būm
owl
بُوم
Word
Noun · pattern فُعلRoot
ب و مForms
- Plural
- أَبْوام
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فلا يكونن القتال للبوم من رأيك، أيها الملك: فإن من قاتل من لا يقوى عليه فقد غرر بنفسه.
Kalila wa Dimna, page 57 →Lane's Lexicon
Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 2 entries-
بُومٌ A certain bird
and بُومَةٌ A certain bird; [namely, the owl;] each word applying to the male and the female: (S, K:) or the former signifies the male, or males, (so in different copies of the M,) of the هَام [or owl-kind]; and the latter is its n. un.: (M, TA:) said by Az to be genuine Arabic: (TA:) pl. of the former أَبْوَامٌ. (IB, TA.) -
بُومٌ بَوَّامٌ An owl, or male owls
[An owl, or male owls,] that cries, or that cry, much. (TA.)
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