ذبح

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

The root ذبح (dhabaha) primarily relates to the act of slaughtering an animal, typically by cutting the throat. It extends metaphorically to meanings of cutting, splitting, strangling, and even to describe certain plants, geological formations, and ailments.

Derived headwords

ذَبَحَverb

1.
to slaughterboth
To kill an animal by cutting its throat, especially for food or sacrifice.
2.
to cut openclassical
To split or cut something open, metaphorically used for opening a musk pod.
3.
to strangleclassical
To choke or suffocate someone, as if by cutting the throat.
4.
to pierceclassical
To make a hole or slit in something, like piercing a wineskin.
5.
to slitclassical
To make a long, narrow cut, used metaphorically for a beard appearing.

ذَبْحٌnoun

1.
slaughterboth
The act of slaughtering, or the animal that is slaughtered, such as a sacrificial animal.
2.
cutclassical
A cut or slit, used metaphorically for a wound or injury.
3.
type of truffleclassical
A type of white truffle.
4.
wild carrotclassical
A wild plant, possibly a type of carrot, with a red color.
5.
plantclassical
Another type of plant, described as red with a white core.
6.
throat painclassical
A painful condition in the throat, as if being strangled.
7.
destructionclassical
Destruction or ruin, used metaphorically.

وفديناه بذبح عظيم — And We ransomed him with a great sacrifice.

ذَبِيحٌadjective

1.
slaughteredboth
An animal that has been slaughtered.
2.
slaughtered (person)classical
Refers to a person who is to be sacrificed or has been sacrificed.
3.
Ismailclassical
A title given to Prophet Ismail, son of Prophet Ibrahim, who was prepared for sacrifice.

إذا فضت خواتمها وبجت يقال لها دم الودج الذبيح — When its seals are broken and it is opened, it is called the blood of the slaughtered jugular vein.

مَذْبُوحٌadjective

1.
slaughteredboth
An animal that has been slaughtered.
2.
splitclassical
Split or cut open, used metaphorically for a beard.

من كل أشمط مذبوح بلحيته بادي الأذاة على مركوه الطحل — From every grey-haired man with his beard split, showing his distress on his saddlecloth.

ذَبَّاحٌnoun

1.
slaughterclassical
The act of slaughtering.
2.
cuts in toesclassical
Cracks or cuts in the inner part of the toes.
3.
poisonous plantclassical
A poisonous plant that kills its eater.
4.
throat painclassical
A severe throat pain that feels like strangulation.

ما دونه شوكة ولا ذباح — There is no thorn or cut beneath it.

مَذْبَحٌnoun

1.
slaughter placeboth
The place where an animal is slaughtered, or the throat area.
2.
slit in groundclassical
A slit or channel in the ground, like a small stream bed.
3.
knifeclassical
A knife or blade used for slaughtering.
4.
altarclassical
An altar in a church or a place for offerings.
5.
churchclassical
A Christian place of worship, or a sanctuary within it.

غادر السيل في الأرض أخاديد ومذابح — The flood left gullies and channels in the ground.

ذَبِيحَةٌnoun

1.
slaughtered animalboth
An animal that has been slaughtered, especially for sacrifice.
2.
sacrificeclassical
An animal offered as a sacrifice.

تَذْبِيحٌverb

1.
slaughteringclassical
The act of slaughtering, often used in the context of prayer.
2.
bowing headclassical
Bowing the head deeply in prayer, similar to bowing in Ruku.

ذُبْحَةٌnoun

1.
throat ailmentclassical
A painful condition of the throat, potentially fatal, causing suffocation.
2.
ulcerclassical
An ulcer in the throat that obstructs breathing.

أخذته الذبحة — The throat ailment seized him.

ذَبَحَverb

1.
to slaughterboth
To kill an animal by cutting its throat.

يذبحون أبناءكم — They slaughter your sons.

ذَبَّاحَةٌadjective

1.
slaughterableclassical
Anything that can be slaughtered, such as livestock.

ذَبْحَانname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name in Yemen.
2.
group nameclassical
A name for a group of people.
3.
ancestor nameclassical
The name of an ancestor of a companion.

سَعْدُ الذَّابِحِname

1.
constellationclassical
A lunar mansion consisting of two stars, one of which has a small star near it resembling a throat being cut.

Parallel reading

الشاة (كمنع) الشاة (كمنع) يذبحها (ذبحا) ، بفتح فسكون، (وذباحا) كغراب

The sheep (like 'man'a') is slaughtered (dhabaha), with a fatha then sukun, and (dhibaha) like 'ghurab'.

