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غثلب

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe the act of drinking or swallowing something intensely, particularly water. It conveys a sense of forceful ingestion or gulping.

Derived headwords

غَثْلَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to gulpboth

    To drink or swallow something, especially water, in large, rapid gulps.

غَثْلَبَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gulpingclassical

    The act of gulping or swallowing intensely.

Parallel reading

غثلب الماء: جرعه «3» جرعا شديدا.
Ghathlab the water: he gulped it down intensely.