غزا

Arabic

Etymology

From the root غ ز و (ḡ-z-w).

Verb

غَزَا (ḡazā) I, non-past يَغْزُو‎ (yaḡzū)

  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, “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; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), غزا”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 915
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