قعقع

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Reduplicated onomatopoeic root. Compare غَرْغَرَ (ḡarḡara, gurgle), وَسْوَسَ (waswasa, whisper), قَمْقَمَ (qamqama, grumble).

Verb

قَعْقَعَ (qaʕqaʕa) Iq (non-past يُقَعْقِعُ (yuqaʕqiʕu), verbal noun قَعْقَعَة (qaʕqaʕa))

  1. to clatter, to clank, to rattle
Conjugation

Etymology 2

Reduplicated and onomatopoeic, from the sound a magpie makes.

Alternative forms

Noun

قَعْقَع or قُعْقُع (qaʕqaʕ or quʕquʕm (plural قَعَاقِع (qaʕāqiʕ))

  1. magpie
Declension

References

  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 117
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قعقع”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1064