غزا

Root entry · 26 derived lemmas

The root غزا (ghazā) primarily denotes intention, seeking, or aiming for something. It extends to the specific act of raiding or campaigning against an enemy, and also encompasses the concept of purpose or objective in speech and action.

Derived headwords

غَزَاverb

1.
to aim for, seekboth
To intend, desire, or seek after something.
2.
to raid, campaign againstboth
To march out against an enemy for battle or plunder.

غزا الشيء غزوا: أراده وطلبه — It aimed for the thing, meaning it desired and sought it.

غزوت فلانا أغزوه غزوا — I aimed for so-and-so, I attack him.

غَزْوًاnoun

1.
aiming, seekingboth
The act of intending, desiring, or seeking.
2.
raiding, campaigningboth
The act of marching out against an enemy for battle or plunder.

غزا الشيء غزوا: أراده وطلبه — It aimed for the thing, meaning it desired and sought it.

غزوت فلانا أغزوه غزوا — I aimed for so-and-so, I attack him.

الغَزْوَةnoun

1.
raid, campaignboth
A military expedition or raid against an enemy.
2.
the thing raided or soughtclassical
That which is attacked or sought after.

والغزوة: ما غزي وطلب — And the Ghazwah: that which is raided and sought.

ولا بد من غزوة، في الربيع — And a raid is necessary, in spring.

مَغْزَىnoun

1.
purpose, objectiveboth
The intended meaning or goal of something, especially of speech.
2.
place of raidingclassical
A location where a raid or campaign takes place.

ومغزى الكلام: مقصده — And the المغزى of speech: its purpose.

وعرفت ما يغزى من هذا الكلام أي ما يراد — And I knew what was المغزى from this speech, meaning what was intended.

الغَزْوnoun

1.
aiming, seekingboth
The act of intending or seeking.
2.
raiding, campaigningboth
The act of marching out to fight an enemy and plunder them.

والغزو: القصد — And الغزو: the aiming.

والغزو: السير إلى قتال العدو وانتهابه — And الغزو: marching out to fight the enemy and plunder them.

الغَوْزnoun

1.
aiming, seekingclassical
The act of intending or seeking.

وكذلك الغوز، وقد غزاه وغازه غزوا وغوزا إذا قصده — And likewise الغوز, and he aimed for it and sought it with ghazwan and ghawzan if he intended it.

اغْتَزَاهُverb

1.
to aim for, seekclassical
To intend or seek after something.

وغزا الأمر واغتزاه، كلاهما: قصده — And he aimed for the matter and اغتزاه, both mean: he intended it.

غَزْوَانًاnoun

1.
raiding, campaigningclassical
The act of marching out to fight an enemy and plunder them.

غزاهم غزوا وغزوانا — He raided them with ghazwan and ghazwanan.

غَزَاوَةnoun

1.
raiding, campaigningclassical
A military expedition or raid against an enemy.

بلى غزوات بينهن تواثب — Rather, ghazawat (plural of ghazāwah) between them are leaps.

غَزَاةnoun

1.
raiders, campaignersboth
A group of people who raid or campaign.
2.
a raid, campaignclassical
A single instance of raiding or campaigning.

ورجل غاز من قوم غزى مثل سابق وسبق وغزي على مثال فعيل مثل حاج وحجيج وقاطن وقطين — And a man ghāzin from a people ghazā like sābiqin and sabiq, and ghaziyy on the pattern of fa'īl like ḥājj and ḥajīj, and qāṭin and qaṭīn.

غُزًىnoun

1.
raiders, campaignersclassical
A group of people who raid or campaign.

قال الله تعالى: أو كانوا غزى — Allah the Almighty said: Or they were ghuzan (plural of ghāzi).

غَزِيّadjective

1.
raiding, campaigningclassical
Describing someone who raids or campaigns.

غُزَّىnoun

1.
raiders, campaignersclassical
A group of people who raid or campaign.

قال الأزهري: يقال لجمع الغازي غزي مثل ناد وندي، وناج ونجي للقوم يتناجون — Al-Azhari said: The جمع (plural) of الغازي is called غزي like ناد and ندي, and ناج and نجي for people who converse privately.

غُزَّاءnoun

1.
raiders, campaignersclassical
A group of people who raid or campaign.

