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غنظ

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns intense distress, hardship, and near-death experiences due to overwhelming difficulty. It describes a state of extreme suffering and the feeling of being on the brink of death, often from severe affliction.

Derived headwords

غَنَظٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Extreme distressclassical

    The most intense form of suffering or affliction.

غَنِظَverb
  1. 1.
    To afflict severelyclassical

    To cause someone extreme hardship or distress, to make something difficult and arduous.

غَنَظٌnoun
  1. 1.
    Hardshipclassical

    A state of difficulty or struggle that is arduous and taxing.

مُغَنَّظٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Severely afflictedclassical

    One who is experiencing extreme distress or hardship.

مُغَانِظٌadjective
  1. 1.
    Enduring hardshipclassical

    A man who endures or is subjected to severe difficulties and afflictions.

غَنَّظَ بِهِverb
  1. 1.
    To denounceclassical

    To publicly shame, denounce, or make someone hear unpleasant things.

Parallel reading

أشد الكرب
The most intense distress.
قد غنظه الامر يغنظه غنظا
The matter afflicted him severely, causing him distress.
أي جهده وشق عليه
Meaning it exhausted him and made things difficult for him.
فهو مغنوظ
And he is one who is severely afflicted.
هو أن يشرف الرجل على الموت من الكرب ثم يفلت منه
It is when a man is on the verge of death from distress, then escapes it.
ولقد لقيت فوارسا من رهطنا * غنظوك غنظ جرادة العيار
And indeed I met knights from our kin * who afflicted you with the distress of a restless locust.
غنظ ليس كالغنظ
A distress not like [this] distress.
وكظ ليس كالكظ
And a suppression not like [this] suppression.
ورجل مغانظ
And a man enduring hardship.
جاف دلنظى عرك مغانظ * أهوج إلا أنه مماظظ
Rough, strong, enduring hardship, wild, except that he is persistent.
غنظى به
He denounced him.
أي ندد به وأسمعه المكروه
Meaning he shamed him and made him hear unpleasant things.