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by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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غضن غضو / غضى غط

غضو and غضى


1. ⇒ غضوغضى

غَضَا, aor. يَغْضُو; and غَضَى, aor. يَغْضَى: see 4; the former, in three places.

Root: غضو - Entry: 1. Dissociation: B

غَضَا, (Ḳ, TA,) aor. يَغْضُو, thus in the M, (TA,) inf. n. غُضُوٌّ. (Ḳ,* TḲ,) He, i. e. a man, [and app. it. i. e. a thing,] was, or became, such as is termed غَاضٍ [q. v.]. (Ḳ, TA. [In the TḲ it is mentioned only as said of a thing but the context in the Ḳ indicates that it is said of a man, and app. of a thing also.])

Root: غضو - Entry: 1. Dissociation: C
Root: غضو - Entry: 1. Dissociation: D

غَضِيَتِ الإِبِلُ, inf. n. غَضًا, The camels had a complaint (M, Ḳ, TA) of their bellies (Ḳ, TA) from eating of the trees called غَضًا. (M, Ḳ, TA.)

Root: غضو - Entry: 1. Signification: D2

And غَضِيَتِ الأَرْضُ The land abounded with the trees called غَضًا. (IḲṭṭ, TA.)


4. ⇒ اغضواغضى

اغضى, (Ḳ,) inf. n. إِغْضَآءٌ, (Ṣ,) He contracted his eyelids; drew them near together; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) like غَضَّ; (TA in art. غض;) [and] so اغضى عَيْنَهُ; said of a man: (Mṣb:) or he closed his eyelids upon his iris; so in the M; as alsoغَضَا↓, a dial. var. of اغضى, likewise mentioned by ISd; andغَضَى↓, aor. يَغْضَى, is also a dial. var. thereof: (TA:) or he made one of his eyelids to cleave to the other, that he might not see a thing, by reason of shame: (Ḥar p. 19:) or he put one of his eyelids upon the other from dislike of a thing. (Id. p. 492.) [See also 6.]

Root: غضو - Entry: 4. Signification: A2

Hence it is used in relation to forbearance: so that one says, أَغْضَى عَلَى القَذَى He held, or refrained, notwithstanding annoyance, spontaneously, without being asked, or without constraint: (Mṣb, TA:) or اغضى عَلَى قَذًى he bore annoyance patiently. (M, TA.) And اغضى عَنْهُ He feigned himself neglectful of it; [he closed his eyes from it;] he connived at it; as also اغمض عنه. (TA in art. غمض.) And [sometimes] الإِغْضَآءُ means The abstaining from proceeding to extremities. (Mgh in art. جوز.)

Root: غضو - Entry: 4. Signification: A3

Hence also, اغضى عَلَى الشَّىْءِ He was silent respecting the thing; and soغَضَا↓, aor. يَغْضُو. (Ḳ, TA.)

Root: غضو - Entry: 4. Signification: A4

And اغضى عَنْهُ طَرْفَهُ means He closed, or turned away, from him, or it, his eye, or eyes; syn. سَدَّهُ [in the CK شَدَّهُ], or صَدَّهُ: (Ḳ, TA:) so in the M. (TA.)

Root: غضو - Entry: 4. Dissociation: B

اغضى اللَّيْلُ The night was, or became, dark; (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ;) and covered everything (Ḳ, TA) with its darkness; from ISd; (TA;) as alsoغَضَا↓, aor. يَغْضُو. (Ḳ, TA. [See also غُضُوٌّ.])


6. ⇒ تغاضوتغاضى

تغاضى He contracted, or put together, his eyelids, that he might not see an evil, or unseemly, thing. (Ḥar p. 473. [See also 4.])

Root: غضو - Entry: 6. Signification: A2

And [hence,] تغاضى عَنْهُ i. q. تَغَافَلَ [i. e. He was, or he feigned himself, unmindful,, &c., of him, or it]: (Ḳ, TA:) like تَغَابَى عنه: mentioned by Az. (TA. [See, again, 4.])


غَضًا

غَضًا, said by Th to be written [thus] with ا but ISd says, I know not why this is; (TA;) [the latter, it seems, holding its last letter to be originally ى, not و;] A species of trees, (Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ,) well known, (Ḳ,) the wood of which is of the hardest of wood, and therefore there is hardness in its charcoal; (Mṣb;) it is of the plants of the sands, and has [sprigs, or foliage, of the kind termed] هَدَب [q. v.], like that called أَرْطًى; (TA;) and its fire is of long continuance: (Ḥar p. 60:) [see also رِمْثٌ: Mr. Palgrave (in his Travels, i. 38,) describes it as a shrub believed by him to be peculiar to the Arabian Peninsula, “of the genus Euphorbia, with a woody stem, often five or six feet in height, and innumerable round green twigs, very slender and flexible, forming a large feathery tuft, not ungraceful to the eye, while it affords some kind of shelter to the traveller, and food to his camels:”] the sing. [or rather n. un.] is غَضَاةٌ: (Ḳ:) and AḤn says that sometimes غَضَاتٌ is a pl. [of the n. un.]. (TA.)