وفي جمع غاز أيضا غزاء، بالمد، مثل فاسق وفساق — And in the جمع (plural) of ghāzin also ghuzzā', with elongation, like fāsiqin and fussāq.

مُغْزَىadjective

1.
aimed at, intendedclassical
Something that is intended or aimed for.

ورجل مغزي شبهوها حيث كان قبلها حرف مضموم ولم يكن بينهما إلا حرف ساكن بأدل — And a man mughzā, they likened it where there was a vowel before it and only a silent letter between them, as a substitute.

أَغْزَىverb

1.
to cause to raidboth
To make someone or something go on a raid or campaign.
2.
to grant a mount for raidingclassical
To provide someone with an animal to use for raiding.
3.
to grant respiteclassical
To postpone a debt or obligation.

وأغزى الرجل وغزاه: حمله على أن يغزو — And aghzā the man and ghazāhu: he made him go on a raid.

وأغزيت الرجل أمهلته وأخرت ما لي عليه من الدين — And I aghzaytu the man, meaning I granted him respite and postponed what was owed to me from the debt.

مَغَازِيnoun

1.
raids, campaignsboth
Plural of ghazwah, referring to military expeditions.
2.
exploits of raidersclassical
The noble deeds and achievements of those who campaign.
3.
places of raidingclassical
Locations where raids occur.

والمغازي: مناقب الغزاة — And المغازي: the merits of the raiders.

والمغزى والمغزاة والمغازي مواضع الغزو — And المغزى, المغزاة, and المغازي are places of raiding.

غَزْوَةnoun

1.
a raid, campaignboth
A single instance of raiding or campaigning.

وفي كل عام أنت حاسم غزوة — And every year you decide a ghazwah (raid).

غَازِيَةnoun

1.
female raiderclassical
A woman who participates in a raid or campaign.
2.
a group of raiders (fem. collective)classical
Used collectively to refer to a group of raiders.

ما من غازية تخفق وتصاب إلا تم أجرهم — No ghāziyah (female raider or group of raiders) fails and is struck except that their reward is completed.

أَخْفَقَverb

1.
to fail, not succeedboth
To not achieve success, especially in battle or raiding.

وأخفق الغازي إذا لم يغنم ولم يظفر — And the ghāzi akhfaqa (failed) if he did not gain spoils and did not achieve victory.

مُغْزِيَةadjective

1.
wife of a raiderclassical
A woman whose husband has gone on a raid and she remains alone.
2.
late-birthing (camel/animal)classical
An animal, especially a camel, that gives birth late or has difficulty conceiving.

وأغزت المرأة، فهي مغزية إذا غزا بعلها — And the woman aghzat, so she is mughziyah if her husband went on a raid.

والمغزية من الإبل: التي جازت الحق ولم تلد — And the mughziyah of camels: that which has passed its due time and has not given birth.

اغْتَزَىverb

1.
to single outclassical
To choose or single out someone from a group.

وغزا فلان بفلان واغتزى اغتزاء إذا اختصه من بين أصحابه — And so-and-so ghazā with so-and-so and ightazā ightizā'an if he singled him out from among his companions.

مَغْزِيّadjective

1.
difficult to conceive/birthclassical
Describing an animal that is difficult to impregnate or give birth to.

والمغزي من الإبل: التي عسر لقاحها، وأغزت الناقة من ذلك — And the mughzī of camels: that whose conception is difficult, and the she-camel mughzat from that.

الإغْزَاءnoun

1.
summer offspringclassical
Offspring born during the summer season.
2.
late birthclassical
A delayed birth, especially of animals.

والإغزاء والمغزى: نتاج الصيف — And al-ighzā' and al-maghzā: summer offspring.

فجعل الإغزاء في الحمير — And he made al-ighzā' (late birth) in donkeys.

غَزِيَّةname

1.
Ghaziyyah tribeclassical
A name of a tribe.

وهل أنا إلا من غزية، إن غوت ... غويت، وإن ترشد غزية أرشد — And am I not but from Ghaziyyah? If Ghaziyyah goes astray, I go astray, and if Ghaziyyah is guided, I am guided.

غَزْوَانname

1.
Ghazwan (name)classical
A male given name.

وغزوان: اسم رجل — And Ghazwan: the name of a man.

Parallel reading

غزا الشيء غزوا: أراده وطلبه.

It aimed for the thing, meaning it desired and sought it.

