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غول

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

The root 'ghawl' primarily relates to spirits or demons that can lead astray or cause harm, often associated with deserts and desolate places. It also extends to meanings of deception, destruction, and even specific types of desert plants and locations.

Derived headwords

الغَوْلnoun
  1. 1.
    demon, ghoulclassical

    A type of malevolent spirit or demon, often believed to inhabit desolate places and to lead travelers astray or cause their demise.

  2. 2.
    deception, illusionclassical

    Something that deceives or misleads, an illusion or phantasm.

  3. 3.
    destruction, ruinclassical

    The act or cause of destruction or ruin.

الغَوْلَانnoun
  1. 1.
    type of desert plantclassical

    A species of desert herbage, similar to 'ashnan' but finer, described as a pasture plant.

غَيْلnoun
  1. 1.
    watercourse, streamclassical

    A channel or stream of water, especially one flowing through a valley or depression.

مَغْوَلname
  1. 1.
    name of a manclassical

    A proper name for a male individual.

غَوَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to lead astrayclassical

    To cause someone to deviate from the right path, either literally or figuratively.

  2. 2.
    to deceiveclassical

    To trick or mislead someone.

  3. 3.
    to destroyclassical

    To bring about the ruin or destruction of something or someone.

اغْتَالَverb
  1. 1.
    to assassinate, to waylay

    To kill someone by surprise, ambush, or treachery; to assassinate.

غَوِيلnoun
  1. 1.
    place nameclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific location.

Parallel reading

والغولان، بالفتح: ضرب من الحمض.
And al-ghawlan, with the fatha: a type of desert plant.
قال أبو حنيفة: الغولان حمض كالأشنان شبيه بالعنظوان إلا أنه أدق منه وهو مرعى؛
Abu Hanifa said: Al-ghawlan is a desert plant like 'ashnan', similar to 'anzawan' but finer than it, and it is a pasture plant;
حنين اللقاح الخور حرق ناره ... بغولان حوضى، فوق أكبادها العشر
The yearning of the weak she-camels, their fire burning... in the ghawlan of Hawdha, upon their livers the tenth (heat).
والغول وغويل والغولان، كلها: مواضع.
And al-ghawl, and Ghawayl, and al-ghawlan, all of them: places.
ومغول: اسم رجل.
And Mughul: the name of a man.