صَعْوٌ

A small عُصْفُور [or bird of the sparrowkind], (K, TA,) red in the head; (TA;) feminine with ة: (K:) or small عَصَافِير [or birds of the sparrow-kind], the heads of which are red; n. un. with ة: (Msb:) or صَعْوَةٌ signifies a certain bird; and its plural is صَعْوٌ and صِعَاءٌ: (S:) or the plural (of صَعْوَةٌ, Msb) is صِعَاءٌ (Msb, K) and صَعَوَاتٌ, (K, in the CK صعْواتٌ,) and the plural of صَعْوٌ is أَصْعَاءٌ: some say that صَعْوٌ is originally وَصْعٌ. (TA.)

Hence, (TA,) نَاقَةٌ صَعْوَةٌ A she-camel small in the head. (K.)

And the plural أَصْعَاءٌ signifies أُصُولٌ [plural of أَصْلٌ, q. v.]. (TA.)