Root: غضو - Entry: غَضًا Signification: A2

Hence, ذِئْبُ غَضًا [A wolf of trees, or shrubs, called غَضًا]; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) or, as in the handwriting of Aboo-Zekereeyà ذِئْبُ الغَضَا; and such is the most abominable, or malignant, or noxious, of wolves; for he comes not into close proximity to men save when he desires to attack: or this means the wolf of the covert of trees: for

Root: غضو - Entry: غَضًا Signification: A3

غَضًا signifies also A covert of trees: (TA:) and a غَيْضَة [i. e. thicket; or collection of tangled, or confused, or dense, trees;, &c.]. (Ḳ, TA.)

Root: غضو - Entry: غَضًا Signification: A4

أَهْلُ الغَضَا is an appellation of the people of Nejd, (Ḳ, TA,) because of the abundance of [the trees called] غضا there. (TA.)


غَضٍ

بَعِيرٌ غَضٍ A camel having a complaint of his belly from eating of the trees called غَضًا: and إِبِلٌ غَضِيَةٌ and غَضَايَا [camels having such a complaint]; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) like رَمِثَةٌ and رَمَاثَى. (Ṣ.)


غَضْيَا

غَضْيَا: see غَضْيَآءُ.

Root: غضو - Entry: غَضْيَا Signification: A2

Also, (Ḳ, TA,) determinate, and imperfectly decl., like [its syn.] هُنَيْدَةُ, (TA,) A hundred camels: (IAạr, Ḳ, TA:) held by ISk to be so called as being likened to a place producing [an abundance of] غَضًا [i. e. the trees thus called]: AA has mentioned it with the article ال, saying that الغَضْيَا signifies a hundred. (TA.)


غَضْيَآءُ

غَضْيَآءُ A land (أَرْضٌ) abounding with the trees called غَضًا. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: غضو - Entry: غَضْيَآءُ Signification: A2

And, as alsoغَضْيَا↓, A place in which is a collection of the trees called غَضًا; (Ḳ, TA;) a place where they grow. (TA.)

Root: غضو - Entry: غَضْيَآءُ Signification: A3

And the former, Rugged land or ground. (TA.)


غُضُوٌّ

غُضُوٌّ Intense darkness of the night. (IḲṭṭ, TA. [Perhaps in this sense an inf. n. of which the verb is غَضَا: see 4, last sentence.])

Root: غضو - Entry: غُضُوٌّ Signification: A2

And The eating of the trees called غَضًا. (IḲṭṭ, TA. [App. in this sense an inf. n. of which the verb is غَضَا.])

Root: غضو - Entry: غُضُوٌّ Dissociation: B

And A state of muchness, abundance, copiousness, fulness, or completeness, or a thing. (Ḳ. [See also 1, second sentence.])


غَضِىٌّ

رَجُلٌ غَضِىٌّ عَنِ الخَنَا or عَنِ الفَحْشَآءِ [A man who refrains from taking notice of that which is foul, abominable, unseemly, or obscene,] may be from غَضَا; or it may be from أَغْضَى, similar to أَلِيمٌ and وَجِيعٌ; but the former derivation is the better. (TA.)


غَضَوِىٌّ

غَضَوِىٌّ a rel. n. from الغَضَا [the trees thus called], and applied to a camel [app. as meaning That is fond of, or wont to feed upon, the trees called غَضًا]. (Ṣ.)


غَضْيَانَةٌ

غَضْيَانَةٌ A herd of camels of generous race: (Ḳ, TA:) mentioned by Az, from AA. (TA.)


غَاضٍ

غَاضٍ Dark; applied to night (لَيْل); as alsoمُغْضٍ↓, but this latter is rare: (Ṣ, Mṣb:) and so غَاضِيَةٌ, (Ṣ, Ḳ,) applied to a night (لَيْلَة): (Ṣ:) or, thus applied, accord. to Az, intensely dark. (TA.)

Root: غضو - Entry: غَاضٍ Signification: A2

And غَاضِيَةٌ signifies also Bright, or shining brightly; (Ṣ, Ḳ;) applied to a night, (thus in one of my copies of the Ṣ,) or to fire (نَار): (so in other copies of the Ṣ and in the TA:) thus having two contr. meanings. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: غضو - Entry: غَاضٍ Signification: A3

And Great; applied to a fire (نار): a signification said by Az to be taken from the fire of the tree called غَضًا, which is of the best of firewood. (TA.)

Root: غضو - Entry: غَاضٍ Dissociation: B

بَعِيرٌ غَاضٍ A camel that eats the trees called غَضًا: and إِبِلٌ غَاضِيَةٌ and غَوَاضٍ [camels that eat those trees]. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

Root: غضو - Entry: غَاضٍ Dissociation: C

شَىْءٌ غَاضٍ A thing that is much in quantity, abundant, copious, full, or complete. (Ḳ.)

Root: غضو - Entry: غَاضٍ Signification: C2

And رَجُلٌ غَاضٍ A man having food and clothing; or having a good state, or condition, in respect of food, and having clothing; sufficed, or satisfied. (Ḳ.)


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