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غنى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

غَنِىٌّ ذ and ↓ غَانٍ: see 1, former half; each in two places: both signify [ Free from want; or in a state of competence, or sufficiency; or rich, or wealthy; or] possessing much property or wealth: (K, * TA:) pl. of the former أَغْنِيَاآءُ. (Msb, TA.) See an ex. of the former in a verse cited above, conj. 6. One says, أَنَا غَنِىٌّ بِكَذَا عَنْ غَيْرِهِ [ I am sufficed by such a thing, or satisfied, or content, with it, so as to be free from want of another thing ]. (Msb.) ― -b2- الغَنِىُّ as a name of God signifies [ The Self-sufficient; i. e.] He who has no need of any one in any thing. (TA.)

Derived headwords

غَنِىٌّ
  1. 1.
أَنَا غَنِىٌّ بِكَذَا عَنْ