
  1. 1.
    tall-leggedclassical

    A horse with long legs.

القوقةnoun
  1. 1.
    baldclassical

    A bald person.

قاقnoun
  1. 1.
    ostrich soundclassical

    The sound of ostriches.

Parallel reading

لا طائش قاق ولا عيي
Not recklessly tall nor incapable.
أحزم لا قوق ولا حزنبل
Firm, not excessively tall nor clumsy.
كأنك من بنات الماء قوق
As if you are from the daughters of the water, a long-necked bird.
رأوا قوقها في الخص لم يتغيب
They saw her vulva in the husk, not hidden.
أيها القس الذي قد حلق القوقة حلقه
O priest, who has shaved the bald spot of his throat.
والقوقية: من ضرب قيصر ملك الروم لأنه كان يسمى قوقا.
And Al-Qawqiyyah: from the mint of Caesar, king of the Romans, because he was called Qawq.
أجئتم بها هرقلية قوقية يريد البيعة لأولاد الملوك، سنة الروم والعجم.
Did you bring it to her, Heraclian, Qawqiyyah, meaning the pledge of allegiance to the sons of kings, in the custom of the Romans and Persians.
والقاق: الأحمق الطائش، وشاهده قول العجاج الذي تقدم قريبا.
And Al-Qaq: the foolish, reckless one, and the evidence for this is the saying of Al-Ajjaj which was mentioned earlier.
وقاقت الدجاجة قوقا: صوتت، وخص بعضهم إياها بالسندية، وهي الغرغرة، وذلك إذا أرادت السفاد
And the hen made a sound (qawqan): it vocalized, and some specified it as a gargling sound, which is when it desires mating.
كأن غديرهم بجنوب سلى نعام قاق في بلد قفار
As if their watering place in the south of Sala is ostriches making a sound in a desolate land.