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غاض

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of decrease, reduction, or diminution, particularly related to water levels, but also extending to prices, the womb, and even tears. It also encompasses related nouns for specific natural phenomena and places.

Derived headwords

غَاضَverb
  1. 1.
    to decreaseboth

    Water decreased or diminished in quantity.

يَغِيضُverb
  1. 1.
    to decreaseboth

    The water decreases or diminishes in quantity.

غَيْضًاnoun
  1. 1.
    decreaseboth

    A decrease or diminution in quantity.

مَغَاضًاnoun
  1. 1.
    decreaseboth

    A decrease or diminution in quantity.

كَانْغَاضَverb
  1. 1.
    to decreaseclassical

    The water decreased or diminished in quantity.

نَقَصَverb
  1. 1.
    to decreaseboth

    The price of a commodity decreased.

نَقَصَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to decreaseboth

    He decreased the water and the price of the commodity.

أَغَاضَverb
  1. 1.
    to decreaseboth

    He decreased the water and the price of the commodity.

تَغِيضُverb
  1. 1.
    to decreaseclassical

    The wombs do not decrease (i.e., what is not completed of seven months).

الغَيْضnoun
  1. 1.
    miscarriageclassical

    A miscarriage, an aborted fetus whose creation was not completed.

الغَيْضnoun
  1. 1.
    date palm spatheclassical

    The spathe of a date palm, or the fibrous material emerging from its sheath, all of which is eaten.

الغَيْضَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thicketboth

    A thicket or dense growth of trees, especially in a place where water collects.

الغَيْضَةnoun
  1. 1.
    thicketclassical

    A thicket, specifically of reeds or similar plants, or a dense collection of trees in a place where water gathers.

غَيَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    thicketsboth

    Plural of الغيضة (thicket).

أَغْيَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    thicketsboth

    Plural of الغيضة (thicket).

غَيْضًاnoun
  1. 1.
    a littleboth

    A small amount from a large quantity.

تَغْيِيضًاnoun
  1. 1.
    reductionclassical

    The act of reducing or diminishing.

تَغْيِيضَverb
  1. 1.
    to reduceclassical

    He reduced his tears.

أَلِفَverb
  1. 1.
    to become accustomedboth

    The lion became accustomed to the thicket.

Parallel reading

غاض الماء يغيض غيضا ومغاضا: قل ونقص
The water decreased, decreasing, a decrease and a diminution: it became little and diminished.
و ثمن السلعة: نقص
And the price of the commodity: it decreased.
و الماء وثمن السلعة: نقصهما
And the water and the price of the commodity: he decreased them.
كأغاض
Like he decreased.
وما تغيض الأرحام أي: ما تنقص من سبعة الأشهر
And the wombs do not decrease, meaning: what is not completed of seven months.
والغيض: السقط الذي لم يتم خلقه
And Al-Ghaydh: the miscarriage, whose creation was not completed.
وبالكسر: الطلع، أو العجم الخارج من ليفه، وذلك يؤكل كله
And with Kasr: the spathe, or the fibrous material emerging from its sheath, all of which is eaten.
والغيضة، بالفتح: الأجمة
And Al-Ghaydhah, with Fath: the thicket.
ومجتمع الشجر في مغيض ماء
And a gathering of trees in a place where water collects.
أو خاص بالغرب لا كل شجر
Or specific to reeds, not all trees.
ج: غياض وأغياض
Plural: Ghayadh and Aghyadh.
وناحية قرب الموصل
And a region near Mosul.
وأعطاه غيضا من فيض: قليلا من كثير
And he gave him a little from an abundance: a little from a lot.
وغيض دمعه تغييضا: نقصه
And he reduced his tears, a reduction: he diminished them.
و الأسد: ألف الغيضة
And the lion: he became accustomed to the thicket.