وغزوت فلانا أغزوه غزوا.

And I aimed for so-and-so, I attack him.

والغزوة: ما غزي وطلب؛

And the Ghazwah: that which is raided and sought;

ومغزى الكلام: مقصده.

And the المغزى of speech: its purpose.

وعرفت ما يغزى من هذا الكلام أي ما يراد.

And I knew what was المغزى from this speech, meaning what was intended.

والغزو: القصد، وكذلك الغوز، وقد غزاه وغازه غزوا وغوزا إذا قصده.

And الغزو: the aiming, and likewise الغوز, and he aimed for it and sought it with ghazwan and ghawzan if he intended it.

وغزا الأمر واغتزاه، كلاهما: قصده؛

And he aimed for the matter and اغتزاه, both mean: he intended it;

والغزو: السير إلى قتال العدو وانتهابه، غزاهم غزوا وغزوانا؛

And الغزو: marching out to fight the enemy and plunder them, he raided them with ghazwan and ghazwanan;

قال الهذلي: تقول هذيل: لا غزاوة عنده، ... بلى غزوات بينهن تواثب

The Hudhayli said: Hudhayl says: There is no ghazāwah with him, ... Rather, ghazawat (plural of ghazāwah) between them are leaps

وإذا قيل غزوة فهي المرة الواحدة من الغزو،

And if ghazwah is said, it is the single instance of the raid,

ورجل غاز من قوم غزى مثل سابق وسبق وغزي على مثال فعيل مثل حاج وحجيج وقاطن وقطين؛

And a man ghāzin from a people ghazā like sābiqin and sabiq, and ghaziyy on the pattern of fa'īl like ḥājj and ḥajīj, and qāṭin and qaṭīn;

قال الأزهري: يقال لجمع الغازي غزي مثل ناد وندي، وناج ونجي للقوم يتناجون؛

Al-Azhari said: The جمع (plural) of الغازي is called غزي like ناد and ندي, and ناج and نجي for people who converse privately;

وفي جمع غاز أيضا غزاء، بالمد، مثل فاسق وفساق؛

And in the جمع (plural) of ghāzin also ghuzzā', with elongation, like fāsiqin and fussāq;

وغزاة: مثل قاض وقضاة.

And ghuzāh: like qāḍin and quḍāh.

قال الله تعالى: أو كانوا غزى .

Allah the Almighty said: Or they were ghuzan (plural of ghāzi).

ورجل مغزي شبهوها حيث كان قبلها حرف مضموم ولم يكن بينهما إلا حرف ساكن بأدل، والوجه في هذا النحو الواو، والأخرى عربية كثيرة.

And a man mughzā, they likened it where there was a vowel before it and only a silent letter between them, as a substitute, and the primary form in this grammar is the waw, and the other is abundant Arabic.

وأغزى الرجل وغزاه: حمله على أن يغزو.

And aghzā the man and ghazāhu: he made him go on a raid.

وأغزى فلان فلانا إذا أعطاه دابة يغزو عليها.

And so-and-so aghzā so-and-so if he gave him an animal to raid with.

وقالوا غزاة واحدة يريدون عمل وجه واحد، كما قالوا حجة واحدة يريدون عمل سنة واحدة؛

And they said ghazwah (a raid) for one direction, meaning one act of going, just as they said ḥajjah (pilgrimage) for one year, meaning one year's act;

ولا بد من غزوة، في الربيع، ... حجون تكل الوقاح الشكورا

And a raid is necessary, in spring, ... pilgrimages that tire the strong ones who are early risers

والنسب إلى الغزو غزوي، وهو من نادر معدول النسب، وإلى غزية غزوي.

And the attribution to ghazw is ghazwiyy, and it is from rare reversed attributions, and to Ghaziyyah is ghazwiyy.

والمغازي: مناقب الغزاة.

And المغازي: the merits of the raiders.

والمغزى والمغزاة والمغازي مواضع الغزو، وقد تكون الغزو نفسه؛

And المغزى, المغزاة, and المغازي are places of raiding, and it can be the raid itself;

ومننه الحديث: كان إذا استقبل مغزى ،

And from it is the Hadith: When he faced a المغزى (place of raid or the raid itself),

ومننه المغازي مناقبهم وغزواتهم.

And from it are the المغازي (exploits) their merits and their raids.

