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قَحْقَحَةٌ

Root: قح

Form: R. Q. 1

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قَحْقَحَةٌ
R. Q. 1
[an Verbal.Noun of which the verb is قَحْقَحَ] signifies The laughing of the ape or monkey. [Compare with this قَهْقَهَةٌ.]
2 And The voice's being, or becoming, reiterated in the throat, or fauces. And it is similar to بُحَّةٌ [which means A hoarseness, roughness, harshness, or gruffness, of the voice]. [But both of these significations are also assigned in the L to فَحْفَحَةٌ, with ف; to which alone, of these two words, they may perhaps belong.]
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