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ذحق

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root pertains to the tongue becoming diseased, specifically referring to it sloughing off or peeling due to an ailment. It describes a physical affliction of the tongue.

Derived headwords

ذَحَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to slough offclassical

    The tongue sloughs off or peels away from a disease that afflicts it.

ذَحْقًاnoun
  1. 1.
    sloughingclassical

    The act or state of the tongue sloughing off or peeling due to a disease.

يَذْحَقُverb
  1. 1.
    sloughing offclassical

    The tongue is in the process of sloughing off or peeling due to a disease.

Parallel reading

ذحق اللسان يذحق ذحقا انسلق وانقشر من داء يصيبه
The tongue sloughs off, it sloughs off, a sloughing, meaning it peeled and came off from a disease that afflicted it.