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بُومٌ

Root: بوم

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بُومٌ and بُومَةٌ A certain bird; [namely, the owl;] each word applying to the male and the female: or the former signifies the male, or males, of the هَام [or owl-kind]; and the latter is its n. un.: said by Az to be genuine Arabic: pl. of the former أَبْوَامٌ.
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