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غرض

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of a target, aim, or objective, whether literal or figurative. It extends to meanings of boredom, longing, and intense desire, as well as physical states like freshness and fullness. It also encompasses actions related to aiming, filling, and even breaking.

Derived headwords

الغَرَضnoun
  1. 1.
    targetboth

    A literal target for shooting, or a figurative objective one aims to achieve.

  2. 2.
    boredomboth

    A state of weariness, tedium, or ennui.

  3. 3.
    longingboth

    Intense desire or yearning for something or someone.

  4. 4.
    purposeboth

    The underlying reason or intention behind something.

  5. 5.
    strapclassical

    A strap or girth used for securing a saddle or pack.

  6. 6.
    gorgeclassical

    A ravine or gorge in a valley.

  7. 7.
    water sourceclassical

    A place where water is found.

  8. 8.
    slacknessclassical

    A deficiency or lack, particularly in animal hides.

  9. 9.
    bendingclassical

    A bending or folding.

  10. 10.
    stoppingclassical

    Cessation or refraining from something.

  11. 11.
    hasteningclassical

    Expediting something beyond its proper time.

غَرَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to aimboth

    To set something as a target or objective.

  2. 2.
    to be boredboth

    To become weary or bored.

  3. 3.
    to long forboth

    To feel intense desire or yearning for something.

  4. 4.
    to fillclassical

    To fill a container like a waterskin or basin.

  5. 5.
    to diminishclassical

    To reduce something from being full.

  6. 6.
    to churnclassical

    To churn a waterskin, especially before the butter forms.

  7. 7.
    to weanclassical

    To wean a young animal before it is ready.

  8. 8.
    to pickclassical

    To pick or harvest something while it is fresh.

  9. 9.
    to breakclassical

    To break something without it falling apart.

  10. 10.
    to hastenclassical

    To expedite something beyond its proper time.

غَرِيضadjective
  1. 1.
    freshboth

    Newly made, young, or tender, especially referring to meat or fruit.

  2. 2.
    newclassical

    Newly created or introduced, like music.

  3. 3.
    tender dateclassical

    Fresh, tender dates.

  4. 4.
    fresh waterclassical

    Fresh rainwater.

المُغَرَّضadjective
  1. 1.
    freshclassical

    Fresh, especially referring to rainwater.

الإغْرِيضnoun
  1. 1.
    date spatheclassical

    The spathe of a date palm, especially when it begins to split open.

  2. 2.
    white substanceclassical

    Anything white and tender, like milk or the inside of a date spathe.

  3. 3.
    coldclassical

    Intense cold.

  4. 4.
    rain showerclassical

    A large rain shower, appearing like spearheads.

غَرَّضَverb
  1. 1.
    to eat fresh meatclassical

    To eat fresh, tender meat.

  2. 2.
    to enjoyclassical

    To take pleasure in or amuse oneself.

تَغْرِيضnoun
  1. 1.
    eating fresh meatclassical

    The act of eating fresh, tender meat.

  2. 2.
    enjoymentclassical

    The act of taking pleasure or amusing oneself.

غُرُوضnoun
  1. 1.
    strapsclassical

    Plural of غرض, referring to straps or girths.

  2. 2.
    gorgesclassical

    Plural of غرض, referring to ravines or gorges.

  3. 3.
    foldsclassical

    Folds or creases, especially of a garment.

أغْرَاضnoun
  1. 1.
    targetsboth

    Plural of غرض, referring to targets or objectives.

  2. 2.
    strapsclassical

    Plural of غرض, referring to straps or girths.

الغَرَضَةnoun
  1. 1.
    strapclassical

    A strap or girth, similar to الغرض.

  2. 2.
    girthclassical

    The part of a saddle that goes under the horse.

غَرَضَانnoun
  1. 1.
    gorgesclassical

    Plural of غرض, referring to ravines or gorges.

المِغْرَضnoun
  1. 1.
    girth areaclassical

    The area on an animal's belly where the girth is placed.

  2. 2.
    shoulder boneclassical

    The top of the shoulder bone.

  3. 3.
    bellyclassical

    The belly of an animal.

غَرَضٌnoun
  1. 1.
    boredomclassical

    A state of weariness or boredom.

  2. 2.
    longingclassical

    A state of intense desire or longing.

غَرِيضَةnoun
  1. 1.
    type of sallowiqclassical

    A type of sallowiq made from roasted grain.

