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ذاطه

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of strangling or suffocating someone to the point of their tongue protruding. It also describes a physical characteristic related to the chin and a specific type of spider.

Derived headwords

خَنَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to strangleboth

    To kill or cause to die by compressing the neck or throat; to suffocate.

دَلَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to protrudeboth

    To stick out or extend beyond a normal limit, often used for the tongue.

الأذوطadjective
  1. 1.
    lacking a chinclassical

    Describing a person or animal that has a deficient or underdeveloped chin.

الذوطةnoun
  1. 1.
    yellow-backed spiderclassical

    A specific type of spider characterized by a yellow coloration on its back.

أذواطnoun
  1. 1.
    yellow-backed spidersclassical

    The plural form of الذوطة, referring to multiple yellow-backed spiders.

Parallel reading

خَنَقَهُ حَتَّى دَلَعَ لِسَانَهُ.
He strangled him until his tongue protruded.
والأذوط: الناقص الذقن من الناس وغيرهم.
And Al-Adhwat: the one lacking a chin, among people and others.
والذوطة: عنكبوت صفراء الظهر.
And Al-Dhawwatah: a spider yellow of back.