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غيظ

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of intense anger, particularly a suppressed or latent rage felt by someone who is powerless. It also extends to the act of provoking such anger and the state of being enraged.

Derived headwords

الغَيْظnoun
  1. 1.
    hidden anger for the helplessboth

    hidden anger for the helpless

غَاظَverb
  1. 1.
    he angered himboth

    he angered him

مُغِيظadjective
  1. 1.
    angered, enragedboth

    angered, enraged

غيظname
  1. 1.
    Ghayzclassical

    A proper name of a man, son of Murrah ibn 'Awf.

غَايَظَverb
  1. 1.
    he provoked him to angerboth

    he provoked him to anger

اغْتَاظَverb
  1. 1.
    he became angryboth

    he became angry

تَغَيَّظَverb
  1. 1.
    he became angryboth

    he became angry

Parallel reading

الغيظ: غضب كامن للعاجز.
Al-ghayz: suppressed anger of the powerless.
يقال: غاظه فهو مغيط.
It is said: He angered him, and he is enraged.
قالت قتيلة بنت النضر ابن الحرث ... : ما كان ضرك لو مننت وربما * من الفتى وهو المغيظ المحنق
Qutaylah bint al-Nadr ibn al-Harith said...: What harm would it have done you if you had shown mercy? And sometimes * from a young man, and he is the enraged, the furious.
قال ابن السكيت: ولا يقال أغاظه.
Ibn al-Sikkit said: And it is not said 'aghazahu' (he provoked him to anger).
وغيث: اسم رجل، وهو غيظ بن مرة ابن عوف بن سعد بن ذبيان بن بغيض بن ريث ابن غطفان.
And Ghayz: is the name of a man, and he is Ghayz ibn Murrah ibn 'Awf ibn Sa'd ibn Dhibyan ibn Baghidh ibn Rayth ibn Ghaftan.
وغايظه فاغتاظ وتغيظ بمعنى.
And he provoked him to anger, so he became enraged and showed anger, meaning the same.