  2. 2.
    early rainclassical

    The first drops of rain.

غَرِيضnoun
  1. 1.
    fresh waterclassical

    Fresh water, especially rainwater.

اغْتَرَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to make something one's goalclassical

    To adopt something as one's objective or target.

  2. 2.
    to die youngclassical

    To die at a young age.

أغْرَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to make doughclassical

    To make dough, especially for the first time.

  2. 2.
    to tieclassical

    To tie an animal with a girth or strap.

  3. 3.
    to achieve the goalclassical

    To attain or achieve a goal.

اِنْغَرَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to bend and breakclassical

    To bend and break without completely separating.

الغَارِضadjective
  1. 1.
    early watererclassical

    One who comes to water animals early in the morning.

  2. 2.
    long-nosedclassical

    Having a long nose.

غَارَضَverb
  1. 1.
    to water earlyclassical

    To bring animals to water early in the morning.

الغَرَضُوفnoun
  1. 1.
    nasal boneclassical

    The bone in the upper part of the nose.

غَرِيضًاadverb
  1. 1.
    freshlyclassical

    In a fresh or new manner.

  2. 2.
    early in the dayclassical

    At the beginning of the day.

الغَرَضُnoun
  1. 1.
    goalboth

    The aim or purpose of something.

Parallel reading

الغرض محركة: هدف يرمى فيه
The target is a moving thing: a goal that is shot at.
ج أغراض، كسبب وأسباب
Its plural is aghrad, like sabab and asbab.
وكثر ذلك حتى قيل: الناس أغراض المنية
And this became so common that it was said: People are targets of death.
وجعلتني غرضا لشتمك
And you made me a target for your insults.
ثم جعل اسما لكل غاية يتحرى إدراكها
Then it was made a name for every goal one seeks to achieve.
الغرض: الضجر، والملال
Al-gharad: boredom, and weariness.
فأقمت بها حتى اشتد غرضي أي ضجري وملالي
So I stayed there until my boredom and weariness intensified.
إذا فاته الغرض، فته الغرض
If he misses the goal, he becomes bored.
الغرض أيضا: شدة النزاع نحو الشيء والشوق إليه
Al-gharad also: intense striving towards something and longing for it.
غرض، كفرح، فيهما
Gharada, like faraha, in both senses.
يقال: غرض منه غرضا، فهو غرض، أي ضجر وقلق
It is said: He became bored of it, so he is bored, meaning weary and restless.
كان إذا مشى عرف في مشيه أنه غير غرض أي غير قلق
When he walked, it was known from his gait that he was not restless, meaning not anxious.
يقال: غرض إلى لقائه غرضا، فهو غرض: اشتاق إليه
It is said: He longed to meet him, so he is longing: he yearned for him.
أني غرضت إلى تناصف وجهها غرض المحب إلى الحبيب الغائب
That I longed for the symmetry of her face, like a lover longs for a distant beloved.
إنما عدي بإلى لتضمنه معنى اشتقت وحننت
It is only connected with 'ila' because it includes the meaning of 'I longed' and 'I yearned'.
الغرض المخافة
Al-gharad: fear.
غرض الشيء غرضا، كصغر صغرا فهو غريض، أي طري
Something became ghareedan, like something became sagheera, so it is ghareed, meaning fresh.
يقال: لحم، غريض
It is said: meat, fresh.
يظل مغبا عندها من فرائس رفات عظام أو غريض مشرشر
He stays with her at night from the remains of bones or fresh, cut prey.
الغريض: المغني المجيد، من المحسنين المشهورين، سمي للينه
Al-ghareed: the excellent singer, among the famous good doers, named for his gentleness.
الغريض: كل غناء محدث طري
Al-ghareed: all new, fresh singing.
ماء المطر غريض لطراءته، كالمغروض
Rainwater is ghareed for its freshness, like maghrood.
بغريض سارية أدرته الصبا من ماء أسجر طيب المستنقع
With fresh water from a north wind that stirred it, from the water of a stagnant pool.
