عَقْعَقٌ
Root: عق
Full Definition
عَقْعَقٌ
[The magpie, corvus pica; so called in the present day;] a certain bird, well known, of the size of the pigeon, party-coloured, black and white, having a long tail, said by Is-hák El-Mowsilee to be the same that is called
شَجَجَى, a species of crow, wherefore it is said in a trad. that the man in the state of إِحْرَام may kill it; its cry resembles the sound of
ع
and
ق [or the repeated sound of
عَقْ]; and the Arabs regard it as an evil omen. [See also صُرَدٌ.]
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