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غَنِيّ

rich

AdjectiveRoot غ-ن-ي

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Feminine
غَنِيَّة
Masculine plural
غَنِيُّون، أَغْنِيَاء
Feminine plural
غَنِيَّات
Elative
أَغْنَى
more / most …

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form II
to sing
Noun
مُغَنٍّ
singer
Verb · Form I
غَنِيَ
to be free from want
Verb · Form I
غَنِيَ
to marry
Noun
غِنَاء
singing

غَنِيّ in English

Adjective

  1. rich, wealthy
  2. free from need

Words from the root غ-ن-ي

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غَنِيَ · present يَغْنَى

to be free from want; to be content, to be satisfied; to be rich, to be wealthy

غِنًى
Verbal noun
غَنَاء
Verbal noun
Active participle · Adjective
rich
غَانٍ
Active participle
مَغْنِيّ
Passive participle
غَنِيَ · present يَغْنَى

to marry; to inhabit, dwell, settle; to remain, continue to be

غِنًى
Verbal noun
غَانٍ
Active participle
مَغْنِيّ
Passive participle
غَنَّى · present يُغَنِّي

to sing; to sing about someone, describe someone in verse (whether with praise or with blame); to coo (of pigeons)

غِنَاء
Verbal noun
singing
تَغْنِيَة
Verbal noun
مُغَنٍّ
Active participle
singer
مُغَنًّى
Passive participle
أَغْنَى · present يُغْنِي
Form IV · Causative

to enrich; to avail, to benefit, to be of use; to replace, take the place of

إِغْنَاء
Verbal noun
مُغْنٍ
Active participle
مُغْنًى
Passive participle
تَغَنَّى · present يَتَغَنَّى

to praise, extol, laud, emblazon, sing praises to

تَغَنٍّ
Verbal noun
مُتَغَنٍّ
Active participle
مُتَغَنًّى
Passive participle
اِغْتَنَى · present يَغْتَنِي

to be or become rich

اِغْتِنَاء
Verbal noun
مُغْتَنٍ
Active participle
اِسْتَغْنَى · present يَسْتَغْنِي

to be or become rich; to ask (someone, esp. God) to make one rich; to do without, to manage without, to get along without, to dispense with

اِسْتِغْنَاء
Verbal noun
مُسْتَغْنٍ
Active participle
مُسْتَغْنًى
Passive participle
Noun · f.
song
أَغْنَى
Adjective
elative degree of غَنِيّ

غَنِيّ: plural and other forms

Singularغَنِيّ
Feminineغَنِيَّة
Masculine pluralغَنِيُّون، أَغْنِيَاء
Feminine pluralغَنِيَّات
Elative (more / most)أَغْنَى

غَنِيّ in a sentence

From a fully vowelled text

عَالٍ وَدُونٍ، أَغْنِيَاءَ وَفُقَرَاءَ، سَوَاءً.Both low and high, rich and poor, together.Psalms 49:2, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
غِنَى الْبُطْلِ يَقِلُّ، وَالْجَامِعُ بِيَدِهِ يَزْدَادُ.Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.Proverbs 13:11, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
لاَ تَتْعَبْ لِكَيْ تَصِيرَ غَنِيًّا. كُفَّ عَنْ فِطْنَتِكَ.Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.Proverbs 23:4, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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