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غى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

2 غَيَّيْتُ غَايَةً ذ , (S, K, TA,) inf. n. تَغْيِيَةٌ; (TA;) [in the CK ↓ غَيَيْتُهَا, which is wrong, unless they said thus as well as غَيَّيْتُهَا, like as they say رَيَيْتُ رَايَةً as well as رَيَّيْتُهَا;] and ↓ أَغْيَيْتُهَا; (S, K, TA; but in the last as not found in the K;) I set up the banner, or standard; (S, K, TA;) from A'Obeyd. (S.) ― -b2- And غَيَّى لِلْقَوْمِ He set up a banner, or standard, for the people, or party: or he made it for them. (TA.) ― -b3- And غَيَّتِ الطَّيْرُ The birds flapped their wings, or fluttered, in the air, without moving from their place; or did thus around a thing, desiring to alight upon it; syn. رَفْرَفَتْ. (TA.) [See also 6.] -A2- غَيَّيْتُ غَايَةً signifies [also] بَيَّنْتُهَا [i. e. I made apparent, or manifest, or known, an utmost, or extreme, extent, term, limit, or the like; or I set it ]. (Msb.)

Derived headwords

غَيَّيْتُ غَايَةًverb
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غَيَّى لِلْقَوْمِ