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درو

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This entry discusses a rare word related to animal offspring. It specifically defines a term for the offspring of a hyena and a female jackal, noting its unusual linguistic treatment.

Derived headwords

الدروانnoun
  1. 1.
    Offspring of hyena and jackalclassical

    The offspring resulting from the mating of a male hyena and a female jackal.

ولدnoun
  1. 1.
    Offspringboth

    A child or descendant; young of an animal.

ضبعانnoun
  1. 1.
    Male hyenaclassical

    The male of the hyena species.

ذئبةnoun
  1. 1.
    Female jackalclassical

    The female of the jackal species.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري.
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وقال كراع: هو (ولد الضبعان من الذئبة) ؛
And Kra' said: It is (the offspring of the male hyena from the female jackal);
نقله ابن سيده.
Ibn Sidah transmitted it.
ولم يشر له المصنف بحرف على عادته،
And the author did not indicate it with a letter, as is his custom,
ومقتضى سياقه أنه واوي،
And the implication of its context is that it is waw-initial,
فيكتب له الواو بالأسود والألف والنون زائدتان.
so the waw is written for it in black, and the alif and nun are additional.