Arabic

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Root
ق ذ ف (q ḏ f)
4 terms

Etymology

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Instance noun from قَذَفَ (qaḏafa, to throw)

Pronunciation

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Noun

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قَذِيفَة (qaḏīfaf (plural قَذَائِف (qaḏāʔif) or قَذِيفَات (qaḏīfāt))

  1. (countable) projectile
  2. (countable) missile, bomb, shell

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References

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “قذف”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN