Drub
Etymology
The triliteral root ḍād rā bā (ض ر ب), according to corpus.quran.com, occurs in the Quran 58 times
Compare with English «drop» - "to tell someone something in a way that is not direct".
Compare with English «trope» - "a figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor".
