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عبت

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the physical act of twisting or wrenching something, specifically a hand. It describes the action and the resulting state of the object acted upon.

Derived headwords

عَبَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to twistclassical

    To twist or wrench a hand.

عَبْتًاnoun
  1. 1.
    twistingclassical

    The act of twisting or wrenching, specifically a hand.

عَابِتadjective
  1. 1.
    twistedclassical

    Describing a hand that has been twisted or wrenched.

مَعْبُوتَةadjective
  1. 1.
    twistedclassical

    Describing a hand that has been twisted or wrenched.

Parallel reading

عَبَتَ يَدَهُ عَبْتًا: لَوَاهَا
He twisted his hand with a twisting: he wrenched it.
فَهُوَ عَابِتٌ
And he is twisted.
وَاليَدُ مَعْبُوتَةٌ
And the hand is twisted.