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دغت

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the act of suffocating or strangling someone to death. It conveys a violent and fatal act of constriction.

Derived headwords

دَغَتَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to strangle to deathclassical

    To apply pressure to the throat, causing suffocation and death.

دَغْتًاnoun
  1. 1.
    strangulationclassical

    The act of strangling or suffocating someone to death.

Parallel reading

دَغَتَهُ، دَغْتًا، (كَمَنَعَهُ خَنَقَهُ حَتَّى قَتَلَهُ)، عَنْ كُرَاعٍ.
He strangled him, a strangulation, (like 'man'a-hu, he choked him until he killed him), according to Kura'.