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غوى

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of going astray, deviating from the right path, and experiencing failure or disappointment. It encompasses both the state of being misguided and the act of leading others astray.

Derived headwords

الغَيّnoun
  1. 1.
    error, strayingboth

    error, straying

  2. 2.
    and disappointment alsoboth

    and disappointment also

  3. 3.
    he spoke falsehoodboth

    he spoke falsehood

  4. 4.
    he nullified itboth

    he nullified it

غَوِيَverb
  1. 1.
    he went astray, he erred, with kasra, ghayan and ghawayatan alsoboth

    he went astray, he erred, with kasra, ghayan and ghawayatan also

غَوَىverb
  1. 1.
    he went astray, he erred, with kasra, ghayan and ghawayatan alsoboth

    he went astray, he erred, with kasra, ghayan and ghawayatan also

Parallel reading

الغي: الضلال والخيبة أيضا.
Al-ghayy: misguidance and also failure.
وقد غوي بالفتح يغوي
And he went astray (with fatḥa) he misleads.