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غنظه

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to hardship, distress, and difficulty. It also encompasses concepts of being on the verge of destruction and a specific type of date.

Derived headwords

غَنَظَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to trouble, distressboth

    When an affair troubles or distresses someone, making it difficult for them.

  2. 2.
    to be difficultclassical

    The affair was difficult and arduous for him.

يَغْنَظُهُverb
  1. 1.
    it troubles himboth

    The affair troubles him and makes things difficult.

غَنَظٌnoun
  1. 1.
    distress, hardshipboth

    A state of deep worry, constant anxiety, or severe hardship.

  2. 2.
    imminent destructionclassical

    Being on the brink of perishing or facing utter ruin.

غُنْظٌnoun
  1. 1.
    distress, hardshipboth

    A state of deep worry, constant anxiety, or severe hardship.

  2. 2.
    imminent destructionclassical

    Being on the brink of perishing or facing utter ruin.

غُنْظَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    distress, hardshipboth

    A state of deep worry, constant anxiety, or severe hardship.

  2. 2.
    imminent destructionclassical

    Being on the brink of perishing or facing utter ruin.

غُنْظَةٌ (كأمير)noun
  1. 1.
    dates picked earlyclassical

    A type of unripe date that is picked from the palm trees and left to ripen on its clusters.

غُنْظِيَانadjective
  1. 1.
    vulgar, foul-mouthedclassical

    A man who is coarse, vulgar, and uses offensive language.

غُنْظِيَ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    to be like عنظىclassical

    To be like someone who is coarse and vulgar, or to be in a state of distress.

غَنَاظِيكadverb
  1. 1.
    repeatedly, time and againclassical

    Used to indicate that something is done or happens repeatedly, causing difficulty each time.

Parallel reading

غنظه الأمر يغنظه: جهده، وشق عليه.
The affair troubled him, making it difficult and arduous for him.
والغنظ: الكرب، والهم اللازم، ويحرك، وأن يشرف على الهلكة.
And al-ghanẓ is distress, persistent worry, and to be on the verge of destruction.
وكأمير: البسر يقطع من النخل، فيترك حتى ينضج في عذوقه.
And like 'amīr: it refers to unripe dates picked from the palm trees, left to ripen on their clusters.
ورجل غنظيان، بالكسر: فاحش بذي.
And a man ghunẓiyān, with kasra: is vulgar and foul-mouthed.
وغنظى به: عنظى.
And ghunẓā bihi: means to be like 'unẓā (vulgar or distressed).
وفعل ذلك غناظيك، ويكسر، أي: ليشق عليك مرة بعد مرة.
And he did that ghunāẓīka, and with kasra, meaning: to make it difficult for you time after time.