ذبح
Arabic
Etymology
From the root ذ ب ح (ḏ-b-ḥ). Compare Hebrew זבח (“to slaughter”).
Verb
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- to kill by slitting the throat
- to slaughter, to butcher
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- إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تَذْبَحُوا بَقَرَةً
- ʔinna l-laha yaʔmurukum ʔan taḏbaḥū baqaratan
- Allah commands you to slaughter a cow
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- to massacre
- to murder, to slay
- to sacrifice, to offer up, to immolate
Conjugation
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Descendants
- Maltese: debaħ
Verb
ذَبَّحَ • (ḏabbaḥa) II (non-past يُذَبِّحُ (yuḏabbiḥu), verbal noun تَذْبِيح (taḏbīḥ))
- to kill, to slaughter, to butcher, to massacre, to murder
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- يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَاءَكُمْ
- yuḏabbiḥūna ʔabnāʔakum wayastaḥyūna nisāʔakum
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Conjugation
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Noun
ذَبْح • (ḏabḥ) m
- verbal noun of ذَبَحَ (ḏabaḥa) (form I)
- slaughter, slaughtering
Declension
Declension of noun ذَبْح (ḏabḥ)
Noun
ذِبْح • (ḏibḥ) m
- sacrificial victim, blood sacrifice
Declension
Declension of noun ذِبْح (ḏibḥ)
Persian
Etymology
From Arabic ذَبْح (ḏabḥ). Formally perhaps influenced by the related ذِبْح (ḏibḥ), though alteration of short vowels in Arabic loanwords is a common phenomenon.
Noun
ذبح • (zebh)
Synonyms
- کشتن (koštan) (more general)
Derived terms
Related terms
- ذبیح (zabih)