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قحطب

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to striking, hitting, and subduing someone, often with a weapon. It also encompasses the act of throwing someone down or causing them to fall.

Derived headwords

قَحْطَبَverb
  1. 1.
    to strike, hit, stabboth

    To strike someone with a sword, to hit them, or to stab them.

  2. 2.
    to subdue, overcomeboth

    To subdue or overcome someone, often by throwing them down.

قُرْطُبَverb
  1. 1.
    to be struck, to be stabbedclassical

    This is the passive form of 'qahṭaba', meaning to be struck or stabbed.

قَحْطَبَةname
  1. 1.
    a man's nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a male individual.

Parallel reading

قَحْطَبَهُ بالسيفِ علاهُ وضَرَبَهُ وطَعَنَهُ
He struck him with the sword, he overpowered him, struck him, and stabbed him.
فقُرْطَبَهُ
and he stabbed him.
وقَحْطَبَهُ إذا صَرَعَهُ
And he qahṭaba-ed him if he threw him down.
وقَحْطَبَهُ: صَرَعَهُ
And he qahṭaba-ed him: he threw him down.