Arabic

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Etymology

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From ص غ و (ṣ-ḡ-w), meaning incline or lean.[1]

Verb

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صَغَا (ṣaḡā) I (non-past يَصْغُو (yaṣḡū), verbal noun صَغْو (ṣaḡw) or صُغُوّ (ṣuḡuww))

  1. to incline, to bend, to lean
  2. to incline one's ear, to hearken, to listen

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ “صغى and صغو” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, pages 1692-1693, meaning to incline, bend, lean, to sway emotion or opinion, to give ear or to listen, to slant, to bend a scale or to cheat someone, to be someone relied upon, a special ally in a time of need, one leaned on.