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الغيظ

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intense anger, its onset, and expressions of it. It encompasses the feeling of anger itself, the act of provoking anger in others, and the state of being angered. The root also touches upon the intense heat of midday as a metaphorical extension of this fiery emotion.

Derived headwords

الغَيْظnoun
  1. 1.
    Angerboth

    Intense anger, or its peak and beginning.

غَاظَverb
  1. 1.
    To angerboth

    To cause someone to become angry; to provoke anger.

يَغِيظُverb
  1. 1.
    To anger (present)both

    The present tense form of 'to anger', indicating the ongoing action of provoking anger.

اغْتَاظَverb
  1. 1.
    To become angryboth

    To become angry; to feel anger.

تَغَيَّظَverb
  1. 1.
    To show angerboth

    To express or show anger, often implying a deliberate or outward display of the emotion.

  2. 2.
    To become intensely hotclassical

    Used to describe the intense heat of midday (al-hājarah).

أَغَاظَverb
  1. 1.
    To greatly angerboth

    To cause someone to become greatly angered; to intensely provoke anger.

غَايَظَverb
  1. 1.
    To contend in angerclassical

    To engage in a contest or rivalry of anger, or to provoke anger in return.

غَيَاظَكnoun
  1. 1.
    Your angerclassical

    A term referring to one's anger, similar to 'ghayẓak'.

غَيَاظِيكnoun
  1. 1.
    Your angerclassical

    A term referring to one's anger, similar to 'ghayẓak'.

Parallel reading

الغيظ: الغضب، أو أشده، أو سورته وأوله
Al-ghayẓ: Anger, or its intensity, or its surge and beginning.
غازه يغيظه
He angered him, he angers him.
فاغتاظ
And he became angry.
وغيظه فتغيظ
And he angered him, so he showed anger.
وأغاظه
And he greatly angered him.
وغايظه
And he contended with him in anger.
وتغيظت الهاجرة: اشتد حميها
And the midday heat became intense: its heat intensified.
وفعل غياظك وغياظيك، بكسرهما: كغناظيك
And the verb 'ghayāẓak' and 'ghayāẓīk', with their kasra: is like 'ghanāzīk'.