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Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of calling or inviting someone. It also extends to meanings of mistaking someone for another and, in a more severe context, killing them.

Derived headwords

وَدَعَverb
  1. 1.
    to call, to inviteboth

    To call someone, to invite them to something. This is the primary meaning associated with the root.

وَدْعًاnoun
  1. 1.
    calling, invitationclassical

    The act or instance of calling or inviting someone.

أَطْبَاهُverb
  1. 1.
    to call himclassical

    To call him, to invite him. This is presented as a variant or related form to the primary meaning.

اطْبُوهُverb
  1. 1.
    to call himclassical

    To call him, to invite him. This is presented as a variant or related form to the primary meaning.

أَطْبَىverb
  1. 1.
    to mistake him for anotherclassical

    To mistake someone for another person, to confuse their identity.

  2. 2.
    to kill himclassical

    To kill someone. This is a severe consequence that can arise from mistaking someone.

اطْبَاهُ القَوْمُverb
  1. 1.
    the people mistook himclassical

    The people mistook him for someone else.

اطْبَوْهُ القَوْمُverb
  1. 1.
    the people mistook himclassical

    The people mistook him for someone else.

Parallel reading

طباه طبوا: دعاه
He called him, they called him: he invited him.
كاطباه
like calling him.
واطبى القوم فلانا: خالوه
And the people mistook so-and-so for another: they thought he was someone else.
وقتلوه
and they killed him.