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غَايَة

end

Noun · feminineRoot غ-و-ي

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Plural
غَايَات

Most common words from the same root

Noun
غَيّ
falsehood
Verb · Form IV
أَغْوَى
to lure

غَايَة in English

Noun · feminine

  1. end
  2. purpose, goal, aim, objective
    أَغَايَةُ الدِّينِ أَنْ تُحْفُوا شَوَارِبَكُمْ / يَا أُمَّةً ضَحِكَتْ مِنْ جَهْلِهَا الْأُمَمُIs it the purpose of religion that you should trim your moustaches? / What a nation at whose ignorance other nations laugh!Abú 'ṭ-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Mutanabbī al-Kindī (AD 915-965)
  3. destination
  4. extreme, utmost
    مَنْظَرُ الْجِبَالِ فِي غَايَةِ الْجَمَالِ.The mountains scenery is of utmost beauty.
    فِي غَايَةِ الْأَهَمِيَّةِof utmost importance

Words from the root غ-و-ي

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

أَغْوَى · present يُغْوِي
Form IV · Causative

to lure, to tempt; to attract, to seduce

إِغْوَاء
Verbal noun
مُغْوٍ
Active participle
مُغْوًى
Passive participle
Noun · f.
end
غَيّ
Noun · m.
falsehood
لِلْغَايَةِ
Adverb
extremely
غَائِيّ
Adjective
purposive

غَايَة: plural and other forms

Singularغَايَة
Pluralغَايَات

غَايَة in a sentence

Dictionary examples

purpose

أَغَايَةُ الدِّينِ أَنْ تُحْفُوا شَوَارِبَكُمْ / يَا أُمَّةً ضَحِكَتْ مِنْ جَهْلِهَا الْأُمَمُIs it the purpose of religion that you should trim your moustaches? / What a nation at whose ignorance other nations laugh!Abú 'ṭ-Ṭayyib Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Mutanabbī al-Kindī (AD 915-965)

extreme

مَنْظَرُ الْجِبَالِ فِي غَايَةِ الْجَمَالِ.The mountains scenery is of utmost beauty.

extreme

فِي غَايَةِ الْأَهَمِيَّةِof utmost importance

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