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بخز

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the act of blinding or plucking out an eye. It also includes a proper noun referring to a specific group of people.

Derived headwords

بَخَزَverb
  1. 1.
    to pluck out (an eye)classical

    To violently remove or destroy an eye.

بَخْزnoun
  1. 1.
    plucking out (an eye)classical

    The act of plucking out an eye.

أَبْخَازname
  1. 1.
    Abkhazmodern

    A people or ethnic group, likely referring to the Abkhazians.

Parallel reading

بَخَزَ عينه
He plucked out his eye.
كَمَنَعَ: فَقَأَهَا
As in 'man'a': he blinded it (the eye).
وأَبْخَاز: جِيلٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ
And Abkhaz: a generation/people of men.