عقعق

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Arabic

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عَقْعَقٌ أُورُوبِيٌّ
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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Onomatopoeic and reduplicated, compare نَعَقَ (naʕaqa, to caw). Parallel to Hebrew עַקְעָק (ʿaqʿāq, magpie)

Noun

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عَقْعَق (ʕaqʕaqm (plural عَقاعِق (ʕaqāʕiq))

  1. magpie

Declension

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References

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  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 117
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “عقعق”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 861