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Kalimāt: Arabic for Islamic and Arabic Studies

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English: Arabic (vocalized/unvocalized):
to bury alive

وأد‏

وَأْدٌ‏

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Categories:
Speech register: classical
Knowledge: passive
Frequency: 1
Part of speech: Noun
Morphological category: nomen verbi
Morph. pattern: فَعْلٌ
Form: I
Root: وءد
Subject: Society

Sample sentences:

في الجاهِلِيَّةِ كانَتْ عادَةُ وأدِ البِنْتِ أَي دَفْنِها في التُّرابِ حَيَّةً مُنْتَشِرَةً.