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عَقَاقٌ

Root: عق

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عَقَاقٌ is an Verbal.Noun of عَقَّتْ said of a mare and of an ass: or it signifies Pregnancy itself; as also عِقَاقٌ , and عَقَقٌ [which is likewise said to be an Verbal.Noun of عَقَّتْ]. You say, أَظْهَرَتِ الأَتَانُ عَقَاقًا The she-ass manifested pregnancy.
2 And, accord. to Esh-Shafi'ee, An embryo; or a fœtus.

def.2 عَقَاقِ, like قَطَامِ, [indecl.,] is a [proper] name for العُقُوقُ [Undutifulness, disobedience, refractoriness, or ill manners, to a parent, or the like]: mentioned by IB, and in the O.
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