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شتغ

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of treading upon something, making it submissive, or causing it to be destroyed. It encompasses both physical subjugation and metaphorical ruin.

Derived headwords

شَتَغَverb
  1. 1.
    to tread uponboth

    To tread upon something, to trample it underfoot.

  2. 2.
    to subdueclassical

    To make something submissive or docile through treading or subjugation.

شَتْغًاnoun
  1. 1.
    treadingclassical

    The act of treading upon something or subduing it.

المَشَاتِغnoun
  1. 1.
    ruinsclassical

    Places of destruction or ruin; places where things are trampled and destroyed.

  2. 2.
    perilsclassical

    Dangers or destructive situations.

Parallel reading

شَتَغَ الشيءَ يَشْتَغُهُ شَتْغًا: وطِئَهُ وذَلَّلَهُ.
The thing was trodden upon, it is trodden upon, treading: it was trodden upon and made submissive.