عُقَابٌ
Root: عقب
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عُقَابٌ
, and عَبَنْقَاةٌ, and بَعْنَقَاةٌ, and قَعْنَبَاةٌ, and عَبَنْقَآءُ, (K in art عبق,) the vars. of the first being formed by transposition, An
عُقَاب [or eagle] having sharp talons: or having abominable, or hideous, talons: or quick in seizing, and abominable, or hideous: accord. to IAar, the epithet denotes intensiveness of quality, as in the cases of أَسَدٌ أَسِدٌ and كَلْبٌ كَلِبٌ: accord. to Lth, عَقْنْبَاةٌ applied to an عُقَاب signifies cunning: and the pl. is عَقَنْبَيَاتٌ. [See also art. عبق.]
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