Rizwan Zubair

Root غ ص ص gh-ṣ-ṣ

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غ ص صgh-ṣ-ṣ

(س) غَصَّ يَغَصُّ غَصَصًاghaṣṣa yaghaṣṣu ghaṣaṣan (original form: غَصِصَ يَغْصَصُghaṣiṣa yaghṣaṣu): (of a morsel) to stick in the throat; to choke.

غُصَّةghuṣṣah pl. غُصَصghuṣaṣ: a morsel that sticks in the throat, and figuratively a grief that chokes. Only once in the Quran, in the description of the food of the people of Hell: ﴿إِنَّ لَدَيْنَاۤ أَنْكَالًا وَّجَحِيْمًا وَّطَعَامًا ذَا غُصَّةٍ وَّعَذَابًا أَلِيْمًا﴾ (Al-Muzzammil 73:12–13).

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