غضا

Arabic

Etymology 1

Extended from the root غ ضض‎ (ḡ-ḍ-ḍ).

غَضًا أسْوَد (Haloxylon ammodendron)

Alternative forms

  • غَضًى‎ (ḡaḍan) – without prejudice to the frequency or precedence of either form

Noun

غَضًا • (ḡaḍan) m (collective, singulative غَضَاة‎ f (ḡaḍāh), construct state غَضَا (ḡaḍā))

  1. saxaul (Haloxylon gen. et spp.)
    Synonym: (or they may distinguish species by two names) رِمْث‎ (rimṯ)
Declension
Derived terms
  • غَضْيَاء‎ (ḡaḍyāʔ, “a land abundant in غَضًا (ḡaḍan) plants”)
  • غَضَوِيّ‎ (ḡaḍawiyy, “liking to eat saxaul”)
  • غَضِيَ‎ (ḡaḍiya, “to have ache in the venter for having eaten saxaul”)
  • غَضِيّ‎ (ḡaḍiyy) and غَضٍ‎ (ḡaḍin, “having ache in the venter for having eaten saxaul”)
  • غَضَا (ḡaḍā, “to be dark and cover everything”)
  • أَغْضَى‎ (ʔaḡḍā, “to close one’s eyelids literally or figuratively as to be intentionally heedless or without regard to something”)
  • تَغَاضَى‎ (taḡāḍā, “to contract one’s eyelids; to feign oneself unmindful”)
  • مُغِضّ‎ (muḡiḍḍ) and غَاضٍ‎ (ḡāḍin, “sombre, obscure, dark”)

Etymology 2

From figurative uses in relation to the غَضًا (ḡaḍan) plant, in high demand by camels to bite off and by travels for shadow.

Verb

غَضَا • (ḡaḍā) I, non-past يَغْضُو‎‎ (yaḡḍū)

  1. to be dark and cover everything
Conjugation

Verb

غَضَا • (ḡaḍā) I, non-past يَغْضُو‎‎ (yaḡḍū)

  1. to be in good condition and abundant
Conjugation

References

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