شَقُوقَةٌ
Root: شق
Full Definition
شَقُوقَةٌ
A certain bird; also called
شَقِيقَةٌ : and
is the dim. thereof: AHát says, the
is a very little thing, grayish (زُرَيْقَآءُ), of the colour of ashes; ten and fifteen of what are thus called congregate; and I think it to be the
, which is a
دُخَّلَة
of the
دُخَّل [q. v.]; it is somewhat dusky; and its form is the form of these, but it is smaller than they: it is called
becanse of its smallness: IDrd, in the class of فُعَيْعِل, mentions
as signifying a certain species of birds [app. as a coll. gen. n., of which the n. un. is with ة].
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