غاية

See also: غایه

Arabic

Root
غ و ي (ḡ w y)
3 terms

غَايَة • (ḡāya) f (plural غَايَات (ḡāyāt))

end
purpose, goal, aim, objective
- Abú 'ṭ-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Mutanabbī al-Kindī (AD 915-965)
  أَغَايَةُ الدِّينِ أَنْ تُحْفُوا شَوَارِبَكُمْ / يَا أُمَّةً ضَحِكَتْ مِنْ جَهْلِهَا الْأُمَمُ
  ʔaḡāyatu ad-dīni ʔan tuḥfū šawāribakum / yā ʔummatan ḍaḥikat min jahlihā l-ʔumamu
  Is it the purpose of religion that you should trim your moustaches? / What a nation at whose ignorance other nations laugh!
destination

Declension of noun غَايَة (ḡāya)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَايَة ḡāya	الْغَايَة al-ḡāya	غَايَة ḡāyat
Nominative	غَايَةٌ ḡāyatun	الْغَايَةُ al-ḡāyatu	غَايَةُ ḡāyatu
Accusative	غَايَةً ḡāyatan	الْغَايَةَ al-ḡāyata	غَايَةَ ḡāyata
Genitive	غَايَةٍ ḡāyatin	الْغَايَةِ al-ḡāyati	غَايَةِ ḡāyati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَايَتَيْن ḡāyatayn	الْغَايَتَيْن al-ḡāyatayn	غَايَتَيْ ḡāyatay
Nominative	غَايَتَانِ ḡāyatāni	الْغَايَتَانِ al-ḡāyatāni	غَايَتَا ḡāyatā
Accusative	غَايَتَيْنِ ḡāyatayni	الْغَايَتَيْنِ al-ḡāyatayni	غَايَتَيْ ḡāyatay
Genitive	غَايَتَيْنِ ḡāyatayni	الْغَايَتَيْنِ al-ḡāyatayni	غَايَتَيْ ḡāyatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَايَات ḡāyāt	الْغَايَات al-ḡāyāt	غَايَات ḡāyāt
Nominative	غَايَاتٌ ḡāyātun	الْغَايَاتُ al-ḡāyātu	غَايَاتُ ḡāyātu
Accusative	غَايَاتٍ ḡāyātin	الْغَايَاتِ al-ḡāyāti	غَايَاتِ ḡāyāti
Genitive	غَايَاتٍ ḡāyātin	الْغَايَاتِ al-ḡāyāti	غَايَاتِ ḡāyāti