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غبج

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the act of drinking or swallowing something in gulps, often implying a rapid or continuous intake. It also refers to the resulting gulp or draught.

Derived headwords

غَبَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to gulpboth

    To drink something in rapid, successive draughts, swallowing it quickly.

يَغْبِجُverb
  1. 1.
    to gulpboth

    He gulps; he drinks in rapid, successive draughts.

غَبْجَةnoun
  1. 1.
    gulpboth

    A single draught or gulp of a liquid, swallowed quickly.

Parallel reading

غَبَجَ الماءَ، كَسَمِعَ، يَغْبِجُهُ غَبْجًا
He gulped the water, as in 'samea', he gulps it with gulps.
يَغْبِجُهُ: جَرَعَهُ جَرْعًا مُتَدَارِكًا
He gulps it: he swallows it with successive draughts.
وَهِيَ الغَبْجَةُ، بِالضَّمِّ
And it is the ghobjah, with dammah.
أَيْ الجَرْعَةُ
Meaning the draught.