شقشقة

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ش ق ق (š-q-q).

Noun

شِقْشِقَة (šiqšiqa) f (plural شَقَاشِق (šaqāšiq) or شِقْشِقَات (šiqšiqāt))

  1. a substance that comes out of a camel's mouth when excited
    • 10th Century AD, al-Sharif al-Radi, “Sermon 3”, in Peak of Eloquence, Dar al-Kitab (Lebanon) edition, page 50:
      فَقَالَ هَيْهَاتَ يَا ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ـ تِلْكَ شِقْشِقَةٌ هَدَرَتْ ثُمَّ قَرَّتْ!
      faqāla hayhāta yābna ʿabbāsin - tilka šiqšiqatun hadarat ṯumma qarrat!
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    • 1694-1698, Al-Majlisi, Bihar al-Anwar, volume 29, Al-Wafa' Foundation edition, page 236:
      وَنَطَقَ زَعِيمُ الدِّينِ، وَخَرِسَتْ شَقَاشِقُ الشَّيَاطِينِ
      wanaṭaqa zaʿīmu d-dīni, waḵarisat šaqāšiqu š-šayāṭīni
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Declension

Derived terms

  • شِقْشِقِيَّة (šiqšiqiyya)

Etymology 2

From the root ش ق ق (š-q-q).

Noun

شَقْشَقَة (šaqšaqa) f (plural شَقَاشِق (šaqāšiq) or شَقْشَقَات (šaqšaqāt))

  1. chirp
    Synonym: تَغْرِيد (taḡrīd)
  2. loquacity
    Synonyms: ثَرْثَرَة (ṯarṯara), تَشَدُّق (tašadduq)

Declension

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