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ذءت

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of strangling or choking someone. It emphasizes a severe form of suffocation that can lead to the tongue protruding.

Derived headwords

ذَأَتَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to strangleboth

    To choke someone, to cause them to suffocate.

يَذْأَتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    to strangle (present)both

    The present tense form of strangling someone.

ذَأْتًاnoun
  1. 1.
    stranglingboth

    The act or instance of strangling or choking.

Parallel reading

ذَأَتَهُ يذأته ذأتاً: خنقه
He strangled him, he strangles him, a strangling: he choked him.
وقال أبو زيد: ذأته إذا خنقه أشد الخنق حتى أدلع لسانه.
And Abu Zayd said: He strangled him, meaning he choked him with the most severe choking until his tongue protruded.