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غوغ

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of a swarm, a crowd, or a multitude, often with negative connotations of being unruly, noisy, or base. It extends to specific types of plants and insects that appear in swarms.

Derived headwords

الغَاغnoun
  1. 1.
    Basilboth

    A type of herb, specifically basil.

غَاغَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Plantclassical

    A plant resembling the herb 'harbun'.

  2. 2.
    Swarmclassical

    The young of locusts when they are light and ready to fly.

غوغاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Rabbleboth

    The base or common people, the rabble, those who rush towards evil.

  2. 2.
    Swarm of locustsclassical

    The young of locusts when they are light and ready to fly.

  3. 3.
    Noise and clamorclassical

    The sound and clamor of a crowd due to their excessive chatter and shouting.

Parallel reading

الحبق، واحدته غاغة
Basil, its singular is ghāghah.
والغاغة: نبات يشبه الهربون
And al-ghāghah: a plant resembling the harbun.
يحضرك غوغاء الناس
The rabble of people are present with you.
أصل الغوغاء الجراد حين يخف للطيران
The origin of al-ghawghā' is locusts when they become light for flight.
ثم استعير للسفلة من الناس والمتسرعين إلى الشر
Then it was metaphorically used for the base of people and those who rush to evil.
ويجوز أن يكون من الغوغاء الصوت والجلبة لكثرة لغطهم وصياحهم
And it is permissible that it originates from al-ghawghā' meaning sound and clamor due to their excessive chatter and shouting.