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دبخ

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root describes the physical posture of a person, specifically when their back is hunched and their head is lowered. It conveys a sense of stooping or bowing.

Derived headwords

دَبَخَverb
  1. 1.
    to stoop, to hunchboth

    To bend one's back and lower one's head, often in a posture of humility, submission, or weariness.

تَدْبِيخًاnoun
  1. 1.
    stooping, hunchingclassical

    The act of bending one's back and lowering one's head; the state of being stooped.

Parallel reading

دبخ الرجل تدبيخا إذا قبب ظهره وطأطأ رأسه
A man stooped with a stooping if he hunched his back and lowered his head.