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زعته

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of choking or strangling someone. It describes the physical act of constricting the throat, leading to suffocation or death.

Derived headwords

زَعَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to chokeboth

    To cause someone to suffocate by compressing their throat.

  2. 2.
    to strangleclassical

    To kill by strangling.

زَعْتَةnoun
  1. 1.
    chokingboth

    The act or instance of choking.

  2. 2.
    strangulationclassical

    The act of strangling.

Parallel reading

خَنَقَهُ
he choked him