ذبح

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ذ ب ح (ḏ-b-ḥ). Compare Hebrew זבח (“to slaughter”).

Verb

1. to kill by slitting the throat
2. to slaughter, to butcher

   Synonyms: جَزَرَ (jazara), نَحَرَ (naḥara)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:67:

     إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَن تَذْبَحُوا بَقَرَةً

     ʔinna l-laha yaʔmurukum ʔan taḏbaḥū baqaratan

     Allah commands you to slaughter a cow

3. to massacre
4. to murder, to slay
5. to sacrifice, to offer up, to immolate

Descendants

• Maltese: debaħ

Verb

ذَبَّحَ • (ḏabbaḥa) II (non-past يُذَبِّحُ (yuḏabbiḥu), verbal noun تَذْبِيح (taḏbīḥ))

1. to kill, to slaughter, to butcher, to massacre, to murder
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:49:

     يُذَبِّحُونَ أَبْنَاءَكُمْ وَيَسْتَحْيُونَ نِسَاءَكُمْ

     yuḏabbiḥūna ʔabnāʔakum wayastaḥyūna nisāʔakum

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Noun

ذَبْح • (ḏabḥ) m

1. verbal noun of ذَبَحَ (ḏabaḥa) (form I)
2. slaughter, slaughtering

Declension

Declension of noun ذَبْح (ḏabḥ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذَبْح ḏabḥ	الذَّبْح aḏ-ḏabḥ	ذَبْح ḏabḥ
Nominative	ذَبْحٌ ḏabḥun	الذَّبْحُ aḏ-ḏabḥu	ذَبْحُ ḏabḥu
Accusative	ذَبْحًا ḏabḥan	الذَّبْحَ aḏ-ḏabḥa	ذَبْحَ ḏabḥa
Genitive	ذَبْحٍ ḏabḥin	الذَّبْحِ aḏ-ḏabḥi	ذَبْحِ ḏabḥi

Noun

ذِبْح • (ḏibḥ) m

1. sacrificial victim, blood sacrifice

Declension

Declension of noun ذِبْح (ḏibḥ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	ذِبْح ḏibḥ	الذِّبْح aḏ-ḏibḥ	ذِبْح ḏibḥ
Nominative	ذِبْحٌ ḏibḥun	الذِّبْحُ aḏ-ḏibḥu	ذِبْحُ ḏibḥu
Accusative	ذِبْحًا ḏibḥan	الذِّبْحَ aḏ-ḏibḥa	ذِبْحَ ḏibḥa
Genitive	ذِبْحٍ ḏibḥin	الذِّبْحِ aḏ-ḏibḥi	ذِبْحِ ḏibḥi

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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)

1. slaughter, slaughtering

Synonyms

• کشتن (koštan) (more general)

Derived terms

• ذبح کردن (zebh kardan)
• ذبح شدن (zebh šodan)

Related terms

• ذبیح (zabih)