يقال: كل أبيض طري غريض
It is said: Everything white and tender is ghareed.
الغريض: الطلع، كالإغريض
Al-ghareed: the date spathe, like al-ighreed.
الإغريض: الطلع حين ينشق عن كافوره
Al-ighreed: the date spathe when it splits open from its camphor.
كأن ثوبها إغريض، وريقها ريق غريض، يشفى برشفه المريض
As if her garment were a date spathe, and her saliva a fresh saliva, that heals the sick with its sip.
غرض الإناء يغرضه، من حد ضرب: ملأه
He filled the vessel, yaghriḍuhu, from the verb daraba: he filled it.
وكذا غرض السقاء والحوض، إذا ملأهما
And likewise he filled the waterskin and the basin, if he filled them.
لا تأويا للحوض أن يغيضا أن تغرضا خير من أن تغيضا
Do not go to the basin lest you fill it; to fill it is better than to leave it empty.
الغرض: أن يكون في جلودها نقصان
Al-gharad: that there be a deficiency in their hides.
غرض السقاء غرضا: مخضه، فإذا ثمر، أي صار ثميرة قبل أن يجتمع زبده صبه فسقاه القوم
He churned the waterskin, gharaḍan: he churned it, and when it produced butter, meaning it became butter before its cream gathered, he poured it and gave it to the people to drink.
يقال أيضا: غرض السخل يغرضه غرضا، إذا فطمه قبل إناه، أي قبل إدراكه
It is also said: He weaned the lamb, yaghriḍuhu, gharaḍan, meaning he weaned it before its time, i.e., before its maturity.
غرض الشيء يغرضه غرضا: اجتناه غريضا، أي طريا، أو أخذه كذلك، أي طريا
He picked the thing, yaghriḍuhu, gharaḍan: he picked it fresh, meaning tender, or took it as such, meaning fresh.
والغرض للرحل كالحزام للسرج، والبطان للقتب
And the gharaḍ for a camel saddle is like the girth for a horse saddle, and the bellyband for a camel saddle.
لا تشد الغرض إلا إلى ثلاثة مساجد: المسجد الحرام، ومسجدي هذا، ومسجد بيت المقدس
Do not tie the gharaḍ except to three mosques: the Sacred Mosque, this mosque of mine, and the mosque of Jerusalem.
الغرض: شعبة في الوادي غير كاملة، أو أكبر من الهجيج
Al-gharad: a branch in the valley that is not complete, or larger than the hujeij.
الغرض: موضع ماء
Al-gharad: a place of water.
الغرض: التثني
Al-gharad: bending.
الغرض: أن يكون سمينا فيهزل فيبقى في جسده غروض
Al-gharad: to be fat and then become thin, leaving folds in his body.
الغرض: الكف
Al-gharad: stopping.
يقال: غرضت منه، أي كففت
It is said: I stopped from it, meaning I refrained.
الغرض: إعجال الشيء عن وقته
Al-gharad: expediting something beyond its time.
والمغرض، كمنزل، من البعير، كالمحزم للفرس
And al-maghriḍ, like manzil, from a camel, is like al-miḥzam for a horse.
وهي جوانب البطن أسفل الأضلاع التي هي مواضع الغرض من بطونها
And they are the sides of the belly below the ribs, which are the places of the gharaḍ in their bellies.
يشربن حتى تنقض المغارض لا عائف منها ولا معارض
They drink until the maghariḍ are full, with no one to blame or oppose.
ثم اضطغنت سلاحي عند مغرضها ومرفق كرئاس السيف إذ شسفا
Then I took my weapon at its maghriḍ, and an elbow like the head of a sword when it became blunt.
عشيت جابان حتى اشتد مغرضه وكاد يهلك لولا أنه طافا
Jaban was weak until his maghriḍ intensified, and he almost perished were it not that he circled.
وقيل: هو باطن ما بين العضد منقطع الشراسيف
And it was said: It is the inner part between the upper arm and the end of the ribs.
طويت الثوب على غروضه، أي غروره
I folded the garment along its folds, meaning its creases.
في الأنف غرضان، بالضم، مثنى غرض
In the nose are two gharaḍan, with damma, the dual of gharaḍ.
وهما ما انحدر من قصبة الأنف من جانبيه جميعا، وفيهما عرق البهر
And they are what descends from the bridge of the nose from both its sides, and in them is the vein of the diaphragm.
كرام ينال الماء قبل شفاههم لهم واردات الغرض شم الأرانب
Noble ones who reach water before their lips; they have arrivals at the gharaḍ, sniffing like rabbits.
