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جَلْد
flogging /ˈdʒald/
nounB1#1629 most common
Also: lashing, whipping
Example sentences
الجَلْدُ عُقُوبَةٌ قَدِيمَةٌ.
Flogging is an old punishment.
يَرْفُضُ كَثِيرٌ مِنَ النَّاسِ عُقُوبَةَ الجَلْدِ.
Many people reject the punishment of flogging.
حَكَمَ القَاضِي عَلَى المُتَّهَمِ بِالجَلْدِ.
The judge sentenced the accused to flogging.
كَانَ الجَلْدُ فِي السَّاحَةِ العَامَّةِ مَشْهَدًا مُرْعِبًا.
Flogging in the public square was a terrifying sight.
يَرَى بَعْضُ الفُقَهَاءِ أَنَّ الجَلْدَ يُطَبَّقُ بِشُرُوطٍ صَارِمَةٍ.
Some jurists hold that flogging is applied under strict conditions.
أَثَارَتْ عُقُوبَةُ الجَلْدِ جَدَلًا وَاسِعًا بَيْنَ المُدَافِعِينَ عَنْ حُقُوقِ الإِنْسَانِ وَالمُتَمَسِّكِينَ بِالنُّصُوصِ التَّقْلِيدِيَّةِ.
The punishment of flogging stirred wide debate between human rights defenders and those who hold to traditional texts.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جَلْدٌ | |
| Genitive | جَلْدٍ | |
| Accusative | جَلْدًا | |
| Vocative | يَا جَلْدُ |
Word family
جِلْدskin, hide, leather
جَلَدَto flog, to whip
جَلَّادexecutioner, flogger
مَجْلُودflogged, one who has been whipped
Etymology
جَلْد is the verbal noun of جَلَدَ, to flog or whip. The verb grows from the Semitic root j-l-d, which is bound up with the word for skin. To flog is to strike the skin, so the act took its name from the surface it lands on.
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