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Root entry · 34 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of going astray, deviating from the right path, and being led into error. It also extends to meanings of destruction, perishing, and sometimes refers to specific entities like locusts or places.

Derived headwords

غَوَى، يَغْوِي، غَيًّاverb
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    to go astrayboth

    To deviate from the right path, to be misguided or lost.

غَوِيَ، يَغْوَى، غَوَاءًverb
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    to go astrayclassical

    To deviate from the right path, to be misguided or lost. This form is not to be vocalized with kasra.

غَاوٍadjective
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    astrayboth

    One who has gone astray or is misguided.

غَوِيٌّadjective
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    astrayboth

    One who has gone astray or is misguided.

غَيَّانٌadjective
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    astrayboth

    One who has gone astray or is misguided.

أَغْوَىverb
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    to misleadboth

    To cause someone else to go astray or be misguided.

غَوَّاهُverb
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    to misleadboth

    To cause someone else to go astray or be misguided.

المَغْوَاةnoun
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    place of misguidanceboth

    A place or thing that causes misguidance or leads to destruction.

المَغْوَاةnoun
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    abyssclassical

    A deep pit or chasm, similar to a 'mahwah'.

مَغْوِيَّاتnoun
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    places of misguidanceboth

    Plural of 'maghwah', referring to things or places that cause misguidance or destruction.

الأَغْوِيَةnoun
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    destructionclassical

    Things that lead to destruction or perishing.

الأَغْوِيَةnoun
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    pitfallclassical

    A trap or pitfall, a place of ruin.

تَغَاوَوْاverb
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    to conspire to killclassical

    To cooperate together to kill someone, or to come from various directions.

غَوَىverb
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    to be bloatedclassical

    Said of a young camel (fasiil) that is bloated from drinking too much milk.

غَوِيَverb
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    to be weakclassical

    Said of a young camel (fasiil) that is weak due to being denied milk, to the point of near death.

غُوٌّadjective
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    bloatedclassical

    Describing a young camel that is bloated from milk.

وَلَدُ غَيَّةٍnoun phrase
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    illegitimate childclassical

    A child born out of wedlock; a bastard.

الغَاوِيnoun
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    locustsclassical

    A swarm of locusts.

غَيٌّnoun
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    valley in Hellclassical

    A valley or river located in Hell.

بَنُو غَيَّانname
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    Banu Ghayyanclassical

    A tribe that visited the Prophet Muhammad and was renamed 'Banu Rushdan'.

الغَوْغَاءnoun
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    locustsclassical

    A swarm of locusts.

الغَوْغَاءnoun
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    rabbleboth

    A mixed multitude of people; the common crowd.

غَاوَةnoun
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    mountainclassical

    A mountain named Ghawwah.

بَاتَ غَوًىverb phrase
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    to be emptyclassical

    To spend the night in a place that is deserted or empty.

بَاتَ غَوِيًّاverb phrase
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    to be emptyclassical

    To spend the night in a place that is deserted or empty.

بَاتَ مَغْوِيًّاverb phrase
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    to be emptyclassical

    To spend the night in a place that is deserted or empty.

مَغْوِيَةnoun
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    nicknameclassical

    A nickname given to Ajram bin Nahis.

أَبُو مَغْوِيَةname
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    Abu Maghwiyahclassical

    A name for Abd al-Uzza, renamed by the Prophet Muhammad as Abd al-Rahman.

الغَاغَةnoun
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    plantclassical

    A type of plant.

الغَاوِيَةnoun
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    water skinclassical

    A large water skin or waterskin.

انْغَوَىverb
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    to fall downclassical

    To descend or fall down.

انْغَوَىverb
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    to inclineclassical

    To lean towards something or be inclined.

غَوَّيْتُ اللَّبَنَverb phrase
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    to curdle milkclassical

    To cause milk to become curdled or sour.

رَأْسٌ غَاوٍnoun phrase
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    small headclassical

    A small head.

Parallel reading

يتبعهم الغاوون
And the deviators will follow them.
ضل، وغواه غيره وأغواه وغواه
He went astray, and others misled him and caused him to go astray and led him to perdition.
والمغواة، مشددة: المضلة، كالمغواة، كمهواة
And al-maghwah, with shaddah: the misleading thing, like al-maghwah, like a chasm.
والأغوية، كأثفية: المهلكة، والزبية
And al-aghwiyah, like athfiyah: the destructive thing, and the pit.
وتغاووا عليه: تعاونوا عليه فقتلوه، أو جاؤوا من ههنا وههنا، وإن لم يقتلوه
And they conspired against him: they cooperated to kill him, or they came from here and there, even if they did not kill him.
وغوي الفصيل، كرضي ورمى، غوى، فهو غو: بشم من اللبن، أو منع الرضاع فهزل، وكاد يهلك
And the young camel went astray, like 'radiya' and 'rama', it went astray, so it is 'ghu': bloated from milk, or denied milk so it became weak and almost perished.
وولد غية، ويكسر: زنية
And a child of 'ghayyah', and it is vocalized with kasra: an illegitimate child.
والغاوي: الجراد
And al-ghawi: locusts.
وغَيٌّ: واد في جهنم، أو نهر، أعاذنا الله من ذلك
And Ghayy: a valley in Hell, or a river, may Allah protect us from that.
وبنو غيان: حي وفدوا على رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، فسماهم: بني رشدان
And Banu Ghayyan: a tribe that came as a delegation to the Messenger of Allah, peace be upon him, so he named them: Banu Rushdan.
والغوغاء: الجراد، والكثير المختلط من الناس، كالغاغة
And al-ghawghaa': locusts, and the mixed multitude of people, like al-ghaghah.
وغاوة: جبل
And Ghawwah: a mountain.
وبِتْ غَوَى وغويا ومغويا: مخليا
And he spent the night in a deserted place, and in a deserted place, and in a deserted place: empty.
ومغوية، كمعصية: لقب أجرم بن ناهس
And Maghwiyah, like ma'siyah: a nickname of Ajram bin Nahis.
وأبو مغوية، كمحسنة: عبد العزى، سماه النبي، صلى الله عليه وسلم، عبد الرحمن
And Abu Maghwiyah, like muhsinah: Abd al-Uzza, the Prophet, peace be upon him, named him Abd al-Rahman.
والغاغة: نبات
And al-ghaghah: a plant.
والغاوية: الراوية
And al-ghawiyah: the waterskin.
وانغوى: انهوى، ومال
And inghawa: he fell down, and he inclined.
وغويت اللبن تغوية: صيرته رائبا
And I curdled the milk with 'taghwiyah': I made it curdled.
ورأس غاو: صغير
And a small head: small.