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تَعْذِيب

torture /taʕˈðiːb/

nounB1#2858 most common

Also: torment, punishment

Example sentences

التعذيب ممنوع.
Torture is forbidden.
يُحرّم القانون التعذيب.
The law prohibits torture.
تعرّض السجين للتعذيب في السجن.
The prisoner was subjected to torture in prison.
نددت منظمات حقوق الإنسان بتعذيب المعتقلين.
Human rights organizations condemned the torture of the detainees.
يُعد التعذيب انتهاكاً صارخاً لحقوق الإنسان الأساسية.
Torture is considered a flagrant violation of basic human rights.
على الرغم من التزام الدولة باتفاقية مناهضة التعذيب، ما زالت تقارير حقوقية توثق ممارسات تعذيب ممنهجة في مراكز الاحتجاز.
Despite the state's commitment to the Convention against Torture, human rights reports still document systematic torture practices in detention centers.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeتَعْذِيبٌتَعْذِيبَاتٌ
Genitiveتَعْذِيبٍتَعْذِيبَاتٍ
Accusativeتَعْذِيباًتَعْذِيبَاتٍ
Vocativeتَعْذِيبُتَعْذِيبَاتُ

Word family

عذّبto torture, torment
عذابtorment, punishment
معذَّبtortured, tormented
تعذّبto suffer, be tormented
معذِّبtorturer

Etymology

تعذيب is the verbal noun (maṣdar) of the Form II verb عذّب (ʿaddhaba), meaning to torture or torment, built on the triliteral root ع-ذ-ب. The same root gives عذاب (ʿadhāb), torment or punishment, a word that recurs often in the Quran for divine punishment. Since Arabic is a Semitic language, it has no Indo-European root behind it.

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