How to say "to slaughter" in Arabic

Cognate

Meaningto slaughter

Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic

ذَبَحَ

dhabaḥaד'בח

ذبح

Hebrew · Modern Hebrew

זבח

zavakhزَاڤَاخ

How the two words are related

Cognate

Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.

Arabic root

ذ-ب-ح

Hebrew root

ז-ב-ח

Regular ذ↔ז match: dhabaḥa is זבח, letter for letter. Arabic dhabīḥa (a slaughtered animal, a sacrifice) is Hebrew's own זבח (a sacrifice).

ذَبَحَ الْخَرُوف

dhabaḥa al-kharūfד'בח אל-ח'רוף

He slaughtered the sheep