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هَدْهَدَ

Root: هد

Form: R. Q. 1

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هَدْهَدَ
R. Q. 1 Verbal.Noun هدْهَدَةٌ, He cooed; syn. قَرْقَرَ: (L, K, TA [in the CK, فَرْفَرَ]:) he cooed syn. هَدَرَ, and هَدَلَ: or made a murmuring or confused noise in cooing: (S, L, accord to the explanation of هَدْهَدَةٌ:) and he brayed: syn. هَدَرَ: or made a murmuring or confused noise in braying See also 1.
2 هَدْهَدَتْ, (Verbal.Noun هَدْهَدةٌ, L.) She shook, or rocked, a child in its cradle, in order that it might sleep.

def.2 هَدْهَدَ He sent, or threw, a thing down, from a high place to a low one,


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