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Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root appears to be related to the concept of nourishment, feeding, and sustenance. It encompasses the act of providing food and the state of being nourished.

Derived headwords

غَذِيتهُverb
  1. 1.
    I nourished himboth

    This is the first-person singular past tense of the verb, meaning to provide food or sustenance to someone.

غَذَوتهُverb
  1. 1.
    I nourished himclassical

    This is an alternative form of the verb, also meaning to provide food or sustenance. The variation in vowelization (yāʼ vs. wāw) might indicate a dialectal or older form.

Parallel reading

غَذِيتهُ: غَذَوتهُ
I nourished him: I nourished him.
ولم يعرفه الجوهري، فأنكره.
And al-Jawhari did not know it, so he rejected it.