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زردب

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the act of choking or swallowing something forcefully, and also to rolling or throwing something down a slope or into a channel.

Derived headwords

زَرْدَبَهverb
  1. 1.
    to chokeclassical

    To cause someone to choke or feel suffocated.

زَرْدَمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to chokeclassical

    Similar to زَرْدَبَه, meaning to choke or suffocate.

  2. 2.
    to roll downclassical

    To cause something to roll or tumble down.

زَرْدَابnoun
  1. 1.
    channelclassical

    A channel or conduit, particularly one into which torrents of water flow.

  2. 2.
    slopeclassical

    A downward incline or slope.

Parallel reading

أي (خنقه)
meaning to choke him.
وزردمه كذلك
And he choked him similarly.
وقيل: دحرجه
And it was said: to roll it.
وقيل: رماه في زرداب
And it was said: to throw him into a channel.
وهو ما انحدرن السيول
which is where the torrents flow down.