خربق

العربية

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خربق¹

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܚܘܪܒܟܢܐ (ḥurbaḵnā, “hellebore”) which is by metathesis from Akkadian 𒌑𒃼𒁍𒄷 (/⁠qarbuḫu⁠/).

noun خَرْبَق · ḵarbaq · الْخَرْبَق · خَرْبَقٌ

  1. hellebore (Helleborus gen. et spp., also Veratrum album syn. Helleborus albus)

خربق²

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Augmented from the root خ ر ب (ḵ r b).

verb خَرْبَقَ · ḵarbaqa · يُخَرْبِقُ · خَرْبَقَة · مُخَرْبِق

  1. to dissect, to lacerate, to rive
  2. to corrupt, to mar, to spoil

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {خربق},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AE%D8%B1%D8%A8%D9%82},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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