غَاقٌ

1.
A certain aquatic bird; as also غَاقَةٌ. (Lth, O, K.)
2.
And The crow, or raven: (ISd, K:) so sometimes called because of his cry. (ISd, TA.)
3.
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, (IJ, S, O, K,) i. e. غَاقٍ. (IJ, TA.)

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