الغارض من الأنوف: الطويل
Al-ghariḍ from noses: the long one.
من ورد الماء باكرا
From coming to water early.
يقال: وردت الماء غارضا أي مبكرا
It is said: I came to the water ghariḍan, meaning early.
وذلك الماء غريض، ويروى بالعين المهملة
And that water is ghareed, and it is narrated with the unpointed 'ayn.
أغرض لهم غريضا، أي عجن عجينا ابتكره، ولم يطعمهم بائتا
He made for them ghareedan, meaning he kneaded a dough he invented, and did not feed them stale food.
غرضت للضيف غريضا: أطعمتهم طعاما غير بائت
I prepared ghareedan for the guest: I fed them food that was not stale.
أغرض الناقة: شدها بالغرضة والغرض، كغرضها غرضا
He saddled the she-camel with the gharaḍah and the gharaḍ, like he saddled her, gharaḍan.
غرض الرجل تغريضا: أكل اللحم الغريض، أي الطري
The man ate ghareeḍan, meaning tender meat.
غرض أيضا: تفكه
He also gharaḍa: he amused himself.
تغرض الغصن، إذا انكسر ولم يتحطم
The branch became tagharraḍa, if it broke without shattering.
انغرض الغصن: تثنى وانكسر انكسارا غير بائن
The branch ingharaḍa: it bent and broke with a break that was not complete.
غارض إبله، إذا أوردها غارضا، أي بكرة
He gharaḍa his camels, if he brought them to water ghariḍan, meaning early in the morning.
المغرض، كمعظم: موضع الغرضة
Al-maghriḍ, like muʿaẓẓam: the place of the gharaḍah.
ويقال للبطن: المغرض
And the belly is called: al-maghriḍ.
هو الموضع الذي يقع عليه الغرض أو الغرضة
It is the place where the gharaḍ or gharaḍah falls.
إلى أمون تشتكي المغرضا
To a she-camel complaining of the maghriḍ.
يغتال طول نسعه وأغرضه بنفخ جنبيه وعرض ربضه
He measures the length of its girth and its aghraḍihi by inflating its sides and the width of its resting place.
غرض الشيء يغرضه غرضا، أي كسره كسرا لم يبن
He broke the thing, yaghriḍuhu, gharaḍan, meaning he broke it in a way that it did not fall apart.
الغريض: الطري من التمر
Al-ghareed: the fresh dates.
غرضت له غريضا: سقيته لبنا حليبا
I prepared ghareedan for him: I gave him fresh milk to drink.
وأتيته غارضا: أول النهار
And I came to him ghariḍan: at the beginning of the day.
الغريضة: ضرب من السويق، يصرم من الزرع ما يراد حتى يستفرك، ثم يشهى، وتشهيته أن يسخن على المقلى حتى ييبس، وإن شاء جعل معه على المقلى حبقا، فهو أطيب لطعمه، وهو أطيب سويق
Al-ghareedah: a type of sallowiq, from which the desired grain is harvested until it is rubbed, then it is desired, and its desire is to be heated on the pan until it dries, and if one wishes, they can put habaqa with it on the pan, which makes it tastier and the best sallowiq.
الغريض: الماء الذي ورد عليه باكرا
Al-ghareed: the water that was reached early.
الغرض: القصد
Al-gharaḍ: the intention.
فهمت غرضك، أي قصدك
I understood your gharaḍ, meaning your intention.
غرضه كذا، أي حاجته وبغيته
His gharaḍ is such and such, meaning his need and his desire.
اغترض الشيء: جعله غرضه
He took the thing: he made it his gharaḍ.
غرض أنف الرجل: شرب فنال أنفه الماء من قبل شفته
The man's nose gharaḍa: he drank and his nose reached the water from before his lip.
الإغريض: البرد
Al-ighreed: the cold.
وأبيض كالإغريض لم يتثلم
And white like al-ighreed, not chipped.
الإغريض: ما في جوف الطلعة
Al-ighreed: what is in the core of the spathe.
يميح بعود الضرو إغريض بغشة جلا ظلمة ما دون أن يتهمما
He waters with the stick of the darwa, a shower of rain, clearing darkness until it is almost dawn.
غرض في سقائك، أي لا تملأه
Gharriḍ in your waterskin, meaning do not fill it.
فلان بحر لا يغرض، أي لا ينزح
So-and-so is a sea that does not run dry, meaning it is inexhaustible.
اغترض فلان: مات شابا، نحو اختضر
So-and-so aghtaraḍa: he died young, like ikhtaḍara.
أغرض الرجل: أصاب الغرض
The man aghraḍa: he achieved the goal.