وغزوت العدو غزوا، والاسم الغزاة؛

And I raided the enemy with ghazwan, and the noun is ghuzāh;

وقد جاء الغزوة في شعر الأعشى، قال: وفي كل عام أنت حاسم غزوة، ... تشد لأقصاها عزيم عزائكا

And ghazwah has come in the poetry of Al-A'sha, he said: And every year you decide a ghazwah (raid), ... you strengthen for its furthest extent with firm resolve

وفي الحديث: قال يوم فتح مكة لا تغزى قريش بعدها أي لا تكفر حتى تغزى على الكفر،

And in the Hadith: He said on the day of the conquest of Mecca, Quraysh will not be raided after this, meaning they will not disbelieve until they are raided upon disbelief,

ومننه الحديث الآخر: لا تغزى هذه بعد اليوم إلى يوم القيامة يعني مكة أي لا تعود دار كفر يغزى عليه،

And from it is the other Hadith: This will not be raided after today until the Day of Resurrection, meaning Mecca, i.e., it will not return to being a land of disbelief to be raided upon,

ما من غازية تخفق وتصاب إلا تم أجرهم؛

No ghāziyah (female raider or group of raiders) fails and is struck except that their reward is completed;

وأخفق الغازي إذا لم يغنم ولم يظفر.

And the ghāzi akhfaqa (failed) if he did not gain spoils and did not achieve victory.

وأغزت المرأة، فهي مغزية إذا غزا بعلها.

And the woman aghzat, so she is mughziyah if her husband went on a raid.

والمغزية: التي غزا زوجها وبقيت وحدها في البيت.

And the mughziyah: she whose husband went on a raid and she remained alone in the house.

وحديث عمر، رضي الله عنه: لا يزال أحدهم كاسرا وساده عند مغزية.

And the Hadith of Umar, may Allah be pleased with him: One of them will continue to break his pillow at the mughziyah (time of husband's absence on raid).

وغزا فلان بفلان واغتزى اغتزاء إذا اختصه من بين أصحابه.

And so-and-so ghazā with so-and-so and ightazā ightizā'an if he singled him out from among his companions.

والمغزية من الإبل: التي جازت الحق ولم تلد، وحقها الوقت الذي ضربت فيه.

And the mughziyah of camels: that which has passed its due time and has not given birth, and its due time is the period set for it.

والمغزية من النوق التي زادت على السنة شهرا أو نحوه ولم تلد مثل المدراج.

And the mughziyah of she-camels is that which has exceeded the year by a month or so and has not given birth, like the mudrāj.

والمغزي من الإبل: التي عسر لقاحها، وأغزت الناقة من ذلك؛

And the mughzī of camels: that whose conception is difficult, and the she-camel mughzat from that;

والحرب عسراء اللقاح مغز أي عسرة اللقاح؛

And war is difficult in conception, mughz, meaning difficult in conception;

وأتان مغزية: متأخرة النتاج ثم تنتج.

And a mughziyah she-ass: late in producing offspring, then she produces.

والإغزاء والمغزى: نتاج الصيف؛

And al-ighzā' and al-maghzā: summer offspring;

والإغزاء نتاج سوء حواره ضعيف أبدا.

And al-ighzā' is offspring of evil, its young is always weak.

والمغزية من الغنم التي يتأخر ولادها بعد الغنم شهرا أو شهرين لأنها حملت بأخرة؛

And the mughziyah of sheep is that whose birth is delayed after the flock by a month or two because it conceived late;

فجعل الإغزاء في الحمير: رباع، أقب البطن، جأب، مطرد، ... بلحييه صك المغزيات الرواكل

And he made al-ighzā' (late birth) in donkeys: four-year-old, narrow-bellied, stout, swift, ... with its jaws striking the late-birthing, stumbling ones

وهل أنا إلا من غزية، إن غوت ... غويت، وإن ترشد غزية أرشد

And am I not but from Ghaziyyah? If Ghaziyyah goes astray, I go astray, and if Ghaziyyah is guided, I am guided

نزلت في غزية أو مراد

I descended among Ghaziyyah or Murad

وأبو غزية: كنية.

And Abu Ghaziyyah: a kunyah (patronymic).

وابن غزية: من شعراء هذيل.

And Ibn Ghaziyyah: from the poets of Hudhayl.

وغزوان: اسم رجل.

And Ghazwan: the name of a man.