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غنو

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of wealth, richness, and sufficiency. It extends to the idea of singing or music, often linked to a state of being well-off or content.

Derived headwords

الغِنَىnoun
  1. 1.
    Wealthboth

    The state of being rich or having abundant resources.

  2. 2.
    Sufficiencyboth

    Having enough of something, to the point of not needing more.

غَنِيَverb
  1. 1.
    to be richboth

    To possess wealth or abundant resources.

  2. 2.
    to be sufficientboth

    To have enough of something; to be in a state of sufficiency.

الغِنْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Sufficiencyclassical

    A state of being sufficient or having enough, as in 'I have enough of it'.

  2. 2.
    Wealthclassical

    Synonymous with 'al-ghina' (wealth).

الغِنَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Singingboth

    The act or art of producing musical sounds with the voice.

  2. 2.
    Musicboth

    A type or genre of music.

Parallel reading

هو (الغنى. تقول: لي عنه غنوة أي غنا
It is 'al-ghina' (wealth). You say: 'I have ghunwah from it,' meaning 'I have ghina' (sufficiency).
والمعروف الغنية بالياء
And the known form is 'al-ghiniyah' with a 'ya'.
وتقول العامة الغنوة بالفتح، بمعنى النوع من الغناء، بالكسر والمد
And the common people say 'al-ghunwah' with a fatha, meaning a type of singing, with a kasra and madd.