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غض

Root entry · 28 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of lowering, reducing, and diminishing. It extends to meanings of tenderness, freshness, and youth, as well as states of humility or being diminished. It also encompasses specific terms for facial features and water sources.

Derived headwords

غَضَّverb
  1. 1.
    to lowerboth

    To lower one's gaze or sight.

  2. 2.
    to endureclassical

    To bear or endure something unpleasant or disliked.

  3. 3.
    to diminishboth

    To reduce or lessen something, such as value or status.

  4. 4.
    to breakclassical

    To break a branch in a way that is not smooth or clean.

غض طرفه — lowered his gaze
غَضَاضًاnoun
  1. 1.
    loweringboth

    The act of lowering, particularly of the gaze.

  2. 2.
    enduranceclassical

    The act of enduring or bearing hardship.

غَضَاضَةًnoun
  1. 1.
    loweringboth

    The act of lowering, especially of the gaze.

  2. 2.
    enduranceclassical

    The act of enduring or bearing hardship.

  3. 3.
    humiliationboth

    A state of being diminished, disgraced, or humbled.

  4. 4.
    freshnessboth

    A state of being tender, fresh, and youthful.

غَضَاضَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    freshnessboth

    A state of being tender, fresh, and youthful.

نَقْصٌnoun
  1. 1.
    deficiencyboth

    A lack or reduction in quantity, quality, or value.

وَضْعٌ مِنْ قَدْرِهِphrase
  1. 1.
    lowering of statusboth

    To reduce someone's or something's perceived value or importance.

الغُصْنُnoun
  1. 1.
    branchclassical

    A part of a tree that is broken in a way that is not clean or smooth.

الغَضِيضُadjective
  1. 1.
    tenderboth

    Fresh, tender, and soft, often referring to plants or young animals.

  2. 2.
    faintclassical

    Describing a gaze that is weak, hesitant, or lacking intensity.

  3. 3.
    humbleclassical

    Describing someone who is diminished, weak, or in a lowly state.

الطَّرِيُّadjective
  1. 1.
    tenderboth

    Fresh, soft, and succulent, often used for plants or young produce.

الغَضُّadjective
  1. 1.
    tenderboth

    Fresh, tender, and soft, similar to الغضيض.

الفاترadjective
  1. 1.
    lukewarmclassical

    Describing a gaze that is not intense or sharp, but rather weak or hesitant.

الناقص الذليلadjective
  1. 1.
    diminished and humbledclassical

    Describing a state of being reduced in status and humbled.

أَغِضَّةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    diminished onesclassical

    Plural of الغضيض, referring to those who are weak, humbled, or diminished.

الغَضُّnoun
  1. 1.
    newborn cattleclassical

    Refers to the newly born offspring of cattle.

غَضَاضَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    freshnessboth

    A state of being fresh, tender, and youthful.

غَضُوضَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    freshnessboth

    A state of being fresh, tender, and youthful.

غَضٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    freshboth

    Being fresh, tender, and youthful.

الغَضَاضُnoun
  1. 1.
    bridge of noseclassical

    The part of the face between the eyebrows and the hairline, or the nose itself.

  2. 2.
    foreheadclassical

    The front part of the head and its adjacent facial area.

  3. 3.
    dungclassical

    Refers to animal dung.

مَاءٌ عَلَى يَوْمٍ مِنَ الأَخَادِيدِphrase
  1. 1.
    water from a specific dayclassical

    Refers to water collected on a particular day from trenches or depressions.

الغَضَاضَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    humiliationboth

    A state of being diminished, disgraced, or humbled.

  2. 2.
    deficiencyboth

    A lack or reduction in quantity, quality, or value.

الغَضَّةُnoun
  1. 1.
    humiliationboth

    A state of being diminished, disgraced, or humbled.

  2. 2.
    deficiencyboth

    A lack or reduction in quantity, quality, or value.

الغُضَيْضَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    humiliationboth

    A state of being diminished, disgraced, or humbled.

  2. 2.
    deficiencyboth

    A lack or reduction in quantity, quality, or value.

المَغَضَّةُnoun
  1. 1.
    humiliationboth

    A state of being diminished, disgraced, or humbled.

  2. 2.
    deficiencyboth

    A lack or reduction in quantity, quality, or value.

غَضْغَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to diminishclassical

    To reduce or lessen something, similar to غضه.

تَغَضْغَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to be diminishedclassical

    To become reduced or lessened.

الغَيْضُnoun
  1. 1.
    angerclassical

    A state of being angry or enraged.

غَضْغَضَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    angerclassical

    A state of being angry or enraged.

غَضَاname
  1. 1.
    water sourceclassical

    A specific water source belonging to the Banu 'Amir ibn Rabi'ah tribe, excluding Banu al-Bukka'.

Parallel reading

غض طرفه غضاضا، بالكسر، وغضا وغضاضا وغضاضة، بفتحهن: خفضه
He lowered his gaze, with kasra, and ghaddan, ghaddathan, and ghaddadatan, with fatha on them: lowering it.
واحتمل المكروه
And he endured what was disliked.
ومنه: نقص، ووضع من قدره
And from it: deficiency, and lowering of his status.
والغصن: كسره فلم ينعم كسره
And al-ghusn: breaking it such that its break was not smooth.
والغضيض: الطري، والطلع الناعم، كالغض فيهما
And al-ghadheed: the tender, and the soft emerging fruit, like al-ghadd in both.
ومن الطرف: الفاتر، والناقص الذليل ج: أغضة
And from the gaze: the faint, and the diminished, humbled one, plural: aghadhah.
والغض: الحديث النتاج من أولاد البقر. ج: كحبال
And al-ghadd: the newly born from cattle. Plural: like hubal.
وغضضت، كمنعت وسمعت، غضاضة وغضوضة، فأنت غض، أي: ناضر
And I was ghaddadt, like manaa'tu and sami'tu, ghaddadatan and ghudoodatan, so you are ghadd, meaning: fresh.
والغضاض، بالفتح والضم: العرنين، وما والاه من الوجه، أو ما بين العرنين وقصاص الشعر، أو مقدم الرأس وما يليه من الوجه، أو الروثة نفسها، أو ما بين أسفلها إلى أعلاها
And al-ghadhadh, with fatha and damma: the bridge of the nose, and what is adjacent to it on the face, or what is between the bridge of the nose and the hairline, or the front of the head and what is adjacent to it on the face, or the dung itself, or what is between its bottom and its top.
وكسحاب: ماء على يوم من الأخاديد
And like sahaab: water from a day of the trenches.
والغضاضة: الذلة، والمنقصة، كالغضة، بالضم، والغضيضة والمغضة
And al-ghadhadah: humiliation, and deficiency, like al-ghadhdhah, with damma, and al-ghudhaydhah and al-maghadhdhah.
وغضض تغضيضا: أكل الغض، أو صار غضا متنعما، أو أصابته غضاضة
And ghaddada ta'gheedhan: he ate the fresh, or he became fresh and comfortable, or he was afflicted with ghaddadah.
وغضغضه: نقصه، كغضه فتغضغض
And ghaghada'ahu: he diminished it, like ghaddahu, so it became diminished.
والغضغضة: الغيض
And al-ghaghaghah: anger.
وغضا، بالضم والشد: ماء لبني عامر بن ربيعة، ما خلا بني البكاء
And Ghaddaa, with damma and shadda: a water source for Banu 'Amir ibn Rabi'ah, excluding Banu al-Bukka'.