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Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the concept of boiling, overheating, or becoming excessively hot. It also extends to meanings of preciousness or high value, and metaphorically to intense emotions or actions.

Derived headwords

غَلَاverb
  1. 1.
    to boilboth

    To reach the boiling point, to bubble vigorously due to heat.

  2. 2.
    to be expensiveboth

    To have a high price or cost.

  3. 3.
    to be excessiveclassical

    To exceed normal limits, to be too much.

تَغَلَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to become heatedboth

    To become intensely hot or to boil over.

  2. 2.
    to be preciousclassical

    To be highly valued or esteemed.

  3. 3.
    to pretend to be preciousclassical

    To act as if one is highly valued or important.

غَلَيَانnoun
  1. 1.
    boilingboth

    The state or action of boiling; intense heat.

  2. 2.
    fervorclassical

    Intense emotion or activity.

غَلْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    boilboth

    A single instance or period of boiling.

أَغْلَىverb
  1. 1.
    to make boilboth

    To cause something to boil or become very hot.

  2. 2.
    to make expensiveclassical

    To cause something to become costly or highly priced.

غَالِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    perfumeboth

    A precious or expensive type of perfume or incense.

  2. 2.
    precious thingclassical

    Something highly valued or esteemed.

تَغَلِّيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    pretending to be preciousclassical

    The act of acting as if one is highly valued or important.

  2. 2.
    greeting from afarclassical

    To greet someone from a distance with a gesture.

غَلَوَانnoun
  1. 1.
    boilingclassical

    The state of boiling or intense heat.

غَلَايَةnoun
  1. 1.
    kettlemodern

    A vessel used for boiling water.

Parallel reading

غَلَتِ القِدْرُ تَغْلِي غَلَيَانًا
The pot boiled, boiling intensely.
وَأَغْلَاهَا
And he made it boil.
وَغَلَاهَا
And he made it boil.
وَالغَالِيَةُ طِيبٌ
And al-ghaliya is perfume.
وَتَغَلَّى: تَخَلَّقَ بِهَا
And taghalla: he pretended to be precious.
وَالغَلَانِيَةُ: التَّغَالِي بِالشَّيْءِ
And al-ghalaniyah: the act of pretending to be precious with something.
وَالنُّونُ زَائِدَةٌ
And the 'nun' is an addition.
وَالتَّغْلِيَةُ: أَنْ تُسَلِّمَ مِنْ بُعْدٍ وَتُشِيرَ
And al-taghliyah: to greet from a distance and gesture.