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غَاقٌ

Root: غيق

Full Definition

غَاقٌ A certain aquatic bird; as also غَاقَةٌ .
2 And The crow, or raven: so sometimes called because of his cry.

def.2 غَاقِ is a word imitative of The cry [i. e. caw] of the crow, or raven: when indeterminate, [meaning a caw,] it is with tenween, i. e. غَاقٍ.
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