الذبح: قطع الحلقوم من باطن عند النصيل، وهو موضع الذبح من الحلق.

Slaughter: cutting the windpipe from the inside at the pharynx, which is the place of slaughter in the throat.

والذباح: الذبح. يقال: أخذهم بنو فلان بالذباح: أي ذبحوهم: والذبح أيا كان.

And al-dhibbah: slaughter. It is said: the people of so-and-so took them by the throat (al-dhibbah), meaning they slaughtered them: and slaughter, whatever it may be.

وكل ما شق: فقد ذبح، ومنه قوله: كأن عيني فيها الصاب مذبوح

And everything that is split has been slaughtered, and from this is his saying: as if her eyes had mastic in them, split open.

ذبح: بمعنى (فتق). ومسك ذبيح.

Dhabaha: meaning (to split open). And a musk pod, split open.

ويقال: ذبحت فأرة المسك، إذا فتقتها وأخرجت ما فيها من المسك.

And it is said: the musk pod was split open, if you split it and extracted the musk from within it.

ذبح، إذا (نحر). قال شيخنا: قضيته أن الذبح والنحر مترادفان والصواب أن الذبح في الحلق، والنحر في اللبة؛

Dhabaha, if (nahara). Our Sheikh said: his conclusion is that dhabaha and nahara are synonyms, and the correct view is that dhabaha is in the throat, and nahara is in the brisket.

يقال: ذبحته العبرة: إذا خنقته وأخذت بحلقه.

It is said: emotion strangled him (dhabahatuhu al-'abrah): if it choked him and took hold of his throat.

ربما قالوا: ذبح (الدن، إذا بزله) أي شقه وثقبه، وهو أيضا من المجاز.

Sometimes they say: dhabaha (the wineskin), if it was pierced (bazalahu), meaning split and punctured, and this is also metaphorical.

ويقال أيضا: ذبح (اللحية فلانا: سالت تحت ذقنه فبدا) ، بغير همز، أي ظهر (مقدم حنكه، فهو مذبوح، بها)

And it is also said: dhabaha (the beard of so-and-so): it flowed beneath his chin and appeared, without hamza, meaning the front of his jaw appeared, so he is madhubuh (with it).

والذبح، بالكسر: اسم (ما يذبح) من الأضاحي وغيرها من الحيوان

And al-dhabh, with kasra: is the name for (what is slaughtered) from sacrificial animals and other animals.

والذبح (كصرد وعنب: ضرب من الكمأة) بيض.

And al-dhibah (like 'sard' and 'unab': a type of truffle), white.

والذبح: (نبت آخر) ، هاكذا في سائر النسخ، والصواب: والذبح نبت أحمر له أصل، يقشر عنه قشر أسود فيخرج أبيض كأنه خرزة بيضاء، حلو، طيب، يؤكل، واحدته ذبحة وذبحة.

And al-dhibah: (another plant), as it is in all manuscripts, and the correct reading is: and al-dhibah is a red plant with a root, its black peel is removed to reveal a white interior like a white bead, sweet, pleasant, edible, its singular is dhibhah and dhibhah.

والذبيح: المذبوح.

And al-dhabih: the slaughtered.

والذبيح: لقب سيدنا (إسماعيل) بن إبراهيم الخليل (عليه) وعلى والده الصلاة و (السلام)

And al-dhabih: is the title of our master (Ismail) son of Ibrahim the Friend (peace be upon him) and upon his father.

أنا ابن الذبيحين

I am the son of the two slaughtered ones.

والتذبيح في الصلاة: التدبيح

And al-tadhbih in prayer: al-tadbih.

نهى عن أن يذبح الرجل في صلاته كما يذبح الحمار

He forbade a man from slaughtering (dhabaha) in his prayer like a donkey brays.

وهو أن يطأطىء رأسه في الركوع حتى يكون أخفض من ظهره.

It is to lower his head in bowing until it is lower than his back.

الذبحة: وجع في الحلق

Al-dhibhah: a pain in the throat.

فأعطاني من كل ذابحة زوجا

And he gave me a pair from every slaughterable animal.

كل شيء في البحر مذبوح

Everything in the sea is considered slaughtered (i.e., lawful to eat).

كان ذالك مثل الذبحة على النحر

That was like a throat ailment on the brisket.

ذبحه الظمأ: جهده.

Thirst slaughtered him (dhabahahu al-dhama'): it exhausted him.

والتقوا فأجلوا عن ذبيح، أي قتيل.

And they met, and they left behind a slaughtered one, meaning a killed person.