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غبج

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root pertains to the act of drinking, specifically gulping or swallowing liquid. It also refers to the quantity consumed in a single gulp.

Derived headwords

غَبَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to gulpboth

    To swallow liquid quickly and in large amounts.

غَبْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gulpboth

    A single act of swallowing a quantity of liquid.

Parallel reading

غَبَجَ الماءَ
He gulped the water.
والغبجة، بالضم: الجرعة.
And al-ghabjah, with dammah, is the gulp.