غزا

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Arabic

Root
غ ز و (ḡ z w)
5 terms

Verb

غَزَا (ḡazā) I (non-past يَغْزُو (yaḡzū), verbal noun غَزْو (ḡazw) or غَزَوَان (ḡazawān))

  1. (obsolete) to seek, to desire
  2. to raid, to foray, to betake oneself to wage war against, to attack
  3. to overwhelm, to overcome
    • 2018 September 2, “ar: أمير سعودي يعلق على تجسس الإمارات عليه وعلى مكالمات أمير قطر والحريري”, in Muraselon:
      تعد “NSO” واحدة من أشهر منشئي برامج المراقبة التي تغزو الهواتف الذكية.
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Usage notes

The verbal noun غَزَوَان (ḡazawān) is used only with the second sense, “raid”.

Conjugation

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1835) “غزا”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 274
  • Lane, Edward William (1863) “غزا”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2257
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “غزا”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 915