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غلي

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of boiling, intense heat, and high prices. It extends to meanings of excessive action, strong emotion like anger, and valuable or expensive things.

Derived headwords

غَلَا، يَغْلِي، غَلْيًا، وغَلَيَانًاverb
  1. 1.
    to boilboth

    Used for liquids, especially water, reaching a high temperature and bubbling vigorously.

  2. 2.
    to be expensiveboth

    Referring to the high cost or price of goods or services.

  3. 3.
    to be excessiveclassical

    To go beyond limits or moderation in an action or behavior.

غلت القدر تغلي غليا — The pot boiled with a boiling.
أَغْلَاهَاverb
  1. 1.
    to make boilboth

    To cause something, like water, to reach the boiling point.

  2. 2.
    to make expensiveclassical

    To cause something to become costly or highly priced.

غَلَاهاverb
  1. 1.
    to make boilboth

    To cause something to boil.

  2. 2.
    to make expensiveclassical

    To cause something to become expensive.

غَالٍadjective
  1. 1.
    expensiveboth

    Having a high price or cost.

  2. 2.
    valuableboth

    Possessing great worth or importance.

  3. 3.
    strong (emotion)classical

    Intense, as in anger or passion.

نكحت المديني إذ جاءني فيا لك من نكحة غالية — I married the man from Medina when he came to me; oh, what a precious/expensive marriage it was!
غَالِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    perfumeboth

    A type of precious perfume, often made from a mixture of ingredients heated together.

  2. 2.
    expensive thingclassical

    Something of high value or cost.

غالية: طيب معروف — Ghaliya: a known perfume.
تَغَلَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to become angryclassical

    To experience intense anger or rage.

غلي الرجل: اشتد غضبه — The man became angry: his anger intensified.
تَغَلَّى الرجلverb
  1. 1.
    to behave excessivelyclassical

    To act in an extreme or immoderate way.

غَلَّانِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    excessivenessclassical

    The act of exceeding limits or being immoderate.

تَغْلِيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    greeting from afarclassical

    To greet someone from a distance with a gesture of peace.

تَغْلِيَةverb
  1. 1.
    to greet from afarclassical

    To offer a greeting or salutation from a distance.

غَلِيّname
  1. 1.
    tribe nameclassical

    A tribal name, specifically referring to Ghali bin Yazid bin Harb.

بنو غلي: بكسرتين، قبيلة من أصول جنب — Banu Ghali: with two kasras, a tribe from the origins of Junb.
المُغْلِيname
  1. 1.
    judge's epithetclassical

    An epithet for Alaa Ali bin Mahmoud Al-Sulmani Al-Hanbali, a judge.

ابن المغلي، بضم الميم وكسر اللام: هو العلاء علي بن محمود السلماني الحموي الحنبلي — Ibn Al-Mughli, with damma on the mim and kasra on the lam: he is Alaa Ali bin Mahmoud Al-Sulmani Al-Hanbali.
الغَالِيname
  1. 1.
    person's epithetclassical

    An epithet for Abu Mansur Muhammad bin Hamid bin Muhammad Al-Naysaburi.

أبو منصور محمد بن حامد بن محمد النيسابوري يعرف بالغالي — Abu Mansur Muhammad bin Hamid bin Muhammad Al-Naysaburi known as Al-Ghali.

Parallel reading

ولا أقول لقدر القوم قد غليت ولا أقول لباب الدار مغلوق
I do not say the people's pot has boiled, nor do I say the door is closed.
أي أني فصيح لا ألحن.
Meaning I am eloquent and do not make grammatical errors.
وإنما سميت لأنها أخلاط تغلى على النار مع بعضها.
It was named so because it is a mixture of ingredients that are boiled together on the fire.
فقال معاوية: غالية، أي ذات ثمن! غال
So Muawiyah said: 'Ghaliya', meaning of high price! Expensive.
نكحت المديني إذ جاءني فيا لك من نكحة غالية
I married the man from Medina when he came to me; oh, what a precious/expensive marriage it was!
وتغلى الرجل: تخلق بها، كتغلل بها
And the man became angry: he behaved with it (anger), like he behaved with it.
والغلانية، كالعلانية: التغالي بالشيء، والنون زائدة
And Al-Ghalaaniyah, like Al-Alaaniyah: exceeding in something, and the 'noon' is extra.
غلى الرجل: اشتد غضبه، عن ابن القطاع، وهو مجاز.
The man became angry: his anger intensified, from Ibn Al-Qatta', and it